# 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships

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.

## WFC 2018 Qualification

33 teams have registered for the 12th IFF Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. 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 | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Czech Republic |
| Asia-Oceania Qualification | 22–27 January 2018 | Jeju Island | 4 | Australia Singapore Thailand Japan |
| European Qualification 1 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | Tallinn | 3 | Finland Estonia Poland |
| European Qualification 2 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | Nitra | 3 | Sweden Germany Slovakia |
| European Qualification 3 | 30 January – 3 February 2018 | Valmiera | 2 | Switzerland Latvia |
| European Qualification 4 | 31 January – 4 February 2018 | Nitra | 2 | Denmark Norway |
| Americas Qualification | 10–11 February 2018 | Toronto | 1 | Canada |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Venues

| O2 arena | Arena Sparta – Podvinny mlyn | Prague |
| Capacity: 17 000 The main competition arena. | Capacity: 1 300 The second competition arena and practice arena. | Prague |
| Address: Českomoravská 2345/17, 190 93 Praha 9 Opened since: 2004 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km | Address: Kovanecká 2405/27, 190 00 Praha 9 Opened since: 2008 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km | Prague |

## 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 A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Switzerland  Czech Republic (hosts)  Latvia  Germany | Sweden  Finland  Norway  Denmark | Australia  Estonia  Poland  Thailand | Canada  Slovakia  Singapore  Japan |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals | — | 6–4 | 10–5 | 3–4 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 4 | Quarterfinals | 4–6 | — | 13–1 | 7–3 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 2 | Play-off round | 5–10 | 1–13 | — | 5–4 |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 2 | Play-off round | 4–3 | 3–7 | 4–5 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 5–4 | 9–1 | 25–0 |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 4 | Quarterfinals | 4–5 | — | 9–1 | 7–1 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 2 | Play-off round | 1–9 | 1–9 | — | 9–3 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 41 | −37 | 0 | Play-off round | 0–25 | 1–7 | 3–9 | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 6 | Play-off round | — | 11–5 | 4–3 | 11–4 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | Play-off round | 5–11 | — | 4–2 | 4–3 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13th–16th place playoff | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 0 | 13th–16th place playoff | 4–11 | 3–4 | 2–5 | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 6 | +39 | 6 | Play-off round | — | 12–3 | 18–2 | 15–1 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 3 | Play-off round | 3–12 | — | 4–4 | 14–2 |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 3 | 13th–16th place playoff | 2–18 | 4–4 | — | 9–5 |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 38 | −30 | 0 | 13th–16th place playoff | 1–15 | 2–14 | 5–9 | — |

### Knock-out stage

| Play-off 5 December | Play-off 5 December | Play-off 5 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Semifinals 8 December | Semifinals 8 December | Semifinals 8 December | Final 9 December | Final 9 December | Final 9 December |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 10 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 3 | Denmark | Denmark | 1 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 2 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 7 | | | |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 6 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 7 | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 2 | | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 14 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 6 | Latvia | Latvia | 1 | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 1 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 5 (P) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 (OT) | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Norway | Norway | 10 | Norway | Norway | 2 | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 4 |
| Australia | Australia | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Final
### Placement matches
#### 5th place bracket

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| 8 December – O2 Arena | 8 December – O2 Arena |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 | 9 December – O2 Arena | 9 December – O2 Arena |
| Germany | 4 | 9 December – O2 Arena | 9 December – O2 Arena |
| Germany | 4 | Germany | 3 |
| 8 December – Arena Sparta | 8 December – Arena Sparta | | Germany | 3 |
| 8 December – Arena Sparta | 8 December – Arena Sparta | Latvia | 5 |
| Latvia | 6 (P) | Latvia | 5 |
| Norway | 5 | | |
| Norway | 5 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 9 December – Arena Sparta | 9 December – Arena Sparta |
| | | Denmark | 5 |
| | | Norway | 9 |

##### 7th place match
#### 9th place bracket

| Matches 9th–11th | Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | 9th place |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta |
| Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| Slovakia | 12 | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| Slovakia | 12 | Slovakia | 7 |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta | | Slovakia | 7 |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta | Estonia | 5 |
| Canada | 2 | Estonia | 5 |
| Estonia | 9 | | |
| Estonia | 9 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| | | Australia | 5 |
| | | Canada | 6 |

#### 13th place bracket

| Matches 13th–16th | Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | 13th place |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta |
| Singapore | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| Thailand | 4 | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| Thailand | 4 | Thailand | 1 |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta | | Thailand | 1 |
| 6 December – Arena Sparta | 6 December – Arena Sparta | Poland | 9 |
| Poland | 6 | Poland | 9 |
| Japan | 2 | | |
| Japan | 2 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 7 December – Arena Sparta | 7 December – Arena Sparta |
| | | Singapore | 2 |
| | | Japan | 4 |

## Ranking and statistics
### Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
| | Finland |
| | Sweden |
| | Switzerland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Latvia |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | Norway |
| 8 | Denmark |
| 9 | Slovakia |
| 10 | Estonia |
| 11 | Canada |
| 12 | Australia |
| 13 | Poland |
| 14 | Thailand |
| 15 | Japan |
| 16 | Singapore |

### All-star team

Tournament all-star team:
* Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier
* Best defenders: Emil Johansson, Robin Nilsberth
* Best center: Joonas Pylsy
* Best forwards: Adam Delong, Kim Nilsson
* Most valuable player: Pascal Meier