The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018. It was the third time the Czech Republic hosted the men's world championship, having last done so in 2008.
The final standings for the top four places remained the same as in the previous championship. Finland won for the second consecutive time after defeating Sweden in the final. The Czech Republic finished in fourth place, also for the second time in a row, following a loss to Switzerland.
Records for both total and average world championship attendance were broken, with the matches drawing a total of 181,518 spectators, an average of 3,782 per game. The previous record was set in 2014 with 104,445 attendees. The single-match attendance record was also broken twice on the same day. First, the third-place match was watched by 16,112 spectators, and immediately following that, 16,276 people attended the final.
It was the first men's world championship where matches were officiated by female referees.
Qualification
33 teams have registered for the championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group. Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.
In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations – Tallinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea. USA and Canada played their qualification in Toronto, Canada.
Date VenueVacanciesQualifiedHost nation 1Asia-Oceania Qualification22–27 January 2018 Jeju Island4European Qualification 131 January – 4 February 2018 Tallinn3European Qualification 231 January – 4 February 2018 Nitra3European Qualification 330 January – 3 February 2018 Valmiera2European Qualification 431 January – 4 February 2018 Nitra2Americas Qualification10–11 February 2018 Toronto1Total16
Venues O2 arenaCapacity: 17 000The main competition arena.Capacity: 1 300The second competition arena and practice arena. Address:Českomoravská 2345/17, Praha 9Opened since: 2004Distance to city center: cca 10 kmAddress:Kovanecká 2405/27, Praha 9Opened since: 2008Distance to city center: cca 10 km
Tournament groups After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D (hosts)
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knock-out stage
Play-off
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Placement matches
5th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals
5th place match
7th place match
9th place bracket
13th place bracket
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking
The official IFF final ranking of the tournament: 45678910111213141516
All-star team Tournament all-star team: Best goalkeeper: Best defenders: Emil Johansson, Best center: Best forwards: , Kim Nilsson
Most valuable player:
References
External links
Tournament webpage Official results