The floorball competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham, United States, at the BJCC East Exhibition Hall. Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
| Floorball at the 2022 World Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham, United States | |||||||||
| Dates | 8–12 July 2022 | |||||||||
| No. of events | 1 | |||||||||
| Competitors | from 8 nations | |||||||||
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| Tournament statistics | |
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| Games played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 219 (12.17 per game) |
| Attendance | 5,687 (316 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Eemeli Salin (15 points) |
Qualification edit
Qualification for the floorball event of the 2022 World Games was determined through the 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships. The United States as host qualified automatically. The top five finishing teams at the 2020 World Championships as well as the best finishing team from the Americas and Asia Oceania qualified for the World Games.[3][4] However the qualified Asia-Oceania team had to be confirmed by the IFF Central Board and General Assembly since qualification for Asia Oceania teams for the World Championship was not held.[5]
Qualified teams edit
| Team | Method of qualification |
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 United States
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Hosts |
 Sweden
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships winners |
| Finland
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships runners-up |
 Czech Republic
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships third-placed team |
 Switzerland
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships fourth-placed team |
 Latvia
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships fifth-placed team |
 Canada
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships best finishing team from the Americas |
 Thailand
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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships best finishing team from Asia-Oceania |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Medallists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament | Sweden Hampus Ahrén Rasmus Enström Tobias Gustafsson Kevin Haglund John Hedlund Linus Holmgren Emil Johansson Malte Lundmark Måns Parsjö-Tegnér Ludwig Persson Niklas Ramirez Johan Samuelsson Jesper Sankell Albin Sjögren |
Finland Eemeli Akola Oskari Fälden Sami Johansson Justus Kainulainen Ville Lastikka Otto Lehkosuo Mikko Leikkanen Joonas Pylsy Joona Rantala Eemeli Salin Nico Salo Eetu Sikkinen Lassi Toriseva Konsta Tykkyläinen |
Czech Republic Lukáš Bauer Dominik Beneš Martin Beneš Jiří Besta Adam Delong Filip Forman Matěj Havlas Adam Hemerka Mikuláš Krbec Filip Langer Ondřej Němeček Lukáš Punčochář Josef Rýpar Matyáš Šindler |
Results edit
Preliminary round edit
All times are local (UTC–5).
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 7 | +22 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Latvia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 5 | |
| 3 | Switzerland
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Thailand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 45 | −39 | 0 | Seventh place game |
Source: TWG2022
| 8 July 2022 09:30 | Sweden | 6–6 (2–1, 2–4, 2–1) | Latvia | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 456 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 8 July 2022 15:30 | Switzerland | 10–3 (4–0, 2–2, 4–1) | Thailand | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 247 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 9 July 2022 09:30 | Thailand | 1–20 (0–6, 1–6, 0–8) | Sweden | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 259 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 9 July 2022 15:30 | Switzerland | 5–6 (2–2, 2–2, 1–2) | Latvia | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 603 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 10 July 2022 09:30 | Thailand | 2–15 (1–5, 1–3, 0–7) | Latvia | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 156 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 10 July 2022 12:00 | Switzerland | 0–3 (0–2, 0–1, 0–0) | Sweden | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 281 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Finland
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 6 | +27 | 4 | |
| 3 | Canada
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | United States (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 38 | −34 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 8 July 2022 12:00 | Finland | 18–0 (5–0, 6–0, 7–0) | Canada | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 119 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 8 July 2022 18:15 | Czech Republic | 13–1 (3–0, 6–0, 4–1) | United States | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 179 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 9 July 2022 12:00 | Finland | 5–3 (2–0, 2–1, 1–2) | Czech Republic | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 667 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 9 July 2022 18:00 | United States | 3–9 (0–2, 1–2, 2–5) | Canada | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 703 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 10 July 2022 15:30 | Czech Republic | 17–0 (4–0, 7–0, 6–0) | Canada | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 204 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 10 July 2022 18:00 | United States | 0–16 (0–6, 0–6, 0–4) | Finland | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 228 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Final round edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 11 July | ||||||
| Sweden | 6 | |||||
| 12 July | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| Sweden | 6 | |||||
| 11 July | ||||||
| Finland | 5 | |||||
| Finland | 5 | |||||
| Latvia | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 July | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | |||||
| Latvia | 3 | |||||
Semifinals edit
| 11 July 2022 09:30 | Sweden | 6–1 (3–0, 2–0, 1–1) | Czech Republic | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 135 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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| 11 July 2022 12:15 | Finland | 5–1 (1–0, 1–0, 3–1) | Latvia | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 131 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Seventh place game edit
| 11 July 2022 15:00 | United States | 3–7 (2–5, 1–1, 0–1) | Thailand | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 163 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Fifth place game edit
| 11 July 2022 17:45 | Switzerland | 12–1 (2–1, 0–0, 10–0) | Canada | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 112 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Bronze medal game edit
| 12 July 2022 10:00 | Czech Republic | 7–3 (1–0, 2–1, 4–2) | Latvia | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 237 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Gold medal game edit
| 12 July 2022 13:00 | Sweden | 6–5 (0–1, 3–0, 3–4) | Finland | BJCC East Exhibition Hall, Birmingham Attendance: 807 |
| IFF TWG2022 |
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Final ranking edit
| Rank | Team |
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Sweden
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Finland
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Czech Republic
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| 4 | Latvia
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| 5 | Switzerland
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| 6 | Canada
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| 7 | Thailand
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| 8 | United States
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References edit
- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "World Games postponed to 2022 to avoid Tokyo Olympics clash". reuters.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
- ^ "TWG 2022 - Birmingham (USA)". IFF Main Site. International Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (25 January 2022). "Sweden leads eight-strong field at World Games 2022 floorball tournament". Inside the Games.biz. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Time for Men's World Floorball Championships 2020 play-offs". International Floorball Federation. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.