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The 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 11th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Latvia in December 2016.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Latvia |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 3–11 December 2016 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Finland |
Runner-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| Attendance | 85,110 (1,773 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Peter Kotilainen |
| MVP | Peter Kotilainen |
Host
Qualified
Did not qualify
Qualification events were conducted between 2 and 14 February 2016.
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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| Host nation | 1 | Latvia | ||
| European Qualification 1 | 3–7 February 2016 |  Nitra | 2 | Sweden Slovakia |
| European Qualification 2 | 3–7 February 2016 |  Tallinn | 3 | Finland Estonia Denmark |
| European Qualification 3 | 3–7 February 2016 |  Lochow | 3 | Switzerland Germany Poland |
| European Qualification 4 | 2–6 February 2016 |  Škofja Loka | 2 |  Czech Republic Norway |
| Asia-Oceania Qualification | 2–6 February 2016 |  Pattaya | 3 |  Australia Singapore Thailand |
| Americas Qualification | 12–14 February 2016 |  Colorado Springs | 2 |  Canada United States |
| Total | 16 | |||
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| Arena Riga | Olympic Sports Centre | |
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| Capacity: 10,300 The main competition arena. |
Capacity: 800 The second competition arena and practice arena. | |
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The teams will be divided into four pots according to the world ranking.[1] (World rankings shown in parentheses).[2]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Finland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | +20 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 6–4 | 10–3 | 12–1 | |
| 2 | Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | 4 | 4–6 | — | 8–4 | 11–3 | ||
| 3 | Estonia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 1 | Play-off round | 3–10 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | |
| 4 | Germany |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 29 | −19 | 1 | 1–12 | 3–11 | 6–6 | — |
Source: IFF
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | Sweden |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 6 | Quarterfinals | — | 8–4 | 8–2 | 7–2 | |
| 2 | Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 4 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | ||
| 3 | Norway |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 1 | Play-off round | 2–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–5 | |
| 4 | Latvia (H) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 1 | 2–7 | 3–9 | 5–5 | — |
Group C
Source: IFF
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | United States |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 4 | Play-off round | — | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–9 | |
| 2 | Canada |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 4 | 1–8 | — | 5–4 | 2–1 | ||
| 3 | Thailand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 2 | 13th–16th place playoff | 4–5 | 4–5 | — | 8–2 | |
| 4 | Singapore |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 2 | 9–5 | 1–2 | 2–8 | — |
Source: IFF
Knock-out stage
| Play-off 7 December | Quarterfinals 8–9 December | Semifinals 10 December | Final 11 December | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Germany
| 6 | Germany
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| United States
| 5 | Sweden
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Norway
| 4 | Norway
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia
| 3 | Sweden
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland (pen.)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finland
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latvia
| 5 | Denmark
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark (pen.)
| 6 | Finland
| 4 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
| 8 | Czech Republic
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia
| 16 | Estonia
| 2 | Switzerland
| 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Play-off
| 7 December 2016 10:00 | Germany | 6–5 (2–1, 1–1, 3–3) | United States | Arena Riga Attendance: 724 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Māris Kumerdanks Kaspars Kristapsons | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 7 December 2016 13:00 | Estonia | 16–4 (7–2, 3–0, 6–2) | Canada | Arena Riga Attendance: 497 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Vesa Vilkki Mikko Alakare | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 11 min | ||
| 7 December 2016 16:00 | Norway | 4–3 (1–1, 2–2, 1–0) | Slovakia | Arena Riga Attendance: 608 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 7 December 2016 19:30 | Latvia | 5 – 6 PS (1–2, 4–0, 0–3) OT (0–0) PS (0–1) | Denmark | Arena Riga Attendance: 2,633 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka | ||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
Quarterfinals
| 8 December 2016 16:00 | Czech Republic | 8–2 (2–2, 4–0, 2–0) | Estonia | Arena Riga Attendance: 833 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Vesa Vilkki Mikko Alakare | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 8 December 2016 19:00 | Sweden | 11–0 (2–0, 5–0, 4–0) | Germany | Arena Riga Attendance: 979 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross | ||||
| 0 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 9 December 2016 16:10 | Switzerland | 7–2 (1–0, 3–0, 3–2) | Norway | Arena Riga Attendance: 2,960 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Tero Fordell Lasse Vuola | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 9 December 2016 19:00 | Finland | 7–0 (1–0, 4–0, 2–0) | Denmark | Arena Riga Attendance: 3,422 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Thomas Andersson Rickard Wissman | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 5 min | ||
Semifinals
| 10 December 2016 12:45 | Sweden | 7–2 (2–0, 0–2, 5–0) | Switzerland | Arena Riga Attendance: 5,774 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Vesa Vilkki Mikko Alakare | ||||
| 10 December 2016 16:30 | Finland | 4–3 (2–0,1–2,1–1) | Czech Republic | Arena Riga Attendance: 6,445 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Håkan Söderman Glenn Boström | ||||
Bronze medal game
| 11 December 2016 14:45 | Czech Republic | 5–8 (2–3, 1–2, 2–3) | Switzerland | Arena Riga Attendance: 6,870 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Thomas Andersson Rickard Wissman | ||||
Final
| 11 December 2016 17:40 | Finland | 4 – 3 PSO (2–2, 0–1, 1–0) 0–0 OT 4–2 PSO | Sweden | Arena Riga Attendance: 8,350 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross | ||||
Placement matches
13th place bracket
| Matches 13th–16th | 13th place | |||||
| 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||
| Thailand | 4 | |||||
| 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||
| Australia | 3 | |||||
| Thailand | 4 | |||||
| 7 December – Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||
| Poland | 5 | |||||
| Poland | 14 | |||||
| Singapore | 3 | |||||
| 15th place | ||||||
| 9 December – Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||
| Australia | 9 | |||||
| Singapore | 3 | |||||
Matches 13th–16th
| 7 December 2016 12:00 | Thailand | 4–3 (0–0, 2–1, 2–2) | Australia | Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Attendance: 190 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Håkan Söderman Glenn Boström | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
| 7 December 2016 15:00 | Poland | 14–3 (6–1, 2–1, 6–1) | Singapore | Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Attendance: 166 |
| Game reference | ||||
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| Referees: Tero Fordell Lasse Vuola | ||||
| 0 min | Penalties | 11 min | ||
15th place match
| 9 December 2016 12:00 | Australia | 9–3 (1–1, 3–1, 5–1) | Singapore | Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Attendance: 239 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
13th place match
| 9 December 2016 15:00 | Thailand | 4–5 (0–2, 2–1, 2–2) | Poland | Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Attendance: 175 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Māris Kumerdanks Kaspars Kristapsons | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
9th place bracket
| Matches 9th–11th | 9th place | |||||
| 8 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| Slovakia | 7 | |||||
| 10 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| Slovakia(OT) | 6 | |||||
| 8 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| Latvia | 5 | |||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||
| Latvia | 11 | |||||
| 11th place | ||||||
| 9 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
Matches 9th–12th
| 8 December 2016 10:00 | Slovakia | 7–3 (1–1, 3–0, 3–2) | United States | Arena Riga Attendance: 367 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Thomas Andersson Rickard Wissman | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
| 8 December 2016 13:00 | Canada | 1–11 (0–3, 1–5, 0–3) | Latvia | Arena Riga Attendance: 674 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Håkan Söderman Glenn Boström | ||||
| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||
11th place match
| 9 December 2016 13:00 | United States | 1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Canada | Arena Riga Attendance: 726 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Mārtiņš Larinovs Mārtiņš Gross | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 2 min | ||
9th place match
| 10 December 2016 19:30 | Slovakia | 6–5 OT (0–1,2–2, 3–2,1–0) | Latvia | Arena Riga Attendance: 1,889 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | |||
5th place bracket
| Matches 5th–8th | 5th place | |||||
| 10 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| Denmark (OT) | 6 | |||||
| 11 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| Estonia | 5 | |||||
| Denmark(pen.) | 5 | |||||
| 10 December – Olympic Sports Centre | ||||||
| Norway | 4 | |||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||
| Norway (OT) | 6 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| 11 December – Arena Riga | ||||||
| Estonia | 4 | |||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||
Matches 5th–8th
| 10 December 2016 10:00 | Denmark | 6–5 OT (2–0, 3–1, 0–4, 1–0) | Estonia | Arena Riga Attendance: 1,326 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Tero Fordell Lasse Vuola | ||||
| 8 min | Penalties | |||
| 10 December 2016 11:00 | Germany | 5–6 OT (1–3, 1–0, 3–2, 0–1) | Norway | Olympic Sports Centre, Riga Attendance: 311 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Māris Kumerdanks Kaspars Kristapsons | ||||
| 7 min | Penalties | 5 min | ||
7th place match
| 11 December 2016 9:00 | Estonia | 4–5 (3–2,0–2, 1–1) | Germany | Arena Riga Attendance: 970 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Māris Kumerdanks Kaspars Kristapsons | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | |||
5th place match
| 11 December 2016 12:00 | Denmark | 5–4 PS (0–2, 1–0, 3–2) OT (0–0) (PS) (3–2) | Norway | Arena Riga Attendance: 2,297 |
| Game reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referees: Kamil Sojka Tomáš Sojka | ||||
| 2 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||
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Final ranking
The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
 | Finland |
 | Sweden |
 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Denmark |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Estonia |
| 9 | Slovakia |
| 10 | Latvia |
| 11 | United States |
| 12 | Canada |
| 13 | Poland |
| 14 | Thailand |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Singapore |
All-star team
- Best goalkeeper:
Pascal Meier - Best defenders:
Krister Savonen, Tatu Väänänen - Best forwards:
Alexander Galante Carlström, 
Matěj Jendrišák, Peter Kotilainen
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