2012 Men's World Floorball Championships


The 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships were the ninth men's World Floorball Championship. The tournament took place in Bern and Zurich, Switzerland in December 2012.

Qualification

There were five qualification groups for 11 places in the final tournament:
Five best teams of 2010 World Championships automatically qualified for the competition:
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Format

The teams will be drawn into four groups of four. Two best-placed teams of each group will move into quarter-finals. The winners of the Quarter-finals continue to the Semi-finals. The losers of the Semi-finals will play two games and the winners of these games will play for 5th and 6th place and for the losers of these two matches the tournament is over. The 7th team will be the team losing to the team which achieves the 5th place on the tournament. Third and fourth placed teams in the group stage will play for places 9–12 and 13–16 respectively.

Group stage

The draw was made in the beginning of March.

Championship schedule

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter finals, while the last two teams play in the placement round.
Team advanced to the quarter finals

Ranking

Official 2012 Rankings according to the IFF:
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