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2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships

The 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 12th edition of the championship. The tournament was played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and took place from 26 to 30 April.[1] Czech Republic were the two-time defending champions, but were beaten by Switzerland in the semifinals. Sweden won their sixth title after triumphing over the Swiss in the final.[2]

2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates26–30 April
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Sweden (6th title)
Runner-up  Switzerland
Third place Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Attendance18,316 (509 per match)
← 2021
2025 →

This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games.[3]

Bidding process

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Denmark's bid was deemed superior and were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021.[4][5][6][7][8]

Qualified teams

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Main article: 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships qualification

29 teams entered, although this would be reduced to 25. The top nine from the last edition qualified directly, while qualifiers took place in Asia, Americas and Europe for the last seven tickets.[9] This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.

 
  Host nation
  Team qualified directly
  Team qualified
  Team failed to qualify
  Did not enter
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Automatically qualified from 2021   Brno 9   Czech Republic
  Finland
  Sweden
   Switzerland
  Latvia
  Germany
  Slovakia
  Poland
  Denmark (H)
European qualifier 1 24–28 January 2023   Salzburg 2   Norway
  Austria
European qualifier 2 24–28 January 2023   El Escorial 2   Estonia
  Slovenia
Asian-Oceanian qualification 29 September–1 October 2022   Wellington 2   Australia
  Singapore
Americas qualification 2–3 September 2022   Draper 1   United States
Total 16

Venues

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The venues for the tournament are in Frederikshavn at Arena Nord.[10][11]

Frederikshavn
Arena Nord
Capacity: 2,700 (in total)[a]
 
  1. ^ Arena Nord used two arenas during the tournament. Arena A has a capacity of 2,100, while Arena B has a capacity of 600.

Draw

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The draw took place on 13 December 2022 in Næstved, Denmark at 11:00 CET.[9][12] The European qualifiers were not known at the time and ranking between the four qualifiers would decide who would take each place.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Czech Republic (1)
  Finland (2)
  Sweden (3)
   Switzerland (4)

  Latvia (5)
  Germany (6)
  Slovakia (7)
  Poland (8)

  Denmark (9) (H)
  European qualifier (8)[a]
  European qualifier (10)[b]
  European qualifier (11)[c]

  European qualifier (12)[d]
  United States (14)
  Australia (20)
  Singapore (27)

  1. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Norway.
  2. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Estonia.
  3. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Slovenia.
  4. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Austria.

Preliminary round

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The schedule was announced on 30 January 2023.[1][13]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 29 9 +20 6 Semifinals
2   Finland 3 2 0 1 26 9 +17 4
3   Latvia 3 1 0 2 17 8 +9 2 5th place game
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 3 49 −46 0 Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
26 April 2023
10:30		Poland  2–18
(1–7, 1–7, 0–4)		  Czech RepublicArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 185
Report
26 April 2023
13:30		Latvia  2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		  FinlandArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 297
Report
27 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic  7–5
(3–1, 0–2, 4–2)		  FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 721
Report
27 April 2023
16:30		Poland  1–13
(0–7, 0–4, 1–2)		  LatviaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 129
Report
28 April 2023
10:00		Czech Republic  4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)		  LatviaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 448
Report
28 April 2023
13:00		Finland  18–0
(7–0, 8–0, 3–0)		  PolandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 250
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 3 3 0 0 41 9 +32 6 Semifinals
2    Switzerland 3 2 0 1 28 12 +16 4
3   Slovakia 3 0 1 2 10 34 −24 1[a] 5th place game
4   Germany 3 0 1 2 8 32 −24 1[a] Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Slovakia 6–6 Germany
26 April 2023
16:00		Slovakia  2–19
(0–5, 0–7, 2–7)		  SwedenArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
26 April 2023
16:30		Germany  1–13
(1–3, 0–6, 0–4)		   SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 117
Report
27 April 2023
10:00		Slovakia  6–6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)		  GermanyArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 390
Report
27 April 2023
16:00		Sweden  9–6
(3–1, 1–3, 5–2)		   SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 759
Report
28 April 2023
16:00		Switzerland  9–2
(1–2, 7–0, 1–0)		  SlovakiaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
28 April 2023
16:30		Sweden  13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)		  GermanyArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 364
Report

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark (H) 3 2 1 0 27 6 +21 5 Quarterfinal 1
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 19 21 −2 4 11th place game
3   Estonia 3 1 1 1 24 16 +8 3 13th place game
4   United States 3 0 0 3 8 35 −27 0 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
(H) Hosts
26 April 2023
19:00		Denmark  14–1
(3–0, 7–0, 4–1)		  United StatesArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 536
Report
26 April 2023
19:30		Austria  10–7
(3–2, 5–3, 2–2)		  EstoniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
27 April 2023
19:00		Austria  0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)		  DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 548
Report
27 April 2023
19:30		Estonia  12–1
(5–0, 4–0, 3–1)		  United StatesArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 132
Report
28 April 2023
19:00		Estonia  5–5
(0–3, 2–0, 3–2)		  DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 719
Report
28 April 2023
19:30		United States  6–9
(2–2, 1–7, 3–0)		  AustriaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 197
Report

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway 3 3 0 0 41 8 +33 6 Quarterfinal 1
2   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 27 26 +1 2[a] 11th place game
3   Australia 3 1 0 2 19 33 −14 2[a] 13th place game
4   Singapore 3 1 0 2 13 33 −20 2[a] 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Slovenia +4, Australia +1, Singapore –5
26 April 2023
10:00		Australia  13–7
(3–2, 3–2, 7–3)		  SloveniaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 375
Report
26 April 2023
13:00		Singapore  0–15
(0–8, 0–3, 0–4)		  NorwayArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 383
Report
27 April 2023
10:30		Australia  4–9
(1–3, 1–4, 2–2)		  SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 273
Report
27 April 2023
13:30		Slovenia  6–9
(1–2, 4–3, 1–4)		  NorwayArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 325
Report
28 April 2023
10:30		Slovenia  14–4
(6–0, 5–2, 3–2)		  SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
28 April 2023
13:30		Norway  17–2
(4–1, 7–0, 6–1)		  AustraliaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 313
Report

Placement round

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15th place game

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15th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
  United States5
 
 
  Singapore12
 

C4 vs D4

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29 April 2023
10:30		United States  5–12
(2–4, 0–1, 3–7)		  SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 205
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13th place game

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13th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
  Australia2
 
 
  Estonia10
 

C3 vs D3

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29 April 2023
13:30		Australia  2–10
(1–4, 1–3, 0–3)		  EstoniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 127
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11th place game

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11th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
  Austria1
 
 
  Slovenia4
 

C2 vs D2

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29 April 2023
16:30		Austria  1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		  SloveniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 103
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7th–10th placement bracket

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Bracket

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7th–10th semifinals7th place
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
  Poland2
 
30 April
 
  Norway8
 
  Norway10
 
29 April
 
  Denmark4
 
  Germany3
 
 
  Denmark4
 
9th place
 
 
30 April
 
 
  Poland1
 
 
  Germany15

A4 vs D1

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29 April 2023
19:30		Poland  2–8
(0–1, 2–6, 0–1)		  NorwayArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 135
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B4 vs C1

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29 April 2023
19:00		Germany  3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		  DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 987
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9th place game

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LPO1 vs LPO2

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30 April 2023
10:00		Poland  1–15
(0–4, 1–6, 0–5)		  GermanyArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 137
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7th place game

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WPO1 vs WPO2

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30 April 2023
10:30		Norway  10–4
(1–2, 6–1, 3–1)		  DenmarkArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 420
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5th place game

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5th place game
 
  
 
April 29
 
 
  Latvia6
 
 
  Slovakia1
 

A3 vs B3

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29 April 2023
10:30		Latvia  6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)		  SlovakiaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 356
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Knockout stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
  Czech Republic2
 
30 April
 
   Switzerland7
 
   Switzerland4
 
29 April
 
  Sweden7
 
  Sweden12
 
 
  Finland10
 
Third place
 
 
30 April
 
 
  Czech Republic6
 
 
  Finland7 (SO)

Semifinals

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A1 vs B2

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29 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic  2–7
(0–1, 2–1, 0–5)		   SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,725
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B1 vs A2

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29 April 2023
16:00		Sweden  12–10
(3–0, 2–2, 7–8)		  FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,750
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Bronze medal game

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30 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic  6–7
(3–1, 1–4, 2–1, 0–0)
SO: 4–5		  FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,890
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Gold medal game

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30 April 2023
16:00		Switzerland  4–7
(1–1, 1–1, 2–5)		  SwedenArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 2,011
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Final standings

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    Sweden
     Switzerland
    Finland
4   Czech Republic
5   Latvia
6   Slovakia
7   Norway
8   Denmark
9   Germany
10   Poland
11   Slovenia
12   Austria
13   Estonia
14   Australia
15   Singapore
16   United States

Awards

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Team of the tournament

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Preparations

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For the tournament, the city of Frederikshavn and Sport Event Denmark gave 125,000 Euros.[15]

Applications for volunteering was opened in October 2022.[16]

The budget for the tournament were 217,600 Euros.[17] Although this would increase to 260,000.[18] To break even, they needed to earn up to 66,000 Euros in ticket sales. They ended up exceeding the target and reached 90,000 Euros.[17]

Marketing

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Ticket sales and packages started to be put on sale on 20 October 2022.[19][20] 2,500 tickets and packages were sold before the tournament.[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Announcement of Game Schedule". U19 WFC 2023. January 30, 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13.
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  8. ^ "Suomi järjestää U19-naisten MM2024-kisat – Lahti kisakaupunkina". Suomen Salibandyliitto. February 23, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Follow the Men's U19 WFC 2023 Group Ballot". IFF Main Site. December 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Venue". U19 WFC 2023. Archived from the original on 2024-06-13.
  11. ^ "U19 Floorball VM 2023". Arena Nord.
  12. ^ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 groups decided". IFF Main Site. December 13, 2022.
  13. ^ "Offentliggørelse af kampprogram til U19 Herre VM i Frederikshavn". Archived from the original on 2023-03-22.
  14. ^ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 All-Star Team". IFF Main Site. April 30, 2023.
  15. ^ "Floorball Denmark gets significant support for hosting Men's U19 WFC 2023 in Frederikshavn". IFF Main Site. March 4, 2021.
  16. ^ https://x.com/U19WFC/status/1579742520564940801
  17. ^ a b https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/05/CB-meeting-Minutes-2_2023_.pdf
  18. ^ https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/03/Minutes-IFF-CB-1-2023-Prague_final.pdf
  19. ^ "Men's U19 WFC 2023 Tickets now available!". IFF Main Site. October 20, 2022.
  20. ^ "Billetsalget er startet! – floorballu19vm.dk". March 31, 2023. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  21. ^ "Endelig kan Danmark præsentere U19 VM i Floorball på hjemmebane". floorball.dk. Archived from the original on 2024-04-03.
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