The 10th floorball world championship was held in December 2014 in Gothenburg, Sweden . 16 teams qualified for the final stage: Finland , Latvia , Germany , Czech Republic , Switzerland , Norway , Estonia , Slovakia , USA, Japan , South Korea , Denmark , Canada , Russia, Australia , as well as Sweden as the host country. Teams were divided into 4 groups.
| Floorball World Championship 2014 | |
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| IFF World Floorball Championships 2014 | |
| Tournament Details | |
| Country |  Sweden |
| City of |  Gothenburg |
| Time spending | December 5 - 14, 2014 |
| Number of teams | sixteen |
| Tournament site | |
| Top places | |
 Champion |  Sweden(8th title) |
 Second place |  Finland |
 Third place |  Czech |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
| MVP | Kim Nilsson [1] |
The championship was held in 2 arenas: Scandinavium and Lisebergshallen . The tournament set an absolute record for attendance at the World Championships - 104,445 spectators. The previous record (104 018) was set in 2008 at the World Cup in the Czech Republic : in Prague and Ostrava [2] .
The world champion for the eighth time in its history was the Swedish national team, which won all of its fights. In the final match, the hosts beat the national team of Finland with a score of 3: 2. The Czech national team won bronze medals, beating the Swiss national team in the match for 3rd place with a score of 4: 3. The most valuable player of the tournament named the Swedish striker Kim Nilsson.
Arenas
| Scandinavium Capacity: 12 044 | Lisebergshallen Capacity: 1800 |
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Group Stage
The team qualified directly to the quarter finals
The team qualified in the first round of the playoffs
The team could not qualify for the main playoff grid
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Playoffs
Main grid
| First round | Quarter finals | Semifinals | The final | |||||||||||
| December 11th | ||||||||||||||
| December 10th | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Estonia | 7 | December 13th | ||||||||||||
| Estonia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Slovakia | 2 | Sweden | ten | |||||||||||
| 12 December | ||||||||||||||
| December 10th | Switzerland | one | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Latvia | ten | December 14th | ||||||||||||
| Latvia | one | |||||||||||||
| Canada | 2 | Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 December | ||||||||||||||
| December 10th | Finland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Czech | five | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | December 13th | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | one | |||||||||||||
| Denmark ( Pen. ) | four | Czech | 3 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||
| December 11th | ||||||||||||||
| December 10th | Finland | 6 | December 14th | |||||||||||
| Finland | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Norway | 6 | Switzerland | 3 | |||||||||||
| Norway | one | |||||||||||||
| USA | 2 | Czech | four | |||||||||||
Butt matches
- Match for 15th place
Japan 5: 4 South Korea
- Match for 13th place
Russia 11: 4 Australia
- Match for 11th place
USA 5: 4 Canada
- Match for 9th place
Germany 7: 5 Slovakia
- Match for 7th place
Estonia 2: 7 Denmark
- 5th place match
Latvia 4: 3 Norway
- 3rd place match
Switzerland 3: 4 Czech Republic
- The final
Sweden 3: 2 Finland
Notes
Links
- Championship official website
- Floorball World Championship 2014 on the website of the International Floorball Federation