The 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships were the ninth men's World Floorball Championship . The tournament took place in Bern and Zurich , Switzerland in December 2012.
Qualification
There were 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:
Format
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.
Teams
Team
Method of
Finals
Last
Previous best
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
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–
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
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–
Group stage
The draw was made in the beginning of March.
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
Source:
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:
Group C
Source:
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:
Playoff round
Quarter finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal game
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
World Floorball Championship Men's Division A
Division B
Division C
Qualifying
Women's Division A
Division B
Qualifying
Men's U-19 Division A
Division B
Qualifying
Women's U-19 Division A
Division B
Qualifying
University
Categories :
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