2010 Men's World Floorball Championships

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.

2010 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates4–11 December 2010 (2010-12-04 – 2010-12-11)
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Czech Republic
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored616 (14.33 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Switzerland Matthias Hofbauer
MVPFinland Mika Kohonen
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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 edit

Under 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 edit

Qualifying 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 edit

Only 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 edit

Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in North America qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:

  Canada                   United States      

Groups edit

Ballots 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
  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 edit

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  Finland   Latvia   Germany   Czech Republic    
  Russia    Switzerland   Sweden   Norway
  Denmark   Singapore   Australia   Japan
  Canada   Poland   Estonia   Italy

Championship schedule edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
December 4, 2010
Canada   6–9   Russia
1–4 Michael Grönlund – 20:08
2–6 Michael Grönlund – 36:00
3–7 Paavo Parikka – 38:46
4–7 Stephane Laporte – 41:18
5–8 Risto Parikka – 44:49
6–8 Patrice Pare – 53:53
0–1 Pavel Semenov – 0:46
0–2 Anatoly Bykov – 1:59
0–3 Sergey Yuryev – 3:59
0–4 Artem Olin – 11:10
1–5 Pavel Semenov – 23:40
1–6 Valery Maslov – 32:09
2–7 Alexander Tyapkov – 37:20
4–8 Artem Olin – 44:19
6–9 Yuriy Osin – 59:45
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Finland   8–1   Denmark
Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
Finland   14–2   Canada
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Denmark   3–6   Russia
Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 7, 2010
Canada   6–4   Denmark
1–0 Paavo Parikka – 08:41
2–0 Lauri Hannelius – 12:32
3–1 Eric Ulli-Vanasse – 17:34
4–1 Mathieu Ferron – 32:04
5–2 Michael Grönlund – 34:28
6–2 Risto Parikka – 39:00
2–1 Alex Jensen – 17:18
4–2 Niklas Juul Jensen – 32:39
6–3 Henrik Engelsen – 42:49
6–4 Alex Jensen – 43:15
Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
Russia   2–14   Finland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
   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
December 4, 2010
Latvia   2–6    Switzerland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Singapore   4–10   Poland
Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 6, 2010
Singapore   1–27   Latvia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Poland   2–12    Switzerland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 7, 2010
Latvia   6–0   Poland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Switzerland   37–0   Singapore
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group C edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
December 4, 2010
Estonia   1–21   Sweden
1–6 Oskar Salm – 21.55 0–1 Jimmy Lindblom – 02.17
0–2 Rasmus Sundstedt – 12.57
0–3 Henrik Stenberg – 13.40
0–4 Magnus Svensson – 14.14
0–5 Mattias Helgesson – 15.35
0–6 Mattias Samuelsson – 19.00
1–7 Johan Samuelsson – 22.07
1–8 Kim Nilsson – 23.57
1–9 Fredrik Djurling – 25.30
1–10 Magnus Svensson – 29.18
1–11 Kim Nilsson – 29.27
1–12 Mattias Helgesson – 30.01
1–13 Magnus Svensson – 34.07
1–14 Mattias Helgesson – 39.52
1–15 Daniel Calebsson – 41.02
1–16 Jim Canerstam – 42.01
1–17 Fredrik Djurling – 45.52
1–18 Fredrik Djurling – 48.17
1–19 Henrik Stenberg – 48.38
1–20 David Gillek – 49.29
1–21 Karl-Johan Nilsson – 59.38
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Germany   12–3   Australia
Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
Estonia   6–3   Germany
Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
Sweden   39–1   Australia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 7, 2010
Australia   4–18   Estonia
Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
Germany   1–21   Sweden
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Group D edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  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
December 4, 2010
Italy   0–16   Czech Republic
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Norway   18–1   Japan
Energia Areena, Vantaa
December 5, 2010
Norway   12–2   Italy
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Japan   1–25   Czech Republic
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 6, 2010
Italy   3–1   Japan
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Czech Republic   4–4   Norway
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Playoff round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
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 edit

December 8, 2010
Finland   12–2   Latvia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Czech Republic   3 – 2 (PS)   Estonia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
December 9, 2010
Sweden   10–1   Norway
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Switzerland   9–2   Russia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Semi-finals edit

December 10, 2010
Finland   6–1   Czech Republic
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
Sweden   3–2    Switzerland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Bronze medal game edit

December 11, 2010
Czech Republic   9–3    Switzerland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Gold medal game edit

December 11, 2010
Finland   6–2   Sweden
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Placement round edit

13–16 edit

December 8, 2010
Denmark   24–1   Singapore
Energia Areena, Vantaa
 
Australia   3–2   Japan
Energia Areena, Vantaa

9–12 edit

December 8, 2010
Canada   4–9   Poland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Germany   8–4   Italy
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

15th place match edit

December 9, 2010
Singapore   6–8   Japan
Energia Areena, Vantaa

13th place match edit

December 9, 2010
Denmark   13–4   Australia
Energia Areena, Vantaa

11th place match edit

December 9, 2010
Canada   7–4   Italy
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

9th place match edit

December 9, 2010
Poland   6 – 5 (OT)   Germany
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

5–8 edit

December 10, 2010
Latvia   8–1   Estonia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki
 
Norway   11–6   Russia
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

5th place match edit

December 11, 2010
Latvia   6 – 5 (OT)   Norway
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

3rd place match edit

December 11, 2010
Czech Republic   9–3    Switzerland
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

See also edit

References edit

External links edit