2012 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships were the ninth men's World Floorball Championship. The tournament took place in Bern and Zurich, Switzerland in December 2012.

2012 Men's World Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	1–9 December 2012
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Attendance	75,178 (1,834 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Emanuel Antener
Awards
MVP	Kim Nilsson
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Qualification

There were five qualification groups for 11 places in the final tournament:

• Americas (2 teams)
• Asia & Oceania (2 teams from 2012 Asia Pacific Floorball Championship)
• Europe (7 teams from three groups)

Five best teams of 2010 World Championships automatically qualified for the competition:

•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  Latvia
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland

Format

The teams will be drawn into four groups of four. Two best-placed teams of each group will move into quarter-finals. The winners of the Quarter-finals continue to the Semi-finals. The losers of the Semi-finals will play two games and the winners of these games will play for 5th and 6th place and for the losers of these two matches the tournament is over. The 7th team will be the team losing to the team which achieves the 5th place on the tournament. Third and fourth placed teams in the group stage will play for places 9–12 and 13–16 respectively.^[1]

Teams

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Canada	2nd, Americas qualification	2nd	2010	11th (2010)
Czech Republic	2010 World Championships	9th	2010	Runner-up (2004)
Estonia	1st, European qualification 2	4th	2010	7th (2010)
Finland	2010 World Championships	9th	2010	Winner (2008, 2010)
Germany	2nd, European qualification 1	7th	2010	8th (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004)
Hungary	3rd, European qualification 3	2nd	1996	10th (1996)
Japan	2nd, Asia & Oceania qualification	2nd	2010	15th (2010)
Latvia	2010 World Championships	8th	2010	5th (2006, 2008, 2010)
Norway	1st, European qualification 1	9th	2010	Third (1996)
Poland	2nd, European qualification 3	2nd	2010	9th (2010)
Russia	1st, European qualification 3	8th	2010	6th (1996)
Singapore	1st, Asia & Oceania qualification	3rd	2010	12th (1996)
Slovakia	2nd, European qualification 2	1st	–	–
Sweden	2010 World Championships	9th	2010	Winner (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Switzerland	2010 World Championships	9th	2010	Runner-up (1998)
United States	1st, Americas qualification	1st	–	–

Group stage

The draw was made in the beginning of March.^[2]

Final groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Switzerland	Sweden	Czech Republic	Finland
Estonia	Norway	Latvia	Russia
Singapore	Poland	Japan	Germany
Slovakia	Hungary	United States	Canada

Championship schedule

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter finals, while the last two teams play in the placement round.

Team advanced to the quarter finals

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	57	7	+50	6
Slovakia	3	1	1	1	21	14	+7	3
Estonia	3	1	1	1	20	20	0	3
Singapore	3	0	0	3	4	61	−57	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

December 2, 2012 Slovakia  4–8   Switzerland

December 3, 2012 Estonia  13–2  Singapore

December 4, 2012 Switzerland  35–0  Singapore

Slovakia  4–4  Estonia

December 5, 2012 Switzerland  14–3  Estonia

Singapore  2–13  Slovakia

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	54	6	+48	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	25	12	+13	4
Poland	3	1	0	2	10	32	−22	2
Hungary	3	0	0	3	7	46	−39	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

December 2, 2012 Poland  3–14  Sweden

Norway  8–3  Hungary

December 3, 2012 Norway  16–2  Poland

Hungary  2–33  Sweden

December 4, 2012 Hungary  2–5  Poland

December 5, 2012 Sweden  7–1  Norway

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	3	0	0	24	8	+16	6
Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	38	10	+28	4
United States	3	1	0	2	16	23	−7	2
Japan	3	0	0	3	4	41	−37	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

December 2, 2012 Latvia  8–3  United States

Japan  1–21  Czech Republic

December 3, 2012 Czech Republic  13–4  United States

Japan  1–11  Latvia

December 4, 2012 Czech Republic  4–5  Latvia

December 5, 2012 United States  9–2  Japan

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	0	55	5	+50	6
Germany	3	2	0	1	15	15	0	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	17	26	−9	2
Canada	3	0	0	3	11	52	−41	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

December 2, 2012 Germany  1–10  Finland

December 3, 2012 Canada  6–13  Russia

December 4, 2012 Finland  16–1  Russia

Germany  10–2  Canada

December 5, 2012 Russia  3–4  Germany

Finland  29–3  Canada

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

Switzerland

11

B2

Norway

5

Q1

Switzerland

3

Q4

Finland

4 (OT)

D1

Finland

4

C2

Czech Republic

1

W1

Finland

5

W2

Sweden

11

C1

Latvia

2

D2

Germany

4

Q2

Germany

0

Q3

Sweden

13

B1

Sweden

18

A2

Slovakia

1

Quarter finals

December 6, 2012 Switzerland  11–5  Norway

Finland  4–1  Czech Republic

Latvia  2–4  Germany

Sweden  18–1  Slovakia

Semi-finals

December 8, 2012 Switzerland  3 – 4 (OT)  Finland

Germany  0–13  Sweden

Bronze medal game

December 9, 2012 Switzerland  8 – 0 Report  Germany

Gold medal game

December 9, 2012 Finland  5 – 11 Report  Sweden

Placement round

13–16

December 6, 2012 Singapore  3–11  Hungary

Japan  2–6  Canada

9–12

December 6, 2012 Estonia  4–3  Poland

United States  1–7  Russia

15th place match

December 7, 2012 Singapore  3–5  Japan

13th place match

December 7, 2012 Hungary  7 – 8 (OT)  Canada

11th place match

December 7, 2012 Poland  7 – 6 (PS)  United States

9th place match

December 7, 2012 Estonia  9–3  Russia

5–8

December 7, 2012 Norway  5 – 4 (PS)  Czech Republic

Latvia  6–2  Slovakia

5th place match

December 8, 2012 Norway  7–5  Latvia

Ranking

Official 2012 Rankings according to the IFF:

Rk.	Team
	Sweden
	Finland
	Switzerland
4.	Germany
5.	Norway
6.	Latvia
7.	Czech Republic
8.	Slovakia
9.	Estonia
10.	Russia
11.	Poland
12.	United States
13.	Canada
14.	Hungary
15.	Japan
16.	Singapore