The qualifying for the 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships took part in early 2014. A total of 30 teams competed for fifteen spots. The final tournament was organized by Sweden in December 2014.
Overview Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which was based on results from the last two World Championships. Europe 1 Europe 2 Europe 3 Europe 4 Asia/Oceania Americas (2) (9) (10) (24) (25) (–) (3) (8) (12) (21) (26) (4) (7) (14) (23) (27) (29) (5) (6) (16) (18) (28) (13) (15) (17) (20) (–) (11) (19) (–)
Europe The qualification rules were as follows: The two best teams from each qualification group qualified The two best third placed teams qualified The calculation of the best 3rd teams followed this order: 1. Average number of points 2. Average goal difference 3. Average scored goals 4. Drawing of lots
European Qualification 1 Dates: 29 January – 2 February 2014European Qualification 1 Venue: Łochów Arena, Łochów, Poland
29 January 20144 – 61 – 104 – 8 30 January 20144 – 616 – 210 – 2 31 January 20149 – 20 – 387 – 3 1 February 201417 – 37 – 33 – 14 2 February 201410 – 328 – 015 – 0
European Qualification 2 Dates: 29 January – 2 February 2014European Qualification 2 Venue: HANT Aréna, Bratislava, Slovakia
29 January 201420 – 03 – 6 30 January 20147 – 22 – 10 31 January 20141 – 80 – 12 1 February 20143 – 76 – 1 2 February 20149 – 416 – 1
European Qualification 3 Dates: 28 January – 1 February 2014European Qualification 3 Venue: Jan Massinkhal, Nijmegen, Netherlands
28 January 201415 – 13 – 48 – 4 29 January 20142 – 100 – 2713 – 4 30 January 20141 – 612 – 32 – 16 31 January 20149 – 22 – 68 – 7 1 February 20143 – 917 – 00 – 34
European Qualification 4 Dates: 28 January – 1 February 2014European Qualification 4 Venue: Vidzemes OC, Valmiera, Latvia
28 January 20142 – 82 – 9 29 January 201424 – 313 – 2 30 January 20143 – 1115 – 3 31 January 20148 – 36 – 4 1 February 20140 – 2511 – 5
Ranking of third-placed teams Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes were equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.
Asia–Oceania The three best teams from the qualification group qualified
Dates: 29 January – 1 February 2014Asia-Oceania Qualification Venue: ASB Sports Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
29 January 20147 – 36 – 2 30 January 20143 – 61 – 12 31 January 20144 – 41 – 4 1 February 201410 – 18 – 2 2 February 201411 – 12 – 7
Americas The qualification rules are as follows: The two best teams from the qualification group will qualify
Dates: 31 January – 2 February 2014Americas Qualification Venue: Cornell Community Centre, Markham, Canada
31 January 20140 – 27 1 February 201431 – 1 2 February 20145 – 2
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