| Men's World Floorball Championships | |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Host Country: | Finland |
| Dates: | 3–11 December 2021 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Medals: | yes |
| Stat Leader Title: | Scoring leader(s) |
| Stat Leader Player: |  Patrik Kareliusson |
| Stat Leader Value: | 25 points |
| Award Title: | MVP |
| Award: |  Ville Lastikka |
| Prev Season: | 2018 |
| Next Season: | 2022 |
| Matches: | 48 |
| Goals: | 580 |
| Attendance: | 71220 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Helsinki, Finland, during 3–11 December 2021. The tournament was originally intended to be played between 4–12 December 2020, but on 7 December 2020, it was rescheduled one year into the future due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[1] [2]
35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.
In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.[3]
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | ||
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| Host nation | 1 | ||||
| Direct Qualification | 2 | ||||
| Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries | 2 | ||||
| European Qualification 1 | 30 January – 2 February 2020 |  Frederikshavn | 3 | ||
| European Qualification 2 | 30 January – 2 February 2020 |  Poprad | 3 | ||
| European Qualification 3 | 30 January – 3 February 2020 | Liepāja | 3 | ||
| Wildcard/Replacements | 2 | ||||
| Total | 16 | ||||
1.Australia and Japan confirmed to IFF that they were unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, hence their withdrawal from the competition.[4]
2.On September 28, 2021, the IFF Central Board confirmed the inclusion of Estonia and the Philippines to replace Australia and Japan.[5]
After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.
The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).[4]
1.Estonia and the Philippines replaced Australia and Japan.
The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:
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See main article: Floorball at the 2022 World Games.
| bgcolor=lightgreen | Qualify to the 2022 World Games | ||
| bgcolor=lightblue | Qualify to the 2022 World Games via regional rank | ||
| bgcolor=lightyellow | Qualify to the 2022 World Games as the host country |
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