The 2022 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 14th World Championships in men's floorball.
The tournament was played in Zurich and Winterthur, Switzerland, and took place during 5–13 November 2022.
Sweden defended their title against Czechia, which took their first silver medal since World Championships in 2004. Finland earned the bronze after defeating Switzerland.
Qualification
36 teams registered for the 14th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 have qualified to reach to the final championship. Host country, Switzerland, qualified automatically. Ivory Coast has participated in the European qualifiers for the second time in a row, remaining the only team from Africa to have ever participated in the World Floorball Championship Qualifiers. Malaysia was the lone nation to register in 2020 but failed to do so in 2022. Philippines registered in 2020, but was not able to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and did so for the first time in 2022. However both China and India ultimately did not compete in the Asia-Oceania qualifiers. DateVenueVacanciesQualifiedHost nation1Asia-Oceania Qualification31 May – 5 June 2022 Singapore4European Qualification 125 – 28 May 2022 Valmiera10European Qualification 225 – 28 May 2022 KocēniEuropean Qualification 323 – 27 May 2022 CelanoAmericas Qualification29 – 30 April 2022 Arlington1Total16
Venues
ZurichWinterthur Swiss Life Arena AXA Arena
Draw The draw took place on 8 June 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (1) (2) (3) (hosts) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
Tournament groups After the group ballot, 16 teams were divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team has played each other once, while the second stage of the event included play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B went directly to quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D made it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knock-out stage
Play-off
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Placement matches 5th place bracket
5th–8th place semi-finals
5th place match
7th place match
9th place bracket
9th–12th place semifinals
9th place match
11th place match
13th place bracket
13th–16 place semifinals
13th place bracket
15th place bracket
Ranking and statistics
Final ranking The official IFF final ranking of the tournament: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
All-star team
Tournament all-star team: Best goalkeeper: Best defenders: , Emil Johansson Best forwards: , Hampus Ahrén, Alexander Galante Carlström
Most valuable player: Alexander Galante Carlström
References
External links
Tournament webpage Official results