9th Men’s U19 World Championships

3rd – 7th May 2017
Växjö, Sweden

 

Official website: wfc2017.se

 

 

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 were directly qualified, based on results from the Men´s U19 WFC 2015. The remaining 6 spots in B-division were determined via regional quota systems and qualification events.

 

A-Division Final Standings

1.		Finland
2.		Sweden
3.		Czech Republic
4.		Switzerland
5.		Latvia
6.		Denmark
7.		Slovakia
8.		Poland*

* Poland are relegated to B-division for U19 WFC 2019.

 

A-division All-Star Team

Goalkeeper: Pontus Zarins (SWE)
Defender: Ondrej Nemecek (CZE)
Defender: Antti Suomela (FIN)
Centre: Simon Laubscher (SUI)
Forward: Heikki Iiskola (FIN)
Forward: Joona Rantala (FIN)

 

 

 

 

Match Schedule

Date	Time	Phase	Match	Score
03.05	11:00	Group B	CZE MU19 v LAT MU19	11 - 5
03.05	13:45	Group B	POL MU19 v SUI MU19	3 - 12
03.05	16:30	Group A	DEN MU19 v FIN MU19	1 - 15
03.05	19:15	Group A	SVK MU19 v SWE MU19	0 - 13
04.05	11:00	Group B	SUI MU19 v LAT MU19	6 - 5
04.05	13:45	Group B	POL MU19 v CZE MU19	5 - 18
04.05	16:30	Group A	SVK MU19 v DEN MU19	5 - 6
04.05	19:15	Group A	SWE MU19 v FIN MU19	7 - 14
05.05	11:00	Group B	LAT MU19 v POL MU19	13 - 10
05.05	13:47	Group B	SUI MU19 v CZE MU19	5 - 6
05.05	16:30	Group A	FIN MU19 v SVK MU19	8 - 3
05.05	19:14	Group A	SWE MU19 v DEN MU19	10 - 0
06.05	10:00	5th place	DEN MU19 v LAT MU19	3 - 7
06.05	13:00	A-Semi 1	FIN MU19 v SUI MU19	7 - 6 ot.
06.05	16:10	A-Semi 2	CZE MU19 v SWE MU19	4 - 9
06.05	19:00	7th place	POL MU19 v SVK MU19	8 - 9
07.05	12:30	3rd place	SUI MU19 v CZE MU19	5 - 8
07.05	15:30	A-Final	FIN MU19 v SWE MU19	7 - 4

 

Group A

Standings

Team	M	W	T	L	GF-GA	Points
FIN MU19	3	3	0	0	37-11	6
SWE MU19	3	2	0	1	30-14	4
DEN MU19	3	1	0	2	7-30	2
SVK MU19	3	0	0	3	8-27	0

Group B

Standings

Team	M	W	T	L	GF-GA	Points
CZE MU19	3	3	0	0	35-15	6
SUI MU19	3	2	0	1	23-14	4
LAT MU19	3	1	0	2	23-27	2
POL MU19	3	0	0	3	18-43	0

 

Scoring Leaders Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	G	A	Points	PIM
1	Justus Kainulainen	FIN MU19	5	11	5	16	2
2	Wojciech Malajka	POL MU19	4	13	2	15	14
3	Heikki Iiskola	FIN MU19	5	9	6	15	0
4	Joona Rantala	FIN MU19	5	4	9	13	2
5	Simon Laubscher	SUI MU19	5	5	7	12	0
6	Michal Dudovic	SVK MU19	4	6	5	11	0
7	Kasper Broby	SWE MU19	5	6	4	10	4
8	Otto Weidman	SWE MU19	5	5	5	10	0
9	Oskar Malmgren	SWE MU19	5	5	5	10	2
10	Filip Langer	CZE MU19	5	8	1	9	0
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11	Klavs Ozolins	LAT MU19	4	6	3	9	0
12	Mikulas Krbec	CZE MU19	5	4	5	9	0
13	Jakub Korczak	POL MU19	4	3	6	9	7
14	Michael Jansson	SWE MU19	5	5	3	8	0
15	Petr Brautferger	CZE MU19	5	4	4	8	0
16	Jonas Ruch	SUI MU19	5	3	5	8	2
17	Eero Jalo	FIN MU19	5	3	5	8	4
18	Antti Suomela	FIN MU19	5	2	6	8	0
19	Milan Melis	CZE MU19	5	2	6	8	0
20	Aaro Helin	FIN MU19	5	6	1	7	0
21	Nico Mutter	SUI MU19	5	5	2	7	0
22	Ronald Gasparik	SVK MU19	4	5	2	7	2
23	Joonatan Kovanen	FIN MU19	5	4	3	7	0
24	Jakub Kolisko	CZE MU19	5	3	4	7	0
25	Yann Ruh	SUI MU19	5	3	4	7	4
26	Ondrej Nemecek	CZE MU19	5	2	5	7	14
27	Florian Wenk	SUI MU19	5	5	1	6	0
28	Jan Krejca	CZE MU19	5	4	2	6	4
29	Mattias Jansson	SWE MU19	5	3	3	6	0
30	Erik Moravcik	SVK MU19	4	3	3	6	2
31	Peteris Trekse	LAT MU19	4	2	4	6	16
32	Toni Rintala	FIN MU19	5	4	1	5	0
33	Filip Wiklund	SWE MU19	5	4	1	5	0
34	Arnijs Kuratniks	LAT MU19	4	4	1	5	2
35	Adam Dahlqvist	SWE MU19	5	4	1	5	2
36	Janis Ragovskis	LAT MU19	4	4	1	5	2
37	Jan Burki	SUI MU19	5	4	1	5	14
38	Oskar Hovlund	SWE MU19	5	3	2	5	0
39	Josef Juha	CZE MU19	5	3	2	5	0
40	Tobias Studer	SUI MU19	5	3	2	5	2
41	Filip Bjork	SWE MU19	5	2	3	5	0
42	Premek Pakosta	CZE MU19	5	2	3	5	0
43	Rafal Zacher	POL MU19	4	2	3	5	4
44	Dawid Polomka	POL MU19	4	1	4	5	16
45	Mikkel Christensen	DEN MU19	4	3	1	4	0
46	Matyas Krebner	CZE MU19	5	3	1	4	0
47	Martin Muhlfait	CZE MU19	5	3	1	4	2
48	Ivo Popovs	LAT MU19	4	3	1	4	6
49	Eetu Sorvali	FIN MU19	5	2	2	4	0
50	Marek Zouzal	CZE MU19	5	1	3	4	0
51	Lauris Alvis Stiprais	LAT MU19	4	1	3	4	0
52	Linus Holmgren	SWE MU19	5	1	3	4	0
53	Eetu Ijas	FIN MU19	5	1	3	4	4
54	Karol Pelczarski	POL MU19	4	1	3	4	14
55	Mathias Glass	DEN MU19	4	0	4	4	0
56	Olle Ahman	SWE MU19	5	0	4	4	0
57	Filip Zakonov	CZE MU19	5	3	0	3	0
58	Niks Blumfelds	LAT MU19	4	3	0	3	0
59	Christian Remes	FIN MU19	5	3	0	3	2
60	Kevin Haglund	SWE MU19	5	3	0	3	4
61	Kasper Kajgaard	DEN MU19	4	2	1	3	0
62	Kristers Eglitis	LAT MU19	4	2	1	3	0
63	Kriss Treimanis	LAT MU19	4	2	1	3	0
64	Jakub Bina	CZE MU19	5	2	1	3	2
65	Daniel Widurski	POL MU19	4	2	1	3	8
66	Moritz Mock	SUI MU19	5	1	2	3	0
67	Stefan Hutzli	SUI MU19	5	0	3	3	0
68	Mikko Laakso	FIN MU19	5	0	3	3	0
69	Renats Degins	LAT MU19	4	0	3	3	2
70	Hannes Karlsson	SWE MU19	5	0	3	3	4
71	Pascal Michel	SUI MU19	5	2	0	2	0
72	Frederik Nielsen	DEN MU19	4	2	0	2	0
73	Jakub Slowakiewicz	POL MU19	4	2	0	2	0
74	Jesper Schmidt	DEN MU19	4	2	0	2	0
75	Maciej Kalinski	POL MU19	4	1	1	2	0
76	Perttu Jarvinen	FIN MU19	5	1	1	2	0
77	Emils Birkis	LAT MU19	4	1	1	2	0
78	Petr Kolacny	CZE MU19	5	1	1	2	0
79	Harry Braillard	SUI MU19	5	1	1	2	0
80	Adam Tlapak	CZE MU19	5	1	1	2	0
81	Emil Nilsen	SWE MU19	5	1	1	2	2
82	Michal Miske	SVK MU19	4	1	1	2	4
83	Ulvis Metra	LAT MU19	4	0	2	2	0
84	Karlis Pupils	LAT MU19	4	0	2	2	0
85	Michal Skura	POL MU19	4	0	2	2	6
86	Jan Jamski	POL MU19	4	1	0	1	0
87	Rasmus Larsen	DEN MU19	4	1	0	1	0
88	Eemeli Akola	FIN MU19	5	1	0	1	0
89	Gian-Marco Capatt	SUI MU19	5	1	0	1	0
90	Jakub Nota	SVK MU19	4	1	0	1	0
91	Krystof Krbec	CZE MU19	5	1	0	1	2
92	Tomas Turcsanyi	SVK MU19	4	1	0	1	2
93	Patrik Burman	SWE MU19	5	1	0	1	2
94	Edgars Purins	LAT MU19	4	1	0	1	4
95	David Leskovsky	SVK MU19	4	0	1	1	0
96	Frederik Mads Pil	DEN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
97	Karlis Pops	LAT MU19	4	0	1	1	0
98	Mika Majalahti	FIN MU19	5	0	1	1	0
99	Rasmus Ravn	DEN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
100	Samuel Zemancik	SVK MU19	4	0	1	1	0
101	Kriss Luzinskis	LAT MU19	4	0	1	1	0
102	Maksym Helman	POL MU19	4	0	1	1	2
103	Ralfs Orste	LAT MU19	4	0	1	1	2
104	Eduard Toth	SVK MU19	4	0	1	1	2
105	Filip Dominik	POL MU19	4	0	1	1	2
106	Alexander Nyman	FIN MU19	5	0	1	1	4
107	Filip Kalentun	SWE MU19	5	0	1	1	4
108	Andri Bischofberger	SUI MU19	5	0	1	1	4
109	Dominik Alder	SUI MU19	5	0	1	1	4
110	Pascal Semes	SUI MU19	5	0	1	1	4
111	Kristian Kozak	SVK MU19	4	0	1	1	6
112	Samuli Gronfors	FIN MU19	5	0	0	0	2
113	Aapo Hamalainen	FIN MU19	5	0	0	0	2
114	Jakub Melis	SVK MU19	4	0	0	0	2
115	Mathias Horby Jensen	DEN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
116	Romano Schubiger	SUI MU19	2	0	0	0	2
117	Noah Aeschimann	SUI MU19	5	0	0	0	2
118	Cedric Haldemann	SUI MU19	5	0	0	0	2
119	Adam Bielik	SVK MU19	4	0	0	0	2
120	Erik Rady	SVK MU19	4	0	0	0	2
121	Morten Handgaard	DEN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
122	Matiss Peteris Polis	LAT MU19	4	0	0	0	4
123	Michael Brinch Olesen	DEN MU19	4	0	0	0	6

 

Goalkeeper Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	S	G	%
1	Pontus Zarins	SWE MU19	5	67	8	89.33
2	Olli Kuisma	FIN MU19	5	24	4	85.71
3	Riku Saarentola	FIN MU19	5	93	17	84.54
4	Marek Kyselica	SVK MU19	4	55	12	82.08
5	Cyril Haldemann	SUI MU19	5	13	3	81.25
6	Yanick Flury	SUI MU19	5	94	25	78.99
7	Daniel Muck	CZE MU19	5	81	24	77.14
8	Emils Erglis	LAT MU19	4	38	13	74.50
9	Adam Kohut	SVK MU19	4	65	23	73.86
10	Andreas Blom	SWE MU19	5	45	16	73.77
Show all
11	Jan Eckhardt	CZE MU19	5	14	5	73.68
12	Emil Brixager	DEN MU19	4	57	21	73.07
13	Wojciech Komperda	POL MU19	4	90	34	72.58
14	Lasse Majland	DEN MU19	4	37	16	69.81
15	Karlis Pops	LAT MU19	4	37	17	68.51
16	Eryk Malajka	POL MU19	4	23	11	67.64
17	Jakub Udziela	POL MU19	4	12	7	63.15

 

 

B-Division Final Standings

9.		Norway*
10.		Estonia
11.		Germany
12.		Australia
13.		Hungary
14.		Canada
15.		USA
16.		Japan

* Norway are promoted to A-division for U19 WFC 2019.

 

B-division All-Star Team

Goalkeeper: Eythan Yeoh (AUS)
Defender: Marius Pedersen (NOR)
Defender: Ludvik Hansen (NOR)
Centre: Simen Lenborg (NOR)
Forward: Andreas Oun (EST)
Forward: Nils Hofferbert (GER)

 

 

 

 

Match Schedule

Date	Time	Phase	Match	Score
03.05	09:59	Group C	EST MU19 v CAN MU19	12 - 5
03.05	12:45	Group C	NOR MU19 v JPN MU19	14 - 1
03.05	15:29	Group D	HUN MU19 v USA MU19	10 - 1
03.05	18:15	Group D	AUS MU19 v GER MU19	3 - 1
04.05	09:59	Group C	JPN MU19 v CAN MU19	3 - 13
04.05	12:44	Group C	NOR MU19 v EST MU19	8 - 5
04.05	15:29	Group D	GER MU19 v USA MU19	18 - 4
04.05	18:15	Group D	AUS MU19 v HUN MU19	6 - 2
05.05	09:57	Group C	JPN MU19 v EST MU19	1 - 12
05.05	12:45	Group C	CAN MU19 v NOR MU19	5 - 15
05.05	15:30	Group D	USA MU19 v AUS MU19	1 - 8
05.05	18:15	Group D	GER MU19 v HUN MU19	7 - 2
06.05	10:00	15th place	USA MU19 v JPN MU19	7 - 6
06.05	13:00	B-Semi 1	NOR MU19 v GER MU19	9 - 6
06.05	16:00	B-Semi 2	AUS MU19 v EST MU19	4 - 7
06.05	19:00	13th place	CAN MU19 v HUN MU19	8 - 10
07.05	09:30	B-Final	NOR MU19 v EST MU19	12 - 2
07.05	09:59	11th place	GER MU19 v AUS MU19	9 - 3

 

Group C

Standings

Team	M	W	T	L	GF-GA	Points
NOR MU19	3	3	0	0	37-11	6
EST MU19	3	2	0	1	29-14	4
CAN MU19	3	1	0	2	23-30	2
JPN MU19	3	0	0	3	5-39	0

Group D

Standings

Team	M	W	T	L	GF-GA	Points
AUS MU19	3	3	0	0	17-4	6
GER MU19	3	2	0	1	26-9	4
HUN MU19	3	1	0	2	14-14	2
USA MU19	3	0	0	3	6-36	0

 

Scoring Leaders Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	G	A	Points	PIM
1	Felix Robillard	CAN MU19	4	10	3	13	2
2	Marius Pedersen	NOR MU19	5	7	6	13	4
3	Liam Perry	AUS MU19	5	12	0	12	0
4	Nils Hofferbert	GER MU19	5	11	1	12	0
5	Andreas Oun	EST MU19	5	9	3	12	0
6	Csaba Bondor	HUN MU19	4	7	4	11	2
7	Cameron Buck	CAN MU19	4	7	4	11	4
8	Casper Sletten	NOR MU19	5	4	6	10	0
9	Adrien Matthews	CAN MU19	4	4	6	10	2
10	Hannes Linnes	NOR MU19	5	6	3	9	0
Show all
11	Tomas Gartner	AUS MU19	5	2	7	9	2
12	Kjetil Bratland	NOR MU19	5	6	2	8	2
13	Simen Lenborg	NOR MU19	5	3	5	8	0
14	Carl Eriksson	USA MU19	4	3	5	8	2
15	Ludvik Hansen	NOR MU19	5	2	6	8	2
16	Brage Harby	NOR MU19	5	2	6	8	6
17	Tamas Hoffmann	HUN MU19	4	5	2	7	0
18	Heino Avi	EST MU19	5	5	2	7	2
19	Marko Pupek	HUN MU19	4	5	2	7	2
20	Rune Svebestad	NOR MU19	5	4	3	7	0
21	Adne Overeng	NOR MU19	5	4	3	7	0
22	Norbert Kvasznicska	HUN MU19	4	3	4	7	0
23	Flemming Kuhl	GER MU19	5	3	4	7	2
24	Daniel Gartner	AUS MU19	5	2	5	7	0
25	Egert Unga	EST MU19	5	5	1	6	2
26	Bastian Einecke	GER MU19	5	5	1	6	2
27	Jeremy Beil	GER MU19	5	4	2	6	2
28	Bendik Baero	NOR MU19	5	4	2	6	2
29	Fredrik Gjodalstuen	NOR MU19	5	4	2	6	6
30	Simon Georg Mahla	EST MU19	5	3	3	6	0
31	Denes Nagy	HUN MU19	4	3	3	6	0
32	Paul Theodor Oja	EST MU19	5	2	4	6	0
33	Cedric Grenapin	CAN MU19	4	2	4	6	2
34	Svenson Hoppe	GER MU19	5	1	5	6	2
35	Sten Ritson	EST MU19	5	1	5	6	2
36	Jonathan Moldjord	NOR MU19	5	5	0	5	0
37	Adrian Braune	GER MU19	4	4	1	5	0
38	Niklas Rutz	GER MU19	5	1	4	5	2
39	Florian Weisskirchen	GER MU19	5	1	4	5	2
40	Mathias Einamann	EST MU19	5	1	4	5	4
41	Jonathan Kuysten	CAN MU19	3	4	0	4	2
42	Adrian Hiram	USA MU19	4	4	0	4	4
43	Morten Talviste	EST MU19	5	3	1	4	2
44	Magnus Jarberg	NOR MU19	5	3	1	4	4
45	David Suter	AUS MU19	5	2	2	4	0
46	Arian Trutzschler	GER MU19	5	1	3	4	0
47	Felix Lange	GER MU19	5	1	3	4	0
48	Vincent Bonifacio	GER MU19	5	0	4	4	0
49	Yuta Saito	JPN MU19	4	3	0	3	0
50	Ricardo Andre Wipfler Colonia	GER MU19	5	2	1	3	0
51	Tsubasa Takahashi	JPN MU19	4	2	1	3	0
52	Kermo Uue	EST MU19	5	2	1	3	2
53	Ryo Kaneshige	JPN MU19	4	1	2	3	0
54	Artur Okruzko	EST MU19	5	1	2	3	0
55	Kevin Poom	EST MU19	5	1	2	3	0
56	William Eriksson	USA MU19	4	1	2	3	2
57	Andrei Polovnikov	EST MU19	5	1	2	3	4
58	Daiya Wakasa	JPN MU19	4	0	3	3	0
59	Krisztian Toth	HUN MU19	4	0	3	3	2
60	Tomas Delaney	AUS MU19	5	0	3	3	2
61	Jorgen Nordahl	NOR MU19	5	2	0	2	0
62	Christian Newland	AUS MU19	5	2	0	2	0
63	Eiji Takizawa	JPN MU19	4	2	0	2	0
64	Jakob Bohls	GER MU19	5	2	0	2	0
65	Isak Angerstig	USA MU19	4	2	0	2	0
66	Stenver Savi	EST MU19	5	2	0	2	2
67	Joshua Verschleiser	USA MU19	4	2	0	2	2
68	Jonathan Salt	AUS MU19	5	1	1	2	0
69	Shin Nakamura	JPN MU19	4	1	1	2	0
70	Joosep Perandi	EST MU19	5	1	1	2	0
71	Gabriel Bonifacio	GER MU19	5	1	1	2	0
72	Tjorven Dethlefsen	GER MU19	5	1	1	2	0
73	Hannes Langenstrass	GER MU19	5	1	1	2	0
74	Maximilian Schroder	GER MU19	5	1	1	2	2
75	Rui Furuta	JPN MU19	4	1	1	2	6
76	Mytchell Brush	CAN MU19	4	1	1	2	13
77	Hakon Groth	NOR MU19	5	0	2	2	0
78	Brady York	AUS MU19	5	0	2	2	2
79	Zachary Oke	AUS MU19	5	0	2	2	2
80	Eirik Ostvedt	NOR MU19	5	0	2	2	2
81	Aron Viczena	HUN MU19	4	0	2	2	4
82	Fredrik Sundell	NOR MU19	5	1	0	1	0
83	Christian Goth	GER MU19	5	1	0	1	0
84	Russell Epp	CAN MU19	4	1	0	1	0
85	Tamas Jenei	HUN MU19	4	1	0	1	0
86	Lukas Alongi	USA MU19	4	1	0	1	0
87	Desmond Staples	CAN MU19	4	1	0	1	0
88	William Crawford	AUS MU19	5	1	0	1	0
89	Tristan Walsh	CAN MU19	4	1	0	1	0
90	Mitchell Brady	AUS MU19	5	1	0	1	2
91	Oscar Smith	AUS MU19	5	1	0	1	2
92	Ryosuke Shimoyama	JPN MU19	4	1	0	1	2
93	Lauri-Robert Indus	EST MU19	5	1	0	1	4
94	Austin Whelan	CAN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
95	Zalan Zsamboki	HUN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
96	Innes Buck	CAN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
97	Kaimu Abe	JPN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
98	Steven Lamble	AUS MU19	5	0	1	1	0
99	Andrew Kratsios	USA MU19	4	0	1	1	0
100	Jan Lemke	GER MU19	5	0	1	1	0
101	Aleksi Huttunen	USA MU19	4	0	1	1	0
102	Eoin Broome	AUS MU19	5	0	1	1	0
103	Anton Tavitian	USA MU19	4	0	1	1	0
104	Mattias Kauk	EST MU19	5	0	1	1	0
105	Krisztian Baan	HUN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
106	Matthew James	CAN MU19	4	0	1	1	0
107	Daniel Hansen	USA MU19	4	0	1	1	0
108	Justin Laquerre	CAN MU19	3	0	1	1	2
109	Aidan Fayarchuk	HUN MU19	4	0	1	1	2
110	Michael Hudson	CAN MU19	4	0	1	1	2
111	Henrik Haga	USA MU19	4	0	0	0	2
112	Bence Csajaghy	HUN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
113	Kristof Szenthelyi	HUN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
114	Tim Garside	CAN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
115	Magnus Oswold	NOR MU19	5	0	0	0	2
116	Botond Olah	HUN MU19	4	0	0	0	2
117	Patrick Olsen	USA MU19	4	0	0	0	4
118	Kaj Rasmussen	JPN MU19	4	0	0	0	5

 

Goalkeeper Statistics

Rank	Player	Team	M	S	G	%
1	Simon Totik	HUN MU19	4	6	1	85.71
2	Daniel Valenti	AUS MU19	5	45	8	84.90
3	Karl Kalm	EST MU19	5	34	8	80.95
4	Eythan Yeoh	AUS MU19	5	45	12	78.94
5	Jonas Gjesvold	NOR MU19	5	26	7	78.78
6	Nicolas Flathmann	GER MU19	5	45	14	76.27
7	Jan Lemke	GER MU19	5	22	7	75.86
8	Zoltan Szuri	HUN MU19	4	65	21	75.58
9	Karl-Erik Kruusmaa	EST MU19	5	61	21	74.39
10	Jonathan Holmstrom	NOR MU19	5	34	12	73.91
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11	Reia Nagata	JPN MU19	4	58	21	73.41
12	Austin Whelan	CAN MU19	4	40	18	68.96
13	Sebastian Stockli	USA MU19	4	30	16	65.21
14	Riley Walls	CAN MU19	4	37	22	62.71
15	Max Palsson	USA MU19	4	39	26	60.00
16	Kazushi Harada	JPN MU19	4	34	25	57.62

 

 

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 2019.

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 2019.

Qualifications

A total of 26 teams registered for the 9th Men´s U19 World Floorball Championships. In the qualification events, France & Iran competed for the first time in this category. Qualification events were held in Europe (Italy) and Asia-Oceania (Japan) in September 2016. General information on those events can be found below.

Europe

The European qualification event was held in Celano, Italy, from 6th – 10th September 2016. Based on the results of the event, and the IFF regional quota system, two teams – Hungary & Estonia – qualified from Europe.

Asia-Oceania

The Asia-Oceania qualification event was held in Fuji-Yoshida, Japan from 18th – 20th September 2016. Based on the results of the event, and the IFF regional quota system, two teams – Australia & Japan – qualified from Asia-Oceania.

Americas

Based on the IFF regional quota system, two teams – Canada & USA – qualified from the Americas.