The qualifying for the 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships took place between 22 January and 11 February 2018. A total of 33 teams[1] competed for sixteen spots. The final tournament was organized by Czech Republic in December 2018.
Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which is based on results from the last two World Championships.
| width=15% | Europe 1 | width=13% | Europe 2 | width=13% | Europe 3 | width=15% | Europe 4 | width=15% | Asia/Oceania 1 | width=15% | Asia/Oceania 2 | width=19% | Americas | |
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| valign=top | (1) (9) (14) (25) (27) (33) | valign=top | (2) (8) (10) (24) (28) | valign=top | (3) (7) (15) (21) (30) (32) | valign=top | (5) (6) (19) (20) (31) | valign=top | (13) (18) (22) (–) | valign=top | (16) (17) (26) (29) | valign=top | (11) (12) |
The qualification rules are as follows:
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Only the two best runner-ups of the four will advance. Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differs, the group sizes will be equalized by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.[2]
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| width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc | Qualified for the 2018 Men's World Floorball Championships |
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