The 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships were the 11th

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

in men's

floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

. The tournament took place in

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

in December 2016.

Qualification

Qualification events were conducted between 2 and 14 February 2016.

Venues

Draw

The teams will be divided into four pots according to the world ranking. (World rankings shown in parentheses).

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knock-out stage

Play-off

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Placement matches

13th place bracket

=Matches 13th–16th

=15th place match

=13th place match

9th place bracket

=Matches 9th–12th

=11th place match

=9th place match

5th place bracket

=Matches 5th–8th

=7th place match

=5th place match

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

All-star team

*Best goalkeeper: Pascal Meier *Best defenders: Krister Savonen, Tatu Väänänen *Best forwards: Alexander Galante Carlström, Matěj Jendrišák, Peter Kotilainen

External links

Tournament webpage

References

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