2016 Men's World Floorball Championships qualifying explained

The qualifying for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships took place between 2 and 14 February 2016. A total of 33 teams^[1] competed for fifteen spots. The final tournament was organized by Latvia in December 2016.

Overview

Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which is based on results from the last two World Championships.

width=17%	Europe 1	width=17%	Europe 2	width=17%	Europe 3	width=17%	Europe 4	width=17%	Asia/Oceania	width=17%	Americas
valign=top	(1) (9) (11) (24) (25) (–)	valign=top	(2) (8) (12) (22) (28)	valign=top	(3) (7) (14) (22) (29) (38)	valign=top	(4) (6) (20) (21) (27) (30)	valign=top	(15) (16) (17) (18) (26) (33) (–)	valign=top	(10) (13) (32)

Europe

The qualification rules are as follows:

• The two best teams from each qualification group will qualify
• The two best third placed teams will qualify
  • The calculation of the best 3rd teams will follow this order:
    • 1. Average number of points
    • 2. Average goal difference
    • 3. Average scored goals
    • 4. Drawing of lots

European Qualification 1

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016^[2]
Venue: Arena Klokocina, Nitra, Slovakia

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3 February 2016
	22 – 0
	6 – 12
	3 – 15
4 February 2016
	4 – 15
	7 – 3
	11 – 0
5 February 2016
	3 – 12
	30 – 2
	4 – 16
6 February 2016
	7 – 4
	11 – 2
	1 – 20
7 February 2016
	19 – 0
	4 – 7
	10 – 4

European Qualification 2

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016^[3]
Venue: TTÜ Sports Hall, Tallinn, Estonia

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3 February 2016
	1 – 23
	1 – 9
4 February 2016
	9 – 2
	9 – 2
5 February 2016
	3 – 6
	9 – 2
6 February 2014
	19 – 1
	2 – 7
7 February 2016
	2 – 19
	1 – 15

European Qualification 3

Dates: 3 – 7 February 2016^[4]
Venue: Arena Lochow, Lochow, Poland

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3 February 2016
	7 – 2
	0 – 6
4 February 2016
	2 – 4
	14 – 1
5 February 2016
	0 – 23
	11 – 3
6 February 2014
	5 – 9
	3 – 12
7 February 2016
	19 – 2
	13 – 1

European Qualification 4

Dates: 2 – 6 February 2016^[5]
Venue: Sports Hall Poden, Skofja Loka, Slovenia

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2 February 2016
	0 – 35
	6 – 5
	7 – 2
3 February 2016
	21 – 0
	1 – 12
	10 – 0
4 February 2016
	3 – 5
	9 – 2
	4 – 8
5 February 2016
	1 – 20
	13 – 0
	7 – 3
6 February 2014
	8 – 1
	1 – 16
	11 – 0

Ranking of third-placed teams

Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes were equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.

Asia–Oceania

The qualification rules are as follows:

• The three best teams will qualify

Dates: 2 – 6 February 2016^[6]
Venue: Pattaya Sports Indoor Stadium, Pattaya, Thailand

Group A

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2 February 2016
	4 – 9
3 February 2016
	12 – 2
4 February 2016
	6–6

Group B

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2 February 2016
	6 – 9
	7 – 1
3 February 2016
	13 – 3
	3–3
4 February 2016
	5–5
	4 – 8

Play-off

5th–7th-place play-off

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5 February 2016
	4 – 3

6th-place play-off

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6 February 2016
	3 – 4

Semi-finals

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5 February 2016
	2 – 5
	2 – 4

Bronze medal game

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6 February 2016
	1 – 6

Final

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6 February 2016
	5 – 2

Final ranking

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7

Americas

The qualification rules are as follows:

• The two best teams from the qualification group will qualify

Dates: 12 – 14 February 2016^[7]
Venue: Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, United States

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12 February 2016
	1–27
13 February 2016
	27–1
14 February 2016
	5–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men´s WFC 2016 Qualification match schedules – 16.10.2015 . 16 October 2015 . www.floorball.org . . 12 January 2016.
2. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – European Qualification 1 . 5 February 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.
3. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – European Qualification 2 . 5 February 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.
4. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – European Qualification 3 . 5 February 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.
5. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – European Qualification 4 . 5 February 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.
6. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – Asia Oceania Qualification . 5 February 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.
7. Web site: Men's World Championships 2016 Qualifications – Americas Qualification . 26 January 2016 . www.floorball.org . . 6 February 2016.