The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 6 to 14 December 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. All group stage matches were played in Ostrava's ČEZ Aréna, and all playoff matches were played in Prague's O2 Arena, with the exception of the 9th place match, which was played in Prague's Sparta Arena.
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Host country | Czech Republic |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Dates | 6–14 December 2008 |
Teams | 10 |
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Champions | Finland (1st title) |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Switzerland |
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Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 321 (11.89 per match) |
Scoring leader(s) | Fredrik Djurling |
Finland won its first championship by defeating Sweden in overtime in the gold medal game, breaking Sweden's row of six championship victories. This was also the first-ever lost game for the Swedish team in world championships.
Championship schedule edit
Preliminary round edit
Group A edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 9 | +44 | 8 |
Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 6 |
Latvia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 4 |
Russia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 1 |
Italy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 46 | −34 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
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Group B edit
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Finland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 8 |
Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 6 |
Norway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 4 |
Estonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 2 |
Denmark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
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Playoffs edit
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
A1 | Sweden | 3 (OT) | |||||||
B2 | Switzerland | 2 | |||||||
Sweden | 6 | ||||||||
Finland | 7 (OT) | ||||||||
B1 | Finland | 4 | |||||||
A2 | Czech Republic | 2 |
Semi-finals edit
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Bronze medal match edit
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Championship match edit
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Placement round edit
9th place match edit
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7th place match edit
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5th place match edit
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