2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships Explained

Host Country:Czech Republic
Dates:25–29 August 2021
Num Teams:15
Medals:yes
Count:2
Matches:33
Prev Season:2019
Next Season: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

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

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

European Qualification 1 (cancelled)23–27 February 2021 Lignano Sabbiadoro
European Qualification 2 (cancelled)24–28 February 2021 Łochów
Americas Qualification (cancelled)14–15 February 2021 Arlington
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]

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.

Preliminary round

Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Group B

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Group C

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Group D

All times are local (UTC+2).

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Placement round

Fifth place game

Latvia vs Germany

7th–10th place game

Bracket

Denmark vs Poland

Seventh place game

Slovakia vs Poland

Ninth place game

Estonia vs Denmark

Eleventh place game

Austria vs Slovenia

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.

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Knock-out stage

Semifinals

Finland vs Switzerland

Gold medal game

Final standings

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References

  1. News: Czech Republic secure second straight U19 World Floorball Championship title . 31 August 2021 . . 29 August 2021.
  2. Web site: 14 January 2021. Men's U19 World Floorball Championships 2021 Qualifications Cancelled. 14 January 2021. IFF. en-GB.
  3. Web site: 2 July 2021. IFF CB Meeting News 4/2021: Green light for the Men's U19 WFC 2021. 30 July 2021. U19 WFC 2021. en-GB.

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