# 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

The qualifying for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships took place between 2 and 14 February 2016. A total of 33 teams competed for fifteen spots. The final tournament was organized by Latvia in December 2016.

## Overview

Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which is based on results from the last two World Championships.
| Europe 1 | Europe 2 | Europe 3 | Europe 4 | Asia/Oceania | Americas |
| Sweden (1)  Slovakia (9)  Russia (11)  Belgium (24)  France (25)  Iceland (–) | Finland (2)  Estonia (8)  Denmark (12)  Austria (22)  Netherlands (28) | Switzerland (3)  Germany (7)  Poland (14)  Spain (22)  Great Britain (29)  Georgia (38) | Czech Republic (4)  Norway (6)  Serbia (20)  Italy (21)  Slovenia (27)  Liechtenstein (30) | Japan (15)  Australia (16)  South Korea (17)  Singapore (18)  New Zealand (26)  Malaysia (33)  Thailand (–) | United States (10)  Canada (13)  Jamaica (32) |

## Europe

The qualification rules are as follows:
* The two best teams from each qualification group will qualify
* The two best third placed teams will qualify
** The calculation of the best 3rd teams will follow this order:
*** 1. Average number of points
*** 2. Average goal difference
*** 3. Average scored goals
*** 4. Drawing of lots

### European Qualification 1

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016 Venue: Arena Klokocina, Nitra, Slovakia
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Sweden | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 7 | +99 | 10 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Slovakia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 8 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Russia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 33 | +10 | 6 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams |
| Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 56 | −33 | 4 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Iceland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 67 | −48 | 2 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 60 | −47 | 0 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Sweden | 22 – 0 | Belgium |
| Iceland | 6 – 12 | Russia |
| France | 3 – 15 | Slovakia |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Russia | 4 – 15 | Sweden |
| Belgium | 7 – 3 | France |
| Slovakia | 11 – 0 | Iceland |
| 5 February 2016 |
| France | 3 – 12 | Russia |
| Sweden | 30 – 2 | Iceland |
| Belgium | 4 – 16 | Slovakia |
| 6 February 2016 |
| Iceland | 7 – 4 | France |
| Russia | 11 – 2 | Belgium |
| Slovakia | 1 – 20 | Sweden |
| 7 February 2016 |
| Sweden | 19 – 0 | France |
| Russia | 4 – 7 | Slovakia |
| Belgium | 10 – 4 | Iceland |

### European Qualification 2

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016 Venue: TTÜ Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Finland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 5 | +61 | 8 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Estonia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 6 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 4 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams |
| Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 54 | −43 | 2 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Netherlands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 43 | −36 | 0 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Austria | 1 – 23 | Finland |
| Netherlands | 1 – 9 | Estonia |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Denmark | 9 – 2 | Netherlands |
| Estonia | 9 – 2 | Austria |
| 5 February 2016 |
| Netherlands | 3 – 6 | Austria |
| Finland | 9 – 2 | Denmark |
| 6 February 2014 |
| Finland | 19 – 1 | Netherlands |
| Denmark | 2 – 7 | Estonia |
| 7 February 2016 |
| Austria | 2 – 19 | Denmark |
| Estonia | 1 – 15 | Finland |

### European Qualification 3

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016 Venue: Arena Lochow, Lochow, Poland
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 7 | +54 | 8 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 13 | +17 | 6 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 4 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams |
| Spain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 34 | −21 | 2 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Great Britain | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 59 | −52 | 0 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Switzerland | 7 – 2 | Germany |
| Spain | 0 – 6 | Poland |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Spain | 2 – 4 | Germany |
| Poland | 14 – 1 | Great Britain |
| 5 February 2016 |
| Great Britain | 0 – 23 | Switzerland |
| Germany | 11 – 3 | Poland |
| 6 February 2014 |
| Great Britain | 5 – 9 | Spain |
| Poland | 3 – 12 | Switzerland |
| 7 February 2016 |
| Switzerland | 19 – 2 | Spain |
| Germany | 13 – 1 | Great Britain |

### European Qualification 4

Dates: 2 – 6 February 2016 Venue: Sports Hall Poden, Škofja Loka, Slovenia
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 3 | +82 | 10 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Norway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 58 | 9 | +49 | 8 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Slovenia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 6 | Referred to the ranking of third-placed teams |
| Serbia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 4 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 2 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 82 | −78 | 0 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| 2 February 2016 |
| Liechtenstein | 0 – 35 | Czech Republic |
| Serbia | 6 – 5 | Italy |
| Norway | 7 – 2 | Slovenia |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Czech Republic | 21 – 0 | Serbia |
| Italy | 1 – 12 | Norway |
| Slovenia | 10 – 0 | Liechtenstein |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Norway | 3 – 5 | Czech Republic |
| Serbia | 9 – 2 | Liechtenstein |
| Italy | 4 – 8 | Slovenia |
| 5 February 2016 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 – 20 | Norway |
| Czech Republic | 13 – 0 | Italy |
| Slovenia | 7 – 3 | Serbia |
| 6 February 2014 |
| Italy | 8 – 1 | Liechtenstein |
| Serbia | 1 – 16 | Norway |
| Czech Republic | 11 – 0 | Slovenia |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes were equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Denmark | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 4 | Qualified for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Poland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 4 | Qualified for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Russia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 4 | Missed out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 4 | Missed out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |

## Asia–Oceania

The qualification rules are as follows:
* The three best teams will qualify
Dates: 2 – 6 February 2016 Venue: Pattaya Sports Indoor Stadium, Pattaya, Thailand

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 3 | Qualify for qualification semi-finals |
| Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 3 | Qualify for qualification semi-finals |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 0 | Qualify for 5th–7th-place play-off |
| 2 February 2016 |
| New Zealand | 4 – 9 | Singapore |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Japan | 12 – 2 | New Zealand |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Singapore | 6–6 | Japan |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 5 | Qualify for qualification semi-finals |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 4 | Qualify for qualification semi-finals |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 3 | Qualify for 5th–7th-place play-off |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 0 | Qualify for 5th–7th-place play-off |
| 2 February 2016 |
| South Korea | 6 – 9 | Thailand |
| Australia | 7 – 1 | Malaysia |
| 3 February 2016 |
| Thailand | 13 – 3 | Malaysia |
| South Korea | 3–3 | Australia |
| 4 February 2016 |
| Thailand | 5–5 | Australia |
| Malaysia | 4 – 8 | South Korea |

### Play-off
#### 5th–7th-place play-off

| 5 February 2016 |
| South Korea | 4 – 3 | New Zealand |

#### 6th-place play-off

| 6 February 2016 |
| New Zealand | 3 – 4 | Malaysia |

#### Semi-finals

| 5 February 2016 |
| Thailand | 2 – 5 | Singapore |
| Japan | 2 – 4 | Australia |

#### Bronze medal game

| 6 February 2016 |
| Japan | 1 – 6 | Thailand |

#### Final

| 6 February 2016 |
| Australia | 5 – 2 | Singapore |

### Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Australia |
| | Singapore |
| | Thailand |
| 4 | Japan |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 6 | Malaysia |
| 7 | New Zealand |

## Americas

The qualification rules are as follows:
* The two best teams from the qualification group will qualify
Dates: 12 – 14 February 2016 Venue: Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, United States
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | +27 | 4 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 2 | Qualify for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 54 | −52 | 0 | Miss out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships |
| 12 February 2016 |
| Jamaica | 1–27 | United States |
| 13 February 2016 |
| Canada | 27–1 | Jamaica |
| 14 February 2016 |
| United States | 5–6 | Canada |