Sweden are the Men’s World Floorball Champions (WFC) after beating Finland in the Men’s WFC final 2020. Czech Republic take the bronze and Lativa got the last ticket to The World Games 2022.
A total of 12’508 spectators watched the final at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki.
Final FIN – SWE 4-6
Best players: Justus Kainulainen (FIN) & Kim Nilsson (SWE)
Game statistics final
Czech Republic takes bronze
In the bronze match Switzerland played against Czech Republic.
Bronze match CZE – SUI 4-3 ot.
Best players: Marek Benes (CZE) & Jan Bürki (SUI)
Game statistics bronze match
Last World Games 2022 ticket to Latvia and Thailand
The match for the 5th place at the Men’s WFC 2020 decided the last European team to qualify for The World Games (TWG). Latvia and Norway played for the 5th place at the WFC and Latvia won the match 4-2 and took the last TWG ticket. The IFF Extra Ordinary General Assembly also decided that the team from Asia Oceania to qualify is Thailand.
Qualified TWG 2022 Teams:
- Host country: USA
- Top 5 placed teams at WFC 2020: Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Latvia
- Best placed American continent team at WFC 2020: Canada
- Best placed Asia Oceania team at WFC 2020: Thailand
The World Games floorball tournament will be played from 8th – 12th of July in Birmingham, USA, with eight men’s teams divided into two groups.
Men’s WFC Final Standings
1 | Sweden | |
2 | Finland | |
3 | 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 | USA | |
16 | Singapore |
Foto by: Anssi Koskinen