The match schedule for the 9th Men´s U19 World Floorball Championships, to be held from 3rd-7th May 2017 in Växjö, Sweden, has been released.
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 direclty qualified, based on results from the Men´s U19 WFC 2015. The remaining 6 spots in B-division were decided via regional quota systems and qualification events.
Qualification events were held in Europe (Italy) and Asia-Oceania (Japan) in September 2016. Results from those events can be found below.
Download a copy of the match schedule here:
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
Group C | Group D | ||
Norway (8) | Germany (10) | ||
Estonia (12) | Hungary (11) | ||
Canada (13) |
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Australia (14) | |
Japan (16) | USA (15) |
* Numbers in brackets show current rankings.
For full event information visit http://www.floorball.org/pages/EN/Mens-U19-WFC-2017 or the official event website: www.wfc2017.se
Qualifications
Europe – Celano, Italy, from 6th – 10th September 2016
Asia-Oceania – Fuji-Yoshida, Japan from 18th – 20th September 2016
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.