2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships

2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Dates25–29 August 2021
Teams15
Final positions
Champions  Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played33
← 2019
2023 →

The 2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships were the 11th world championships in men's under-19 floorball. The tournament took place from 25 to 29 August 2021 in Brno, Czech Republic.

The Czech team, who had also won the championship in Halifax, defended their title.[1]

Qualification

  Host
  Directly qualified from the previous championships
  Qualified based on their rankings
  Not qualified or cancelled
  Qualified as replacement teams
  Qualified but forced to withdraw

A total of 28 teams registered for the event. The top 9 teams from the 2019 U-19 championship automatically qualified. The remaining teams automatically qualified based on World Rankings due to the cancellation of all qualifiers by the IFF due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Date Venue Teams Vacancies Qualified
Automatically Qualified
9
  Czech Republic

 Sweden

 Finland

  Switzerland

 Latvia

 Slovakia

 Denmark

 Germany

 Norway

Asia-Oceania Qualifiers (cancelled) 11–16 January 2021 Singapore Singapore  Japan

 New Zealand

 Australia

 Singapore

 China

3
  Japan

 New Zealand

 Australia

European Qualification 1 (cancelled) 23–27 February 2021 Italy Lignano Sabbiadoro  Slovenia

 Estonia

 Hungary

 Belgium

 Italy

 Great Britain

3
  Poland

 Russia

 Slovenia

 Austria

 Belgium

 Estonia

 Hungary

 Italy

European Qualification 2 (cancelled) 24–28 February 2021 Poland Łochów  Russia

 Poland

 Austria

 Netherlands

 Spain

 France

Americas Qualification (cancelled) 14–15 February 2021 United States Arlington  Canada

 United States

1
  Canada

In July 2021, it was announced that Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, and Russia would be unable to participate, and Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Hungary, and Italy would take their place as replacement teams.[3]

Venues

Brno
Arena Vodova

Groups

The four groups were determined by a drawing on December 16, 2020. For the first time, all four groups will compete at the same division level.[2]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Czech Republic  Sweden  Slovenia  Poland
 Finland   Switzerland  Hungary  Austria
 Latvia  Denmark  Estonia  Italy
 Slovakia  Germany  Belgium

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 33 12 +21 6 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 29 10 +19 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 20 36 −16 2 Fifth place game
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 3 16 40 −24 0 7th–10th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021
9:30		Slovakia 10–14
(3–4, 6–3, 1–7)		 LatviaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 304
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25 August 2021
18:30		Czech Republic 4–6
(2–1, 2–2, 0–3)		 FinlandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,272
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26 August 2021
12:30		Finland 14–4
(2–1, 7–2, 5–1)		 LatviaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 343
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26 August 2021
18:30		Czech Republic 13–2
(3–0, 5–1, 5–1)		 SlovakiaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,068
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27 August 2021
9:30		Finland 13–4
(3–3, 3–0, 7–1)		 SlovakiaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 255
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27 August 2021
15:30		Latvia 2–12
(1–4, 0–2, 1–6)		 Czech RepublicVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 603
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 31 3 +28 6 Semifinals
2    Switzerland  3 2 0 1 23 10 +13 4
3  Germany 3 1 0 2 10 26 −16 2 Fifth place game
4   Denmark  3 0 0 3 6 31 −25 0 7th–10th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021
12:30		Switzerland 13–2
(4–1, 8–1, 1–0)		 DenmarkVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 317
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25 August 2021
15:30		Germany 2–13
(1–4, 1–5, 0–4)		 SwedenVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 471
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26 August 2021
9:30		Switzerland  9–1
(1–0, 3–1, 5–0)		 GermanyVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 279
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26 August 2021
15:30		Sweden  11–0
(3–0, 6–0, 2–0)		 DenmarkVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 306
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27 August 2021
12:15		Denmark 4–7
(2–1, 1–4, 1–2)		 GermanyVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 285
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27 August 2021
18:30		Sweden 7–1
(1–0, 2–0, 4–1)		  SwitzerlandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 585
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 3 2 1 0 19 9 +10 5 7th–10th place game
2  Slovenia 3 2 1 0 22 14 +8 5 Eleventh place game
3  Belgium 3 1 0 2 11 18 −7 2 13th–15th place game
4  Hungary 3 0 0 3 14 25 −11 0
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021
10:00		Belgium 2–6
(1–1, 0–3, 1–2)		 EstoniaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 100
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25 August 2021
16:00		Hungary 7–10
(2–5, 2–2, 3–3)		 SloveniaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 138
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26 August 2021
13:00		Hungary 5–7
(1–1, 1–0, 3–6)		 BelgiumVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 103
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26 August 2021
16:00		Slovenia 5–5
(0–2, 0–1, 5–2)		 EstoniaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 146
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27 August 2021
13:00		Slovenia 7–2
(3–0, 1–1, 3–1)		 BelgiumVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 124
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27 August 2021
16:00		Estonia 8–2
(5–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 HungaryVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 111
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 2 2 0 0 39 4 +35 4 7th–10th place game
2  Austria 2 1 0 1 9 13 −4 2 Eleventh place game
3  Italy 2 0 0 2 2 33 −31 0 13th–15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

25 August 2021
13:00		Italy 0–28
(0–7, 0–12, 0–9)		 PolandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 142
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26 August 2021
10:00		Poland 11–4
(1–1, 5–0, 5–3)		 AustriaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 151
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27 August 2021
10:00		Austria 5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)		 ItalyVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 75
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Placement round

Fifth place game

Latvia vs Germany

28 August 2021
11:30		Latvia 8–1
(1–0, 4–1, 3–0)		 GermanyVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 310
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7th–10th place game

Bracket

 
7th–10th place gameSeventh place game
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
A4
 Slovakia		13
 
29 August
 
C1
 Estonia		0
 
W1
 Slovakia		6
 
28 August
 
W2
 Poland		4
 
B4
 Denmark		3
 
 
D1
 Poland		10
 
Ninth place game
 
 
29 August
 
 
L1
 Estonia		3
 
 
L2
 Denmark		6

Slovakia vs Estonia

28 August 2021
10:00		Slovakia 13–0
(3–0, 2–0, 8–0)		 EstoniaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 92
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Denmark vs Poland

28 August 2021
13:00		Denmark 3–10
(0–2, 0–2, 3–6)		 PolandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 129
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Seventh place game

Slovakia vs Poland

29 August 2021
10:00		Slovakia 6–4
(4–2, 1–1, 1–1)		 PolandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 285
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Ninth place game

Estonia vs Denmark

29 August 2021
12:30		Estonia 3–6
(0–3, 0–2, 3–1)		 DenmarkVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 43
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Eleventh place game

Austria vs Slovenia

28 August 2021
19:00		Austria 6–7 ps.
(5–0, 1–0, 0–6)
(SD: 0–0)
(PC: 2–3)		 SloveniaVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 82
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13th–15th place game

As the number of teams in Group C & D was not equal then a ‘mini-tournament’ format will be used to decide the 13th–15th placings. The placings will be calculated by using the two 13th–15th placement matches plus the result from the Group C match between the teams involved.

The matches for 13th–15th place will be played only with regular match time – 3 x 20 minutes. No extra time or penalty shots.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Belgium 2 2 0 0 23 7 +16 4 Thirteenth place
2  Hungary 2 1 0 1 20 11 +9 2 Fourteenth place
3  Italy 2 0 0 2 6 31 −25 0 Fifteenth place
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
26 August 2021
13:00		Hungary 5–7
(1–1, 1–0, 3–6)		 BelgiumVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 103
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28 August 2021
16:00		Italy 4–15
(1–4, 2–6, 1–5)		 HungaryVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 78
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29 August 2021
9:30		Belgium 16–2
(3–0, 6–1, 7–1)		 ItalyVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 44
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Knock-out stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
A1
 Finland		3
 
29 August
 
B2
   Switzerland 		1
 
W1
 Finland		3
 
28 August
 
W2
 Czech Republic		4
 
B1
 Sweden		4
 
 
A2
 Czech Republic		5ps.
 
Third place
 
 
29 August
 
 
L1
   Switzerland 		6
 
 
L2
 Sweden		7

Semifinals

Sweden vs Czech Republic

28 August 2021
14:30		Sweden 4–5 ps.
(1–4, 1–0, 2–0)
(SD: 0–0)
(PS: 1–2)		 Czech RepublicVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 1,077
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Finland vs Switzerland

28 August 2021
17:40		Finland 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 380
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Bronze medal game

29 August 2021
14:00		Switzerland 6–7
(4–2, 2–2, 0–3)		 SwedenVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 896
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Gold medal game

29 August 2021
17:00		Finland 3–4
(2–0, 0–1, 1–3)		 Czech RepublicVodova Arena, Brno
Attendance: 2,261
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Final standings

 Czech Republic
 Finland
 Sweden
4   Switzerland
5  Latvia
6  Germany
7  Slovakia
8  Poland
9   Denmark
10  Estonia
11  Slovenia
12  Austria
13  Belgium
14  Hungary
15  Italy

References

  1. ^ "Czech Republic secure second straight U19 World Floorball Championship title". Inside the Games. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Men's U19 World Floorball Championships 2021 Qualifications Cancelled". IFF. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ "IFF CB Meeting News 4/2021: Green light for the Men's U19 WFC 2021". U19 WFC 2021. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.