# 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships qualification

The 2024 IFF Men's World Floorball Championships qualification is a series of tournaments to decide the teams which will play in the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships. The 2024 World Championship will once again feature 16 teams. 1 place were allocated to the hosts, Sweden. The remaining 15 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five IFF confederations will compete.

## Distribution of spots

The distribution by confederation for the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships will be:
* Host: 1
* Asia and Oceania: 3 places
* Americas: 1
* Europe: 11 (Sweden qualified automatically as host nations for a total of 12 places)

## Qualified teams

| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Appearance | Appearance | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Team | Qualified as | Qualification date | Last | Total | Streak | Previous best performance |
| Sweden | Hosts | 23 February 2021 | 2022 | 15 | 15 | Champions (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2020 and 2022) |
| Canada | Americas qualification | 18 February 2024 | 2022 | 8 | 8 | 11th place (2010, 2018) |
| Philippines | Asia-Oceania qualification | 24 May 2024 | 2022 | 3 | 3 | 14th place (2020) |
| Thailand | Asia-Oceania qualification | 24 May 2024 | 2022 | 4 | 4 | 13th place (2020) |
| Australia | Asia-Oceania qualification | 25 May 2024 | 2022 | 6 | 2 | 12th place (2018) |

## Americas qualification

The American qualification were played between 17 and 18 February 2024 in Toronto, Canada at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Colombia wanted to enter for the first time, but International Floorball Federation rejected the Colombian entry due to financial reasons. Canada won both games with a 26–7 aggregate score. This result also classificated Canada to the 2025 World Games in Chengdu.

### Teams

* Canada (12)
* United States (17)

### Group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | +19 | 4 | 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 0 | |

## Asia-Oceania qualification

The Asia-Oceania qualification will be played between 21 and 25 May 2024 in Pasig, Philippines. The event was originally going to be held in February 2024, but was postponed to May due to the delay of the 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games to February. The top three will make the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships. Since China entered the event, they will take the host quota at the 2025 World Games in Chengdu. On, 26 April 2024, the team lists were announced.

### Group composition

| Group A | Group B |
| Australia (13) Singapore (16) Japan (21) China (36) | Thailand (14) Philippines (15) (H) New Zealand (22) South Korea (25) |

#### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 3 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 50 | −44 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Philippines (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Final round

All times are local (UTC+7).

#### Fifth place game
### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 24 May | 24 May |
| Australia | 3 |
| Australia | 3 | 25 May | 25 May |
| Philippines | 5 | 25 May | 25 May |
| Philippines | 5 | Philippines | 6 |
| 24 May | 24 May | | Philippines | 6 |
| 24 May | 24 May | Thailand | 5 |
| Thailand | 10 | Thailand | 5 |
| Singapore | 1 | | |
| Singapore | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 May | 25 May |
| | | Australia | 4 |
| | | Singapore | 3 |

#### Final
### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Philippines |
| 2 | Thailand |
| 3 | Australia |
| 4 | Singapore |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | South Korea |
| 7 | New Zealand |
| 8 | China |
* Qualified for the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships

## European qualification
### Format

The first two qualification tournaments were eight team competitions, held in Liepāja and Łochów. Both qualification tournaments have four available spots in the world championship. The third tournament was a round-robin group consisting of five teams organised in Škofja Loka. The top three in this group qualify for the world championship. The qualification schedule was announced on 5 July 2023. The squads were confirmed on 4 January 2024.

### European qualification tournament 1

The European qualification tournament 1 were played between 31 January and 3 February 2024 in Liepāja, Latvia.
Group seeding :
| Group A | Group B |
| Finland (3) Estonia (9) France (23) Netherlands (27) | Latvia (5) (H) Germany (8) Iceland (20) Liechtenstein (29) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 2 | +63 | 6 | Final and 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 4 | Qualification play off |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 48 | −36 | 2 | Qualification play off |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 42 | −33 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Latvia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 5 | +55 | 6 | Final and 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 4 | Qualification play off |
| 3 | Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 43 | −34 | 2 | Qualification play off |
| 4 | Liechtenstein | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 55 | −45 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Seventh place game

| Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| February 3 | February 3 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Liechtenstein | 2 |

### Qualification play off

| Qualification play off | Qualification play off |
| February 3 | February 3 |
| Estonia | 14 |
| Iceland | 2 |
Estonia qualified for the 2024 World Championships
| Qualification play off | Qualification play off |
| February 3 | February 3 |
| Germany | 12 |
| France | 0 |
Germany qualified for the 2024 World Championships

### Final

| Final | Final |
| February 3 | February 3 |
| Finland | 11 |
| Latvia | 3 |

### European qualification tournament 2

The European qualification tournament 2 were played between 1 and 4 February 2024 in Łochów, Poland.
Group seeding :
| Group A | Group B |
| Slovakia (6) Norway (7) Spain (19) Great Britain (31) | Czech Republic (2) Poland (11) (H) Austria (24) Hungary (26) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 13 | +34 | 5 | Final and 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 5 | Qualification play off |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 36 | −25 | 2 | Qualification play off |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 0 | Seventh place game |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 3 | +48 | 6 | Final and 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 3 | Qualification play off |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 2 | Qualification play off |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 1 | Seventh place game |

### Seventh place game

| Seventh place game | Seventh place game |
| February 4 | February 4 |
| Great Britain | 4 |
| Austria | 8 |

### Qualification play off

| Qualification play off | Qualification play off |
| February 4 | February 4 |
| Norway | 16 |
| Hungary | 3 |
Norway qualified for the 2024 World Championships
| Qualification play off | Qualification play off |
| February 4 | February 4 |
| Poland | 9 |
| Spain | 6 |
Poland qualified for the 2024 World Championships

### Final

| Final | Final |
| February 4 | February 4 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 10 |

### European qualification tournament 3

The European qualification tournament 3 were played between 31 January and 4 February 2024 in Škofja Loka, Slovenia.
* Group seeding
* Switzerland (4)  Denmark (10)  Slovenia (18) (H)  Belgium (30)  Italy (32)
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9 | +44 | 8 | 2024 World Championships |
| 2 | Slovenia (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 5 | 2024 World Championships |
| 3 | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 4 | 2024 World Championships |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 2 | |
| 5 | Belgium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 1 | |