Floorball World Championship 2014 / qualification

For the 10th floorball world championship in 2014 in Gothenburg , Sweden , several qualifying tournaments were held, in which all teams except the host participated for the first time. The qualifying tournaments took place from January 28th to February 2nd, 2014.

Overview

Host Sweden are directly qualified for the final round in Gothenburg. The remaining 30 teams played in continental qualifying tournaments for the other 15 starting places. The places were distributed as follows:

• Europe: 11 participants including host Sweden
• America: 2 participants
• Asia and Oceania: 3 participants

Qualifying tournaments

Europe

Four tournaments were played in Europe. They qualified for the finals

• the two best-placed teams
• the two best third place finishers of all European qualifying tournaments.

Since the tournament groups consisted of five and six participants, the games against the last placed team were not taken into account when determining the best third place in the groups of six. The following criteria then applied:

1. Average score
2. Average goal difference
3. Average goals scored
4. Lottery procedure

Qualification group EUR1

Group 1 games took place in Łochów ( Poland ) from January 29 to February 2, 2014 .

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Finland	5	5	0	0	103	6th	10
Russia	5	4th	0	1	46	28	8th
Poland	5	3	0	2	42	24	6th
Spain	5	2	0	3	20th	34	4th
France	5	1	0	4th	15th	61	2
Ukraine	5	0	0	4th	9	82	0

date
January 29, 2014	Ukraine	France	4: 6
January 29, 2014	Spain	Finland	1:10
January 29, 2014	Poland	Russia	4: 8
January 30, 2014	France	Spain	4: 6
January 30, 2014	Russia	Ukraine	16: 2
January 30, 2014	Finland	Poland	10: 2
January 31, 2014	Russia	France	9: 2
January 31, 2014	Ukraine	Finland	0:38
January 31, 2014	Poland	Spain	7: 3
1st of February 2014	Finland	Russia	17: 3
1st of February 2014	Spain	Ukraine	7: 3
1st of February 2014	France	Poland	3:14
2nd February 2014	Russia	Spain	10: 3
2nd February 2014	Finland	France	28: 0
2nd February 2014	Poland	Ukraine	15: 0

Qualification group EUR2

Group 2 games took place in Bratislava ( Slovakia ) from January 29th to February 2nd, 2014 .

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Switzerland	4th	4th	0	0	41	6th	8th
Estonia	4th	3	0	1	25th	13	6th
Slovakia	4th	2	0	2	25th	20th	4th
Serbia	4th	1	0	3	12	28	2
Belgium	4th	0	0	4th	5	51	0

date
January 29, 2014	Switzerland	Belgium	20: 0
January 29, 2014	Serbia	Slovakia	3: 6
January 30, 2014	Estonia	Serbia	7: 2
January 30, 2014	Slovakia	Switzerland	2:10
January 31, 2014	Belgium	Estonia	1: 8
January 31, 2014	Serbia	Switzerland	0:12
1st of February 2014	Belgium	Serbia	3: 7
1st of February 2014	Estonia	Slovakia	6: 1
2nd February 2014	Switzerland	Estonia	9: 4
2nd February 2014	Slovakia	Belgium	24: 1

Qualification group EUR3

The Group 3 games took place from January 28 to February 1, 2014 in Nijmegen ( Netherlands ).

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	94	6th	10
Denmark	5	4th	0	1	46	21st	8th
Germany	5	3	0	2	40	17th	6th
Austria	5	2	0	3	17th	50	4th
Netherlands	5	1	0	4th	21st	75	2
United Kingdom	5	0	0	5	10	57	0

date
January 28, 2014	Czech Republic	Austria	15: 1
January 28, 2014	Germany	Denmark	3: 4
January 28, 2014	Netherlands	United Kingdom	8: 4
January 29, 2014	Austria	Germany	2:10
January 29, 2014	United Kingdom	Czech Republic	0:27
January 29, 2014	Denmark	Netherlands	13: 4
January 30, 2014	United Kingdom	Austria	1: 6
January 30, 2014	Czech Republic	Denmark	12: 3
January 30, 2014	Netherlands	Germany	2:16
January 31, 2014	Denmark	United Kingdom	9: 2
January 31, 2014	Germany	Czech Republic	2: 6
January 31, 2014	Austria	Netherlands	8: 7
1st of February 2014	United Kingdom	Germany	3: 9
1st of February 2014	Denmark	Austria	17: 0
1st of February 2014	Netherlands	Czech Republic	0:34

Qualification group EUR4

The group 4 games took place from January 28th to February 1st 2014 in Valmiera ( Latvia ).

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Norway	4th	4th	0	0	66	10	8th
Latvia	4th	3	0	1	37	15th	6th
Italy	4th	2	0	2	24	27	4th
Hungary	4th	1	0	3	23	44	2
Liechtenstein	4th	0	0	4th	7th	61	0

date
January 28, 2014	Liechtenstein	Italy	2: 8
January 28, 2014	Hungary	Latvia	2: 9
January 29, 2014	Norway	Hungary	24: 3
January 29, 2014	Latvia	Liechtenstein	13: 2
January 30, 2014	Italy	Norway	3:11
January 30, 2014	Hungary	Liechtenstein	15: 3
January 31, 2014	Italy	Hungary	8: 3
January 31, 2014	Norway	Latvia	6: 4
1st of February 2014	Liechtenstein	Norway	0:25
1st of February 2014	Latvia	Italy	11: 5

America

The games of the American qualifying group found from January 31 to February 1 in Markham ( Canada instead). The two best-placed teams qualified for the finals.

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
United States	2	2	0	0	32	2	4th
Canada	2	1	0	1	33	6th	2
Jamaica	2	0	0	2	1	58	0

date
January 31, 2014	Jamaica	United States	0:27
1st of February 2014	Canada	Jamaica	31: 1
2nd February 2014	United States	Canada	5: 2

Asia

The Games of the Asian qualifying group found from January 29 to February 2 Wellington ( New Zealand instead). The top three teams qualified for the finals.

country	Sp	S.	U	N	+	-	Pt
Australia	4th	4th	0	0	34	6th	8th
South Korea	4th	2	1	1	24	14th	5
Japan	4th	2	0	2	14th	19th	4th
Singapore	4th	1	1	2	16	23	3
New Zealand	4th	0	0	4th	7th	33	0

date
January 29, 2014	Australia	South Korea	7: 3
January 29, 2014	Japan	New Zealand	6: 2
January 30, 2014	Singapore	Japan	3: 6
January 30, 2014	New Zealand	Australia	1:12
January 31, 2014	South Korea	Singapore	4: 4
January 31, 2014	Japan	Australia	1: 4
1st of February 2014	South Korea	Japan	10: 1
1st of February 2014	Singapore	New Zealand	8: 2
2nd February 2014	Australia	Singapore	11: 1
2nd February 2014	New Zealand	South Korea	2: 7

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 10th Men's World Floorball Championships 2014 5th - 14th December 2014 Gothenburg, Sweden International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
2. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - EUR1 - Poland Website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
3. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - EUR2 - Slovakia Website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
4. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - EUR3 - Netherlands Website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
5. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - EUR4 - Latvia Website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
6. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - AMERICAS - Canada Website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
7. ↑ Men's WFCQ 2014 - AOFC - New Zealand website of the International Floorball Federation. Retrieved January 24, 2014.