Several qualifying tournaments were held for the 9th Floorball World Cup in Switzerland in 2012 . In addition to five pre-qualified teams, eleven additional starting places were awarded.
The United States and Canada were the only participating teams in the America Zone. Since America is entitled to two starting places, both teams were qualified. The qualifiers took place on February 2 and 3, 2012 in Los Angeles .
From February 8th to 11th, five teams played the qualification for the Asia & Oceania zone in Hanno (Japan). The tournament was also the 2012 Asia-Pacific Championship . The group winner and the group runner-up qualified for the world championship.
Zone Europe was entitled to seven qualifying places. 17 teams played in three groups for the qualification. The group winner and the group runner-up qualified for the world championship, plus the best group third.
Group 1
Group 1 games took place from February 1st to 5th, 2012 in Münster (Germany).