2012 Men's World Floorball ChampionshipsTournament details |
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Host country | Switzerland |
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Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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Dates | 1–9 December 2012 |
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Teams | 16 |
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Final positions |
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Champions ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg/10px-Gold_medal_blank.svg.png) | Sweden |
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Runner-up ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg/10px-Silver_medal_blank.svg.png) | Finland |
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Third place ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg/10px-Bronze_medal_blank.svg.png) | Switzerland |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 41 |
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Attendance | 75,178 (1,834 per match) |
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Scoring leader(s) | Emanuel Antener |
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MVP | Kim Nilsson |
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The 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships were the ninth men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament took place in Bern and Zürich, Switzerland in December 2012.
Qualification
There are 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:
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
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]
Slovakia | 4–8 | Switzerland | - 1 – 5, Juraj Matejka (35.13)
- 2 – 7 (PP), Ladislav Gál (43.15)
- 3 – 7, Juraj Matejka (53.56)
- 4 – 7, Ladislav Gál (58.55)
| Report | - 0 – 1, Emanuel Antener (8.06)
- 0 – 2, Christoph Hofbauer (9.58)
- 0 – 3, Marc Dysli (11.13)
- 0 – 4 (PP), Simon Stucki (18.16)
- 0 – 5 (SH), Joel Krähenbühl (32.46)
- 1 – 6, Philipp Fankhauser (36.46)
- 1 – 7 (PP), Christoph Hofbauer (38.57)
- 4 – 8, Emanuel Antener (59.49)
| Sporthalle Wankdorf, Bern | |
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]
Group C
Source: [citation needed]
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]
Russia | 3–4 | Germany | | | | |
Playoff round
Quarter finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
Switzerland | 8 – 0 Report | Germany | | | | |
Gold medal game
Placement round
13–16
9–12
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
5–8
5th place match
Ranking
Official 2012 Rankings according to the IFF
References
- ^ "Men´s WFC 2012 — Tournament Mode". International Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "Men´s WFC 2012". International Floorball Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
External links
- Men's World Championships
- Official 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships site
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