The 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships were the eighth men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2010 in the cities of Helsinki, and Vantaa, Finland.
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Host country | Finland |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 4–11 December 2010 |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Finland (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Czech Republic |
Fourth place | Switzerland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 43 |
Goals scored | 616 (14.33 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Matthias Hofbauer |
MVP | Mika Kohonen |
This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation's (IFF) FIFA-like continental qualification system. A total of 32 countries had registered for this event, which is the most nations to ever register for an IFF-sanctioned world championship event. The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships.
Qualifying
editUnder the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the B-Division automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.
The countries already qualified are as follows:
Czech Republic | Finland |
Germany | Latvia |
Norway | Russia |
Sweden | Switzerland |
Asia/Oceania
editQualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships will be overseen by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC).
Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:
Australia | Singapore |
Japan | Korea |
Malaysia |
Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties [1]
Europe
editOnly 4 out of 16 countries registered in Europe qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:
Austria | Belgium | Denmark | Estonia |
France | Georgia | Great Britain | Hungary |
Italy | Liechtenstein | Netherlands | Poland |
Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain |
North America
editOnly 1 out of 2 countries registered in North America qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:
Canada | United States |
Groups
editBallots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9, 2009, during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland.
In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualified from the AOFC played against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualified from Europe either.
The groups were assembled based on qualifying as follows:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Finland | Latvia | Germany | Czech Republic |
Russia | Switzerland | Sweden | Norway |
Europe 1 | AOFC 1 | AOFC 3 | AOFC 2 |
North America | Europe 2 | Europe 4 | Europe 3 |
Final groups
editGroup A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Finland | Latvia | Germany | Czech Republic |
Russia | Switzerland | Sweden | Norway |
Denmark | Singapore | Australia | Japan |
Canada | Poland | Estonia | Italy |
Championship schedule
editPreliminary round
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | +31 | 6 |
Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 4 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 2 |
Denmark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 0 |
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Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4 | +51 | 6 |
Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 4 |
Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 2 |
Singapore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 74 | −69 | 0 |
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Group C
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3 | +78 | 6 |
Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 2 |
Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 69 | −61 | 0 |
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Group D
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | +40 | 5 |
Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 5 |
Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 2 |
Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 | −43 | 0 |
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Playoff round
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A1 | Finland | 12 | ||||||||||||
B2 | Latvia | 2 | ||||||||||||
Q1 | Finland | 6 | ||||||||||||
Q4 | Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||||||||
D1 | Czech Republic | 3 (PS) | ||||||||||||
C2 | Estonia | 2 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Finland | 6 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Sweden | 2 | ||||||||||||
B1 | Sweden | 10 | ||||||||||||
D2 | Norway | 1 | ||||||||||||
Q2 | Sweden | 3 | ||||||||||||
Q3 | Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Switzerland | 9 | ||||||||||||
A2 | Russia | 2 |
Quarter finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Placement round
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9–12
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15th place match
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13th place match
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11th place match
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9th place match
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5th place match
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3rd place match
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