A total of 26 teams have registered for the 9th Men´s U19 World Floorball Championships, to be held in May 2017 in Växjö, Sweden. In the qualification events, France & Iran will be competing for the first time in this category.

The Final Round is made of up 8 teams in A-division & 8 teams in B-division. All A-division teams, as well as two B-division teams have direclty qualified, based on results from the Men´s U19 WFC 2015. The remaining 6 spots in the B-division will be determined via regional quota systems and qualification events.

Qualification events will be held in Europe (Italy) and Asia-Oceania (Japan) in September 2016. General information on those events can be found below and match schedules will be released in the coming weeks.

Check this page for more details: http://www.floorball.org/pages/EN/Mens-U19-WFC-2017

Final Round

A-Division

	Group A			Group B
	Finland (1)*			Switzerland (2)
	Sweden (4)			Czech Republic (3)
	Slovakia (5)			Poland (6)
	Denmark (9)			Latvia (7)

B-Division^

	Norway (8)
	Germany (10)
	Canada (13)
	USA (15)
?	EUR qualifier
?	EUR qualifier
?	AOFC qualifier
?	AOFC qualifier

Qualifications

Europe

The European qualification event will be held in Celano, Italy, from 6th – 10th September 2016. Based on the IFF regional quota system two teams will qualify from Europe.

	Group A			Group B
	Hungary (11)*			Estonia (12)
	Austria (20)			Spain (17)
	Belgium (19)			Italy (21)
	Great Britain (23)			Netherlands (22)
	Slovenia (26)			France (-)

Asia-Oceania

The Asia-Oceania qualification event will be held in Fuji-Yoshida, Japan from 18th – 20th September 2016. Based on the IFF regional quota system two teams will qualify from Asia-Oceania.

	Australia (14)
	Japan (16)
	New Zealand (24)
	Iran (-)

Americas

Based on the IFF regional quota system both registered countries will receive direct qualification to the Final Round.

U19 WFC Qualifications Playing system

Every team plays each other once within their group. In Europe, the top team from each group will qualify to the Final Round. In Asia-Oceania, the top two teams will qualify to the Final Round. 

U19 WFC Final Round Playing system

A-Division: Every team plays each other once within their group. The top two teams after the group stage proceed to the semi-finals, while the other four teams have placement matches. The 8th placed team in A-division will be relegated to B-division for 2017.

B-Division: Every team plays each other once within their group. The top two teams after the group stage proceed to the semi-finals, while the other four teams have placement matches. The winner of B-division will be promoted to A-division for 2017.  

* Numbers in brackets show current rankings. Teams marked with (-) are competing in their first Men´s U19 WFC event and will receive a ranking at the completion of the tournament.
^ Groups in B-division will be decided after the qualification events