2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

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.

2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

A-Division
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	6–14 December 2008 (2008-12-06 – 2008-12-14)
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	321 (11.89 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Fredrik Djurling

2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:

6 December 2008 Sweden 18–0 Italy ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Russia 1–8 Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

7 December 2008 Latvia 4–3 Russia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Czech Republic 4–5 Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

8 December 2008 Italy 3–9 Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Russia 1–18 Sweden ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

9 December 2008 Italy 7–7 Russia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Latvia 3–5 Czech Republic ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

10 December 2008 Sweden 12–4 Latvia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Czech Republic 12–2 Italy ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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:

6 December 2008 Estonia 6–7 Switzerland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Norway 7–3 Denmark ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

7 December 2008 Finland 7–0 Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Switzerland 9–6 Norway ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

8 December 2008 Denmark 2–8 Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Estonia 5–13 Norway ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

9 December 2008 Denmark 5–7 Estonia ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Finland 4–0 Switzerland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

10 December 2008 Norway 5–15 Finland ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Switzerland 12–1 Denmark ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A1	Sweden	3 (OT)
	B2	Switzerland	2
						Sweden		6
						Finland		7 (OT)
	B1	Finland	4
	A2	Czech Republic	2

Semi-finals

13 December 2008 Sweden 3–2 (OT) Switzerland O2 Arena, Prague

Finland 4–2 Czech Republic O2 Arena, Prague

Bronze medal match

14 December 2008 Czech Republic 4–5 (OT) Switzerland O2 Arena, Prague

Championship match

14 December 2008 Sweden 6–7 (OT) Finland O2 Arena, Prague

Placement round

9th place match

13 December 2008 Italy 2–5 Denmark Sparta Arena, Prague

7th place match

13 December 2008 Russia 14–8 Estonia O2 Arena, Prague

5th place match

14 December 2008 Latvia 6–5 Norway O2 Arena, Prague

External links

• Official Website