# 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 11th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Latvia in December 2016.

## Qualification

Qualification events were conducted between 2 and 14 February 2016.
| | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | | | 1 | Latvia |
| European Qualification 1 | 3–7 February 2016 | Nitra | 2 | Sweden Slovakia |
| European Qualification 2 | 3–7 February 2016 | Tallinn | 3 | Finland Estonia Denmark |
| European Qualification 3 | 3–7 February 2016 | Lochow | 3 | Switzerland Germany Poland |
| European Qualification 4 | 2–6 February 2016 | Škofja Loka | 2 | Czech Republic Norway |
| Asia-Oceania Qualification | 2–6 February 2016 | Pattaya | 3 | Australia Singapore Thailand |
| Americas Qualification | 12–14 February 2016 | Colorado Springs | 2 | Canada United States |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Venues

| Arena Riga | Olympic Sports Centre | Riga |
| Capacity: 10,300 The main competition arena. | Capacity: 800 The second competition arena and practice arena. | Riga |

## Draw

The teams will be divided into four pots according to the world ranking. (World rankings shown in parentheses).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Sweden (1)  Finland (2)  Switzerland (3)  Czech Republic (4) | Latvia (hosts) (5)  Norway (6)  Germany (7)  Estonia (8) | Slovakia (9)  United States (10)  Denmark (12)  Canada (13) | Poland (14)  Australia (16)  Singapore (18)  Thailand (35) |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 6–4 | 10–3 | 12–1 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals | 4–6 | — | 8–4 | 11–3 |
| 3 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 1 | Play-off round | 3–10 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 1 | Play-off round | 1–12 | 3–11 | 6–6 | — |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 8–4 | 8–2 | 7–2 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 4 | Quarterfinals | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 |
| 3 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 1 | Play-off round | 2–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–5 |
| 4 | Latvia (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 1 | Play-off round | 2–7 | 3–9 | 5–5 | — |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | Play-off round | — | 5–2 | 4–2 | 8–1 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 4 | Play-off round | 2–5 | — | 6–4 | 12–2 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 1 | 13th–16th place playoff | 2–4 | 4–6 | — | 4–4 |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 24 | −17 | 1 | 13th–16th place playoff | 1–8 | 2–12 | 4–4 | — |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 4 | Play-off round | — | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–9 |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | Play-off round | 1–8 | — | 5–4 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 2 | 13th–16th place playoff | 4–5 | 4–5 | — | 8–2 |
| 4 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | 13th–16th place playoff | 9–5 | 1–2 | 2–8 | — |

### Knock-out stage

| Play-off 7 December | Play-off 7 December | Play-off 7 December | Quarterfinals 8–9 December | Quarterfinals 8–9 December | Quarterfinals 8–9 December | Semifinals 10 December | Semifinals 10 December | Semifinals 10 December | Final 11 December | Final 11 December | Final 11 December |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 11 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 6 | Germany | Germany | 0 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 5 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 2 | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 7 | | | | | | |
| Norway | Norway | 4 | Norway | Norway | 2 | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 3 | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Finland (pen.) | Finland (pen.) | 4 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 7 | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 5 | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | |
| Denmark (pen.) | Denmark (pen.) | 6 | | | | Finland | Finland | 4 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 8 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 5 |
| Estonia | Estonia | 16 | Estonia | Estonia | 2 | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 8 |
| Canada | Canada | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Final
### Placement matches
#### 13th place bracket

| Matches 13th–16th | Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | 13th place |
| 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre |
| Thailand | 4 |
| Thailand | 4 | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre |
| Australia | 3 | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre |
| Australia | 3 | Thailand | 4 |
| 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | | Thailand | 4 |
| 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | Poland | 5 |
| Poland | 14 | Poland | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | | |
| Singapore | 3 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre |
| | | Australia | 9 |
| | | Singapore | 3 |

##### 13th place match
#### 9th place bracket

| Matches 9th–11th | Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | 9th place |
| 8 December – Arena Riga | 8 December – Arena Riga |
| Slovakia | 7 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 10 December – Arena Riga | 10 December – Arena Riga |
| United States | 3 | 10 December – Arena Riga | 10 December – Arena Riga |
| United States | 3 | Slovakia(OT) | 6 |
| 8 December – Arena Riga | 8 December – Arena Riga | | Slovakia(OT) | 6 |
| 8 December – Arena Riga | 8 December – Arena Riga | Latvia | 5 |
| Canada | 1 | Latvia | 5 |
| Latvia | 11 | | |
| Latvia | 11 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 9 December – Arena Riga | 9 December – Arena Riga |
| | | United States | 1 |
| | | Canada | 0 |

##### 9th place match
#### 5th place bracket

| Matches 5th–8th | Matches 5th–8th | 5th place | 5th place |
| 10 December – Arena Riga | 10 December – Arena Riga |
| Denmark (OT) | 6 |
| Denmark (OT) | 6 | 11 December – Arena Riga | 11 December – Arena Riga |
| Estonia | 5 | 11 December – Arena Riga | 11 December – Arena Riga |
| Estonia | 5 | Denmark(pen.) | 5 |
| 10 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 10 December – Olympic Sports Centre | | Denmark(pen.) | 5 |
| 10 December – Olympic Sports Centre | 10 December – Olympic Sports Centre | Norway | 4 |
| Germany | 5 | Norway | 4 |
| Norway (OT) | 6 | | |
| Norway (OT) | 6 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 11 December – Arena Riga | 11 December – Arena Riga |
| | | Estonia | 4 |
| | | Germany | 5 |

##### 5th place match
## Ranking and statistics
### Final ranking

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

### All-star team

* Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier
* Best defenders: Krister Savonen, Tatu Väänänen
* Best forwards: Alexander Galante Carlström, Matěj Jendrišák, Peter Kotilainen