The 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships will be the 15th edition of this competition. It will be held from 7 to 15 December 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. Sweden are the two-time defending champions.
Host selection
These two nations applied.[1][2]
Singapore
Sweden
Evaluation report
Bids[3][4]
Singapore
Sweden
Event
135/165
145/165
Financial
193/250
206/250
Delivery
340/450
334/450
Development
112/135
89/135
Overall
780/1000
774/1000
Budget
€2.43 million
€2.6 million
Tournament dates (score)
16–24 November (5/15)
7–15 December (15/15)
The bids were considered very closely matched and thus the evaluation report was considered a draw, although 9/12 people who are involved in different aspects of the IFF gave Singapore the edge.[5]
Originally, the hosts were going to be announced in November 2020 but was postponed in order to learn more details about each bid.[5] Sweden was given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021 after beating Singapore in a bidding process that the IFF called very close.[6][7]
Qualification
Host
Qualified
Did not qualify
The qualifiers were held in January, February and May 2024.[8] Slovenia will make their debut at a senior IFF tournament.[9][10]Singapore was the only nation to not qualify having played at the 2022 edition.
The draw took place on 5 March 2024 at the Turning Torso in Malmö, Sweden.[14][15] The placeholder name the Asian and Oceanian teams would inherit was based of their world ranking, rather than their position in the Asian Championship.[16]
After the group ballot, 16 teams were divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team will play each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B go directly to quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D will make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).
Group stage
The schedule was announced on 25 March 2024.[17] An updated schedule was released on 3 July 2024.[18]
The first tickets sales for the competition started in November 2022 with tickets for select days being made available for purchase.[19] All tickets were put on sale on 27 March 2024.[20]
Preparation
The logo was revealed on 13 February 2023, with the slogan the floor is yours.[21]
References
^"Sweden applies to organise Men's WFC 2024 with Malmö as host city". IFF Main Site. October 14, 2020.
^"MUŽSKÝ SVĚTOVÝ ŠAMPIONÁT BUDE V ROCE 2024 VE ŠVÉDSKU" [The Men's World Championship will be in Sweden in 2024]. Český florbal (in Czech). 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021.
^"Suomi järjestää U19-naisten MM2024-kisat – Lahti kisakaupunkina". Suomen Salibandyliitto. February 23, 2021.
^"IFF CB Meeting news 3/2023 - updates on the upcoming events". International Florbal Federation. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023.
^"Slovenci prvič v zgodovini na SP v floorballu" [Slovenians at the World Floorball Championships for the first time in history]. rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). 3 February 2024. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024.
^"Slovenci uresničili veliki cilj, Danci za zadnjo vstopnico odpravili Belgijce" [Slovenians achieve big goal, Danes beat Belgians for last ticket]. siol.net (in Slovenian). 4 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024.
^"Česká reprezentace mužů odehraje kvalifikaci o šampionát v Polsku, vyzve domácí nebo Rakousko | Florbal.cz" [Czech men's national team to play championship qualifier in Poland, challenge home team or Austria]. florbal.cz (in Czech). 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023.