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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.

2016 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Latvia
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–11 December 2016
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place   Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Attendance85,110 (1,773 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Finland Peter Kotilainen
MVPFinland Peter Kotilainen
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Qualification edit

 
  Host
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
Main article: 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying

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 edit

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

Draw edit

The teams will be divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[1] (World rankings shown in parentheses).[2]

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 edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

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 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 1–12 3–11 6–6 —
Source: IFF

Group B edit

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 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 2–7 3–9 5–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group C edit

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 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 1–8 2–12 4–4 —
Source: IFF

Group D edit

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 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 9–5 1–2 2–8 —
Source: IFF

Knock-out stage edit

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

Play-off edit

7 December 2016
10:00		Germany  6–5
(2–1, 1–1, 3–3)		  United StatesArena Riga
Attendance: 724
Game reference
Referees:
  Māris Kumerdanks
  Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties2 min
7 December 2016
13:00		Estonia  16–4
(7–2, 3–0, 6–2)		  CanadaArena Riga
Attendance: 497
Game reference
Referees:
  Vesa Vilkki
  Mikko Alakare
4 minPenalties11 min
7 December 2016
16:00		Norway  4–3
(1–1, 2–2, 1–0)		  SlovakiaArena Riga
Attendance: 608
Game reference
Referees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross
2 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2016
19:30		Latvia  5 – 6 PS
(1–2, 4–0, 0–3)
OT (0–0)
PS (0–1)		  DenmarkArena Riga
Attendance: 2,633
Game reference
Referees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
10 minPenalties8 min

Quarterfinals edit

8 December 2016
16:00		Czech Republic  8–2
(2–2, 4–0, 2–0)		  EstoniaArena Riga
Attendance: 833
Game reference
Referees:
  Vesa Vilkki
  Mikko Alakare
2 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2016
19:00		Sweden  11–0
(2–0, 5–0, 4–0)		  GermanyArena Riga
Attendance: 979
Game reference
Referees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross
0 minPenalties4 min
9 December 2016
16:10		Switzerland  7–2
(1–0, 3–0, 3–2)		  NorwayArena Riga
Attendance: 2,960
Game reference
Referees:
  Tero Fordell
  Lasse Vuola
4 minPenalties4 min
9 December 2016
19:00		Finland  7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)		  DenmarkArena Riga
Attendance: 3,422
Game reference
Referees:
  Thomas Andersson
  Rickard Wissman
2 minPenalties5 min

Semifinals edit

10 December 2016
12:45		Sweden  7–2
(2–0, 0–2, 5–0)		   SwitzerlandArena Riga
Attendance: 5,774
Game reference
Referees:
  Vesa Vilkki
  Mikko Alakare
10 December 2016
16:30		Finland  4–3
(2–0,1–2,1–1)		  Czech RepublicArena Riga
Attendance: 6,445
Game reference
Referees:
  Håkan Söderman
  Glenn Boström

Bronze medal game edit

11 December 2016
14:45		  Czech Republic5–8
(2–3, 1–2, 2–3)		   SwitzerlandArena Riga
Attendance: 6,870
Game reference
Referees:
  Thomas Andersson
  Rickard Wissman

Final edit

11 December 2016
17:40		Finland  4 – 3 PSO
(2–2, 0–1, 1–0)
0–0 OT
4–2 PSO		  SwedenArena Riga
Attendance: 8,350
Game reference
Referees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross

Placement matches edit

13th place bracket edit

 
Matches 13th–16th13th place
 
      
 
7 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 
  Thailand4
 
9 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
  Australia3
 
  Thailand4
 
7 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
  Poland5
 
  Poland14
 
 
  Singapore3
 
15th place
 
 
9 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
 
  Australia9
 
 
  Singapore3
Matches 13th–16th edit
7 December 2016
12:00		Thailand  4–3
(0–0, 2–1, 2–2)		  AustraliaOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 190
Game reference
Referees:
  Håkan Söderman
  Glenn Boström
4 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2016
15:00		Poland  14–3
(6–1, 2–1, 6–1)		  SingaporeOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 166
Game reference
Referees:
  Tero Fordell
  Lasse Vuola
0 minPenalties11 min
15th place match edit
9 December 2016
12:00		Australia  9–3
(1–1, 3–1, 5–1)		  SingaporeOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 239
Game reference
Referees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
4 minPenalties6 min
13th place match edit
9 December 2016
15:00		Thailand  4–5
(0–2, 2–1, 2–2)		  PolandOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 175
Game reference
Referees:
  Māris Kumerdanks
  Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties2 min

9th place bracket edit

 
Matches 9th–11th9th place
 
      
 
8 December – Arena Riga
 
 
  Slovakia7
 
10 December – Arena Riga
 
  United States3
 
  Slovakia(OT)6
 
8 December – Arena Riga
 
  Latvia5
 
  Canada1
 
 
  Latvia11
 
11th place
 
 
9 December – Arena Riga
 
 
  United States1
 
 
  Canada0
Matches 9th–12th edit
8 December 2016
10:00		Slovakia  7–3
(1–1, 3–0, 3–2)		  United StatesArena Riga
Attendance: 367
Game reference
Referees:
  Thomas Andersson
  Rickard Wissman
4 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2016
13:00		Canada  1–11
(0–3, 1–5, 0–3)		  LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 674
Game reference
Referees:
  Håkan Söderman
  Glenn Boström
6 minPenalties6 min
11th place match edit
9 December 2016
13:00		United States  1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)		  CanadaArena Riga
Attendance: 726
Game reference
Referees:
  Mārtiņš Larinovs
  Mārtiņš Gross
4 minPenalties2 min
9th place match edit
10 December 2016
19:30		Slovakia  6–5 OT
(0–1,2–2, 3–2,1–0)		  LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 1,889
Game reference
Referees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
2 minPenalties

5th place bracket edit

 
Matches 5th–8th5th place
 
      
 
10 December – Arena Riga
 
 
  Denmark (OT)6
 
11 December – Arena Riga
 
  Estonia5
 
  Denmark(pen.)5
 
10 December – Olympic Sports Centre
 
  Norway4
 
  Germany5
 
 
  Norway (OT)6
 
7th place
 
 
11 December – Arena Riga
 
 
  Estonia4
 
 
  Germany5
Matches 5th–8th edit
10 December 2016
10:00		Denmark  6–5 OT
(2–0, 3–1, 0–4, 1–0)		  EstoniaArena Riga
Attendance: 1,326
Game reference
Referees:
  Tero Fordell
  Lasse Vuola
8 minPenalties
10 December 2016
11:00		Germany  5–6 OT
(1–3, 1–0, 3–2, 0–1)		  NorwayOlympic Sports Centre, Riga
Attendance: 311
Game reference
Referees:
  Māris Kumerdanks
  Kaspars Kristapsons
7 minPenalties5 min
7th place match edit
11 December 2016
9:00		Estonia  4–5
(3–2,0–2, 1–1)		  GermanyArena Riga
Attendance: 970
Game reference
Referees:
  Māris Kumerdanks
  Kaspars Kristapsons
2 minPenalties
5th place match edit
11 December 2016
12:00		Denmark  5–4 PS
(0–2, 1–0, 3–2)
OT (0–0)
(PS) (3–2)		  NorwayArena Riga
Attendance: 2,297
Game reference
Referees:
  Kamil Sojka
  Tomáš Sojka
2 minPenalties4 min

Ranking and statistics edit

Final ranking edit

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 edit

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Format". floorball.org. IFF. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ "IFF Nation Ranking". Floorball.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
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