The 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 12th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in

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, Czech Republic, from 1 to 9 December 2018.

WFC 2018 Qualification

2018 Men's World Floorball Championships Countries

33 teams have registered for the 12th

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Men’s World Floorball Championships, only 16 of them to reach the final group consisted of 16 teams. Host country,

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, there were four qualification groups with three event locations –

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). The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island,

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. It was the first IFF event hosted by Korea.

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played their qualification in

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Venues

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches. The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).

Results

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Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-out stage

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Placement matches

5th place bracket

=5–8th place semifinals

=5th place match

=7th place match

9th place bracket

13th place bracket

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

All-star team

Tournament all-star team: *Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier *Best defenders: Emil Johansson, Robin Nilsberth *Best center: Joonas Pylsy *Best forwards: Adam Delong,

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*Most valuable player: Pascal Meier

References

External links

Tournament webpage
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