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2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Helsinki, Finland, during 3–11 December 2021. The tournament was originally intended to be played between 4–12 December 2020, but on 7 December 2020, it was rescheduled one year into the future due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[1][2]

2020 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–11 December 2021
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored580 (12.08 per match)
Attendance71,220 (1,484 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Estonia Patrik Kareliusson (25 points)
MVPFinland Ville Lastikka
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WFC 2020 qualification

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  Host
  Direct qualification
  Qualified
  Did not qualify

35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.

In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.[3]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Finland
Direct Qualification 2   United States
  Canada
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries 2   Australia1
  Singapore
  Thailand
  Japan1
European Qualification 1 30 January – 2 February 2020   Frederikshavn 3   Sweden
  Poland
  Denmark
European Qualification 2 30 January – 2 February 2020   Poprad 3    Switzerland
  Norway
  Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2020   Liepāja 3   Czech Republic
  Latvia
  Germany
Wildcard/Replacements 2   Estonia2
  Philippines2
Total 16
1.^ Australia and Japan confirmed to IFF that they were unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, hence their withdrawal from the competition.[4]
2.^ On September 28, 2021, the IFF Central Board confirmed the inclusion of Estonia and the Philippines to replace Australia and Japan.[5]

Venues

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Helsinki
Hartwall Arena Helsinki Ice Hall

Tournament groups

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After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays 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 the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).[4]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
  Finland (hosts)
  Sweden
  Denmark
  Latvia

   Switzerland
  Czech Republic
  Germany
  Norway

  Slovakia
  Poland
  Thailand
  United States

  Canada
  Singapore
  Estonia1
  Philippines1

1.^ Estonia and the Philippines replaced Australia and Japan.

Results

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 6 Quarterfinals — 7–3 7–2 7–0
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 29 9 +20 4 3–7 — 11–1 15–1
3   Latvia 3 0 1 2 8 23 −15 1 Play-off round 2–7 1–11 — 5–5
4   Denmark 3 0 1 2 6 27 −21 1 0–7 1–15 5–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts
3 December 2021
15:15		Sweden  11–1
(2–1, 4–0, 5–0)		  LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 573
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Linus Nordgern   10:10 (30:40)
Alexander Galante Carlstorm   18:20 (28:40)
Rasmus Enstorm   39:47
Tobias Gustafsson   47:23 (59:48)
Kevin Haglund   47:50 (59:48)
Kim Nilsson   48:44
Albin Sjorgen   52:16		Goals  04:01 Armands Savins
3 December 2021
18:30		Finland  7–0
(5–0, 1–0, 1–0)		  DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,665
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Nico Salo   03:13
Justus Kainulainen   04:02
Joonas Pylsy   08:11
Juha Kivilletho   12:23
Eemeli Salin   13:40 (42:30)
Peter Kotilainen   39:18		Goals
4 December 2021
12:45		Denmark  5–5
(2–2, 0–2, 3–1)		  LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 963
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Lukas Eldholm   04:18
Jonas Nordheim   12:25		Goals  18:07 Edgars Purins
  18:49 (25:29) Rolands Kovalevskis
4 December 2021
18:55		Finland  7–3
(2–1, 1–1, 4–1)		  SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,120
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Ville Lastikka   03:06Goals  08:04 Ludwig Persson
  32:48 Kevin Haglund
5 December 2021
15:00		Latvia  2–7
(1–2, 1–4, 0–1)		  FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,307
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Armands Savans   00:28Goals  17:06 Rasmus Kainulainen
6 December 2021
17:00		Denmark  1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8)		  SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 302
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Lukas Eldholm   19:18Goals  01:45 Kim Nilsson
  02:06 Casper Backby

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1    Switzerland 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6 Quarterfinals — 4–2 7–5 9–2
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 2–4 — 3–7 11–0
3   Norway 3 1 0 2 15 18 −3 2 Play-off round 5–7 7–3 — 7–4
4   Germany 3 0 0 3 6 27 −21 0 2–9 0–11 4–7 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
19:30		Germany  0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)		  Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 113
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Goals  12:40 Filip Forman
  15:21 Mikulas Krbec
  19:59 Filip Langer
  24:17 Adam Deelong
  38:28 Dominik Benes
  39:25 Filip Forman
  48:35 Ondrej Nemeck
4 December 2021
15:30		Norway  5–7
(2–3, 2–1, 1–3)		   SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,233
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Marius Pedersen   13:21
Marius Pedersen   13:21
No Player   25:45		Goals  06:01 Christoph Meier
  09:01 Nils Conrad
  12:37 Manuel Maurer
  32:02 Jan Zaugg
  46:04 (58:01) Michael Schiess
5 December 2021
12:00		Germany  4–7
(0–4, 3–0, 1–3)		  NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
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Niklas Broker   23:03Goals  16:03 Marius Pedersen
5 December 2021
18:45		Czech Republic  2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)		   SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 789
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Marek Benes   06:48Goals  02:26 Joel Ruegger
6 December 2021
17:15		Switzerland  9–2
(2–1, 2–0, 5–1)		  GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 155
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Tim Braillard   00:50Goals  12:18 Tino von Prizbuer
6 December 2021
19:45		Czech Republic  7–3
(2–0, 4–1, 1–2)		  NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 216
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Marek Benes   08:58Goals  30:11 Patrick Hjemgard

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Slovakia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 Play-off round — 8–4 15–2 15–1
2   Poland 3 2 0 1 30 14 +16 4 4–8 — 8–6 18–0
3   Thailand 3 1 0 2 17 26 −9 2 13th–16th place playoff 2–15 6–8 — 9–3
4   United States 3 0 0 3 4 42 −38 0 1–15 0–18 3–9 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
14:00		Poland  8–6
(3–2, 1–3, 4–1)		  ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 78
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Michal Sienko   05:30
Wojciech Malajka   16:40 (34:04)
Alexander Dahlstorm   19:54
Lukasz Chlebda   47:00		Goals  11:00 Pheeraphong Khambanlue
  11:37 Santipong Sukkasem
  22:52 Prakasit Namsawang
  26:30 (28:51) Pawat Thaidit
3 December 2021
16:45		Slovakia  15–1
(7–1, 4–0, 4–0)		  United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 67
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Michal Dudovic   00:38 (18:01)
Ladislav Gal   03:09 (06:06), 31:55
Ladislav Mirt   08:23
Matus Gadjos   15:08
Jakub Grich   18:41		Goals  10:03 Alexander Mcvey
4 December 2021
14:45		Thailand  9–3
(2–1, 2–0, 5–2)		  United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 421
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Santipong Sukkasem   07:21Goals  03:03 David Hansen
4 December 2021
17:30		Poland  4–8
(1–3, 1–3, 2–2)		  SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 721
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Wojciech Malajka   10:59Goals  06:59 Michal Dudovic
5 December 2021
17:30		Thailand  2–15
(1–5, 1–5, 0–5)		  SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 275
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Alexander Rinefalk   02:16Goals  02:26 Michal Dudovic
6 December 2021
14:30		United States  0–18
(0–7, 0–7, 0–4)		  PolandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 127
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Goals  00:22 Karol Pelczarski

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Estonia 3 3 0 0 47 12 +35 6 Play-off round — 21–4 13–6 13–2
2   Canada 3 2 0 1 26 37 −11 4 4–21 — 13–8 9–8
3   Philippines 3 1 0 2 23 30 −7 2 13th–16th place playoff 6–13 8–13 — 9–4
4   Singapore 3 0 0 3 14 31 −17 0 2–13 8–9 4–9 —
Source: [citation needed]
3 December 2021
12:30		Singapore  8–9
(3–2, 0–3, 5–4)		  CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 350
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Suria R   05:06
Suria R   45:03
Jenmark Sorreda   06:02
Jenmark Sorreda   49:51
Abdul Mateen Amir Mirza   11:14
Chee Yong Lee   50:00
Chee Yong Lee   56:19
Suria R   47:22
Jian Long Him   52:38		Goals  06:44 Jonathan Kuysten
  09:56 (36:12) Valtteri Viitakoski
  32:32 Valetteri Viitakoski
  43:11 Lauri Berg
  32:20 Cameron Buck
  47:13 Valteri Viitakoski
  50:27 Valteri Viitakoski
4 December 2021
12:00		Philippines  6–13
(0–3, 2–7, 4–3)		  EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 301
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Kristoffer JandeliusGoaliesDaniel Vaigur
Fredrik Jeppsson Escabel   37:12Goals  02:34 (22:16), 33:16 Patrik Karelusson
  04:32 (22:16) Mathias Einamann
  19:18 (21:51), 23:20 Tanel Kasenurm
5 December 2021
12:00		Singapore  4–9
(0–5, 1–1, 3–3)		  PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 295
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Hafiz Zubir   28:18Goals  04:07 Melvin Alm Mendoza
5 December 2021
14:45		Canada  4–21
(1–6, 2–9, 1–6)		  EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 311
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Lauri Berg   16:29Goals  02:49 Patrik Kareliusson
6 December 2021
10:15		Estonia  13–2
(4–0, 3–1, 6–1)		  SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 103
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Roman Pass   01:20Goals  27:35 Thaddeus Tan
6 December 2021
13:00		Canada  13–8
(6–3, 4–3, 3–2)		  PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 306
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Brandon Barber   04:22Goals  01:52 Melvin Alm Mendoza

Knock-out stage

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Play-off
7 December 		Quarterfinals
8–9 December 		Semifinals
10 December 		Final
11 December
  Finland 5
  Germany 3   Slovakia 1
  Slovakia 7   Finland 3
  Czech Republic 2
  Czech Republic 9
  Latvia 16   Latvia 1
  Canada 3   Finland 4
  Sweden 6
   Switzerland 9
  Denmark 3   Estonia 0
  Estonia 5    Switzerland 1 Third place
  Sweden 6
  Sweden 8   Czech Republic 4 (OT)
  Norway 7   Norway 2    Switzerland 3
  Poland 3

Play-off

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7 December 2021
13:00		Germany  3–7
(0–3, 1–1, 2–3)		  SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 473
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Sascha Herlt   33:23Goals  06:51 Ladislav Mirt
  11:52 Tomas Kvasnica
7 December 2021
19:00		Norway  7–3
(2–1, 1–2, 4–0)		  PolandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 163
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Daniel Gidske   11:41Goals  16:45 Lukasz Widurski
7 December 2021
10:00		Denmark  3–5
(0–0, 2–2, 1–3)		  EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,065
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Mikkel Christensen   23:36Goals  29:20 Artur Ouruzko
7 December 2021
16:00		Latvia  16–3
(6–1, 3–0, 7–2)		  CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 213
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Petris Trekse   00:03 (01:43)Goals  02:36 (04:58) Valtteri Vittakoski

Quarterfinals

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8 December 2021
15:30		Czech Republic  9–1
(1–0, 2–1, 6–0)		  LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 468
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Adam Delong   06:45Goals  24:35 Kevins Smiths
8 December 2021
18:45		Finland  5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)		  SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,728
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Ville Lastikka   16:57
Rasmus Kainulainen   19:22		Goals  29:48 Lukas Ujhelyi
9 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland  9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)		  EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,209
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Jan Zaugg   09:44
Luca Graf   12:17		Goals
9 December 2021
18:30		Sweden  8–2
(6–0, 0–0, 2–2)		  NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,112
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Johan Sammuelson   00:53 (05:31)
Kim Nilsson   01:20
Alexander Galante Carlstorm   09:12		Goals  46:21 Ketil Kronberg

Semifinals

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10 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland  1–6
(0–2, 1–0, 0–4)		  SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,453
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Claudio Laely   24:48Goals  11:24 No Player
10 December 2021
18:45		Finland  3–2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)		  Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,263
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Justus Kaiullainen   32:08Goals  13:28 Adam Hemerka

Bronze medal game

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11 December 2021
14:30		Czech Republic  4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: 1–0		   SwitzerlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,065
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Josef Rypar   12:05Goals  16:18 Christoph Camenisch

Final

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11 December 2021
17:30		Finland  4–6
(2–0, 0–3, 2–3)		  SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,508
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Justus Kainulainen   01:26Goals  24:59 Rasmus Enstrom

Placement matches

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5th place bracket

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5th–8th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
  Slovakia2
 
11 December
 
  Latvia6
 
  Latvia4
 
10 December
 
  Norway2
 
  Estonia4
 
 
  Norway5 (OT)
 
7th place
 
 
11 December
 
 
  Slovakia8 (OT)
 
 
  Estonia7

5th–8th place semi-finals

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10 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia  2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		  LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 323
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Lukas Rezanina   23:10Goals  09:39 Kevins Smits
10 December 2021
13:00		Estonia  4–5 OT
(2–2, 0–2, 2–0)
OT: 0–1		  NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 240
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5th place match

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11 December 2021
13:00		Latvia  4–2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)		  NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 143
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7th place match

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11 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia  8–7 OT
(3–1, 3–3, 1–3)
OT: 1–0		  EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 163
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9th place bracket

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9th–11th place semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
8 December
 
 
  Poland3
 
9 December
 
  Denmark7
 
  Denmark3
 
8 December
 
  Germany6
 
  Canada7
 
 
  Germany15
 
11th place
 
 
9 December
 
 
  Poland (p.s.o)6
 
 
  Canada5

9th–12th place semi-finals

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8 December 2021
11:00		Canada  7–15
(1–3, 2–4, 4–8)		  GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 360
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Brandon Barder   09:19Goals  13:35 Janos Broker
8 December 2021
12:30		Poland  3–7
(1–5, 1–2, 1–0)		  DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 812
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Alexander Dahlstrom   12:56Goals  08:30 Daniel Mac Cabe

9th place match

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9 December 2021
12:30		  Denmark3–6
(2–1, 0–4, 1–1)		Germany  Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 574
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Jonas Nordheim   19:11Goals  07:19 Nils Hofferbert

11th place match

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9 December 2021
09:30		  Poland6–5 PSO
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 3–1		Canada  Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 1,013
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Wojciech Malajka   14:36Goals  12:14 Valtteri Viitakoski

13th place bracket

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13th–16th place semi-finals13th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
  Philippines10
 
8 December
 
  United States5
 
  Philippines8
 
7 December
 
  Thailand (p.s.o.)9
 
  Thailand11
 
 
  Singapore6
 
15th place
 
 
8 December
 
 
  United States4
 
 
  Singapore2

13th–16th place semi-finals

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7 December 2021
14:30		Philippines  10–5
(4–3, 2–1, 4–1)		  United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 101
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Lucas Werelius   00:45Goals  09:37 William Erikkson
7 December 2021
17:15		Thailand  11–6
(4–1, 6–1, 1–4)		  SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 217
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Pawat Thaidt   00:39Goals  18:26 Zong Wei Tng

13th place match

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8 December 2021
17:00		Philippines  8–9 PSO
(2–3, 2–1, 4–4)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 1–2		  ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 128
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Melvin Alm Mendoza   12:03Goals  00:42 Pawat Thaidt

15th place match

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8 December 2021
14:00		United States  4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		  SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 123
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Alexander McVey   23:06Goals  18:46 Chee Yong Lee

Ranking and statistics

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Final ranking

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The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

    Sweden
    Finland
    Czech Republic
4    Switzerland
5   Latvia
6   Norway
7   Slovakia
8   Estonia
9   Germany
10   Denmark
11   Poland
12   Canada
13   Thailand
14   Philippines
15   United States
16   Singapore

Qualification for the 2022 World Games

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Main article: Floorball at the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games via regional rank
Qualify to the 2022 World Games as the host country
# Americas Europe Asia Oceania
1   Canada   Sweden   Thailand (TBC)
2   United States   Finland
3   Czech Republic
4    Switzerland
5   Latvia

References

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  1. ^ Brian Kenety (1 February 2020). "Czechs beat Dutch to qualify for 2020 World Cup in Helsinki". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Michael Pavitt (7 September 2020). "IFF confirms Men's World Floorball Championship postponed to 2021". Inside the Games. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  4. ^ a b "Tournament". IFF. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  5. ^ ""It is great that we get to play the WFC with a full number of teams" – Estonia and the Philippines participate in the WFC". IFF. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
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