# 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2014 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 10th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2014. Home team Sweden defended their title in a close game against Finland. Czech Republic earned the bronze after defeating Switzerland by 4–3.

## Qualification

For the first time ever, all teams, except from the host country, must qualify for the Championships. A total of 30 teams are scheduled to take part in the qualification tournaments.
| | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 10 December 2010 | | 1 | Sweden |
| European Qualification 1 | 29 January – 2 February 2014 | Łochów | 2 | Finland Russia |
| European Qualification 2 | 29 January – 2 February 2014 | Bratislava | 3 | Switzerland Estonia Slovakia |
| European Qualification 3 | 28 January – 1 February 2014 | Nijmegen | 3 | Czech Republic Denmark Germany |
| European Qualification 4 | 28 January – 1 February 2014 | Valmiera | 2 | Norway Latvia |
| Asia-Oceania Qualification | 29 January – 1 February 2014 | Wellington | 3 | Australia South Korea Japan |
| Americas Qualification | 31 January – 2 February 2014 | Markham | 2 | Canada United States |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Venues

| Scandinavium | Lisebergshallen | Gothenburg |
| Capacity: 12,044 Group A/B and playoff round | Capacity: 1,800 Group C/D and ranking matches | Gothenburg |

## Draw

The final draw for the tournament was held at Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg on 25 February 2014. The teams were divided into four pots according to the world ranking. (World rankings shown in parentheses).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Sweden (hosts) (1)  Finland (2)  Switzerland (3)  Czech Republic (4) | Norway (5)  Latvia (6)  Germany (7)  Estonia (8) | Russia (9)  Canada (11)  Slovakia (12)  Japan (13) | Denmark (14)  Australia (17)  United States (19)  South Korea (20) |

## Results
### Preliminary round

* Team advanced to quarter-finals
* Team advanced to playoff round
* Team advanced to 13th–16th place playoff

#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 6 |
| Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 5 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 2 |
| Estonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 0 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 7 | +16 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 2 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 6 |
| Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 2 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 0 |

### Playoff round

| Play-off 10 December | Play-off 10 December | Play-off 10 December | Quarterfinals 11–12 December | Quarterfinals 11–12 December | Quarterfinals 11–12 December | Semifinals 13 December | Semifinals 13 December | Semifinals 13 December | Final 14 December | Final 14 December | Final 14 December |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 17 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 7 | Estonia | Estonia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 2 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 | | | |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 6 | | | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 10 | Latvia | Latvia | 1 | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 2 | | | | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 2 |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 5 | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | Denmark | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 4 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 6 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 6 | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 |
| Norway | Norway | 6 | Norway | Norway | 1 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 4 |
| United States | United States | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Final
### Placement round
#### 13th place bracket

| Matches 13th–16th | Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | 13th place |
| 10 December – Lisebergshallen | 10 December – Lisebergshallen |
| Australia | 4 |
| Australia | 4 | 11 December – Scandinavium | 11 December – Scandinavium |
| Japan | 2 | 11 December – Scandinavium | 11 December – Scandinavium |
| Japan | 2 | Australia | 4 |
| 10 December – Lisebergshallen | 10 December – Lisebergshallen | | Australia | 4 |
| 10 December – Lisebergshallen | 10 December – Lisebergshallen | Russia | 11 |
| South Korea | 3 | Russia | 11 |
| Russia | 15 | | |
| Russia | 15 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 11 December – Scandinavium | 11 December – Scandinavium |
| | | Japan | 5 |
| | | South Korea | 4 |

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

| Matches 9th–11th | Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | 9th place |
| 11 December – Lisebergshallen | 11 December – Lisebergshallen |
| United States | 5 |
| United States | 5 | 12 December – Lisebergshallen | 12 December – Lisebergshallen |
| Germany | 6 | 12 December – Lisebergshallen | 12 December – Lisebergshallen |
| Germany | 6 | Germany | 7 |
| 11 December – Lisebergshallen | 11 December – Lisebergshallen | | Germany | 7 |
| 11 December – Lisebergshallen | 11 December – Lisebergshallen | Slovakia | 5 |
| Canada | 3 | Slovakia | 5 |
| Slovakia | 5 | | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 12 December – Scandinavium | 12 December – Scandinavium |
| | | United States | 5 |
| | | Canada | 4 |

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

| Matches 5th–8th | Matches 5th–8th | 5th place | 5th place |
| 13 December – Lisebergshallen | 13 December – Lisebergshallen |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 | 14 December – Scandinavium | 14 December – Scandinavium |
| Latvia | 6 | 14 December – Scandinavium | 14 December – Scandinavium |
| Latvia | 6 | Latvia | 4 |
| 13 December – Lisebergshallen | 13 December – Lisebergshallen | | Latvia | 4 |
| 13 December – Lisebergshallen | 13 December – Lisebergshallen | Norway | 3 |
| Denmark | 2 | Norway | 3 |
| Norway | 6 | | |
| Norway | 6 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 14 December – Lisebergshallen | 14 December – Lisebergshallen |
| | | Estonia | 2 |
| | | Denmark | 7 |

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

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

### All-star team

* Best goalkeeper: Mike Trolle Wede
* Best defenders: Tatu Väänänen, Martin Östholm
* Best forwards: Rasmus Enström, Jani Kukkola, Kim Nilsson