The 14th Men’s World Floorball Championships will be played in Zurich & Winterthur, Switzerland from 5th – 13th November 2022. Sweden, Czech Republic, Latvia and Germany are playing in Group B.
Sweden
Describe your team, and what should we expect from your team during WFC 2022?
We are hunting for another gold. The team is very well welded together and hungry for one more Championship title.
Players to watch
Who is your most dangerous attacker and why?
Kim Nilsson – feels reborn and seems very hungry. He is fast, big and has the ability to always see the net.
Who is your strongest defender and why?
Niklas Ramirez – he is big and fast but at the same time very agile. That, together with his balance, means that he often wins his duels, both defensively and offensively.
Who is your toughest player and why?
Tobias Gustafsson – he is rockhard in the body and it hurts to face him, but he never plays badly. It should be man against man in honest duels.
Who is your face-off champion?
We don’t have a face-off champion.
Czech Republic
Describe your team, and what should we expect from your team during WFC 2022?
Although the Czech national team is a very young team, it includes six junior world champions and almost all players have already won a world medal. These are hardworking and goal-oriented players who want to break through the gates of the finals. Teamwork is a key factor in the success this team wants to achieve.
Players to watch
Who is your most dangerous attacker and why?
Filip Langer
Young center who can score himself or play empty net to his teammates. He has a good shot, strong movement and ability to lead the team on the court.
Who is your strongest defender and why?
Ondřej Němeček
Compact and modern defender who is very sure with the ball and can play hard and fair defence on the own side. Němeček has also potential to score and he can be productive players in the offence.
Who is your toughest player and why?
Josef Rýpar is a player you want to have in your team, but you don’t want to play against him. Hi is a professional. He does not like to lose, which can be seen in him every second on the field.
Who is your face-off champion?
Latvia
Describe your team, and what should we expect from your team during WFC 2022?
Our expectations are high as alway – we have played well in the last couple tournaments and had great results, but we cannot take anything for granted and have unnecesarry pressure. Everybody is taking us really seriously after breaking into the world’s top4, so we have to play our best games and stick to our goals while avoiding pressure on the team. The WFCQ, TWG, 6NT have been our field of practise besides camps and now, reaching our biggest goal/event – WFC – we have to show what we have achieved. And we are ready for sure.
Players to watch
Who is your most dangerous attacker and why?
Peteris Trekse
Playing in top team in Finland, in 1st line. Very skillful, making our attacking game dangerous. Finds other line-mates easily, understands the game plan really well and especially in attacking zone he is one of the best in the world.
Who is your strongest defender and why?
Arturs Jursevskis
He is underrated, but he always makes the line much better, very rare for him to do any mistakes. He always knows when and where to pass others to support our attacking game and really good in defence as he reads the game very well. In worlds’ top defenders, MVP also in The World Games.
Who is your toughest player and why?
Morics Krumins
Very experienced, almost always wins in 1vs1 situations. Strong, In top physycal form and always going forward when winning over ball.
Who is your face-off champion?
Artis Raitums
Team captain. Most important player in the team – leader on and off the field, great support also for the coaches
Germany
Describe your team, and what should we expect from your team during WFC 2022?
The WFC in Helsinki was our first step developing a new playing identy for the men’s national team. Place 9 was not giving satisfaction to us, but we could develop our game over the recent year and look forward to Switzerland. Our first goal is to reach the quarter-final. After reaching that goal we will see what is possible.
Players to watch
Who is your most dangerous attacker and why?
Jakob Heins
Jakob is still really young but he has great hands and a good instinct infront of opponents goal.
Who is your strongest defender and why?
Tino von Pritzbuer
Tino is combining speed, physical game and technique.
Who is your toughest player and why?
Niklas Rutz
Really tall and powerfull defender.
Who is your face-off champion?
- The information here is provided by the teams and modified by the IFF.
