2010 Men's World Floorball Championships
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships was the eighth such world championships in men's floorball
. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2010 in the cities of Helsinki
, and Vantaa
, Finland
.
This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation
's (IFF) FIFA
-like continental qualification system. A total of 32 countries had registered for this event, which is the most nations to ever register for an IFF-sanctioned world championship event. The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
.
and the top team from the B-Division
automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.
The countries already qualified are as follows:
(AOFC).
Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:
Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties
qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:
qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:
in Turku
, Finland
.
In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualified from the AOFC played against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualified from Europe either.
The groups were assembled based on qualifying as follows:
|-style="text-align: center; background: #ffa07a;"
|align="center" colspan="3"|Men's World Floorball Championships
Floorball
Floorball, a type of floor hockey, is an indoor team sport which was developed in the 1970s in Sweden. Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The game is played...
. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2010 in the cities of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, and Vantaa
Vantaa
Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation
International Floorball Federation
The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...
's (IFF) FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
-like continental qualification system. A total of 32 countries had registered for this event, which is the most nations to ever register for an IFF-sanctioned world championship event. The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from December 6th to December 14th, 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava...
.
Qualifying
Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from December 6th to December 14th, 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava...
and the top team from the B-Division
2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh world championships in men's floorball. The tournament was held from December 6th to December 14th, 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava...
automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries.
The countries already qualified are as follows:
Asia/Oceania
Qualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships will be overseen by the Asia Oceania Floorball ConfederationAsia Oceania Floorball Confederation
The Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation is a floorball confederation consisting of 10 nations spanning across 2 continents, Asia and Oceania.The AOFC organizes the men's and women's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships every year.-History:...
(AOFC).
Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:
 Korea |
|
Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties
Europe
Only 4 out of 16 countries registered in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:
North America
Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in North AmericaNorth America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
qualified. The 2 countries were as follows:
Groups
Ballots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9th, 2009 during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships
The 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships were the fifth world championships in men's under-19 floorball. The tournament took place over May 6th to 10th, 2009 in Turku, Finland....
in Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
In the way the ballots were drawn, no team qualified from the AOFC played against each other in group stage matches, and no team qualified from Europe either.
The groups were assembled based on qualifying as follows:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe 1 | AOFC 1 | AOFC 3 | AOFC 2 |
| North America | Europe 2 | Europe 4 | Europe 3 |
Final Groups
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
Group A
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 31 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 23 | |||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 20 | |||
| 0 |
Group B
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 51 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 7 | 28 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 22 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 74 | |||
| 0 |
Group C
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 3 | 78 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 28 | |||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 30 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 69 | |||
| 0 |
Group D
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 40 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 27 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 29 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 46 | |||
| 0 |
Playoff round
Quarter Finals
Semi-Finals
Bronze Medal Game
Gold Medal Game
13-16
9-12
15th Place Match
13th Place Match
11th Place Match
9th Place Match
5-8
5th Place Match
3rd Place Match
See also
- 2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball ChampionshipsThe 2010 Men's Asia Pacific Floorball Championships, also known as the Asian/Oceanian Qualifying tournament for the 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships, are the seventh such championships in men's floorball. It was played from February 3 to February 7, 2010.The tournament determined which 3...
- 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying2010 Men's World Floorball Championships QualifyingThe 2010 Men's World Floorball Championships Qualifying Rounds were the first such qualifiers for world championships in men's floorball. Four separate qualifying tournaments were played, with European qualifications between the dates of February 3 to February 6, 2010 in the cities of Babimost and...
External links
|-style="text-align: center; background: #ffa07a;"
|align="center" colspan="3"|Men's World Floorball Championships
Floorball World Championships
The Floorball World Championships are a biannual event organized by the International Floorball Federation . They were preceded by the European Championships which were held twice in 1994 and 1995....