2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

The 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships were the seventh men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament was held from 6 to 14 December 2008. The tournament took place in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. All group stage matches were played in Ostrava's ČEZ Aréna, and all playoff matches were played in Prague's O2 Arena, with the exception of the 9th place match, which was played in Prague's Sparta Arena.

2008 Men's World Floorball Championships
A-Division
Tournament details
Host country Czech Republic
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Dates6–14 December 2008 (2008-12-06 – 2008-12-14)
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Finland (1st title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored321 (11.89 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Fredrik Djurling
← 2006
2010 →
2008 Men's World Floorball Championships

Finland won its first championship by defeating Sweden in overtime in the gold medal game, breaking Sweden's row of six championship victories. This was also the first-ever lost game for the Swedish team in world championships.

Championship schedule

edit

Preliminary round

edit

Group A

edit
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Sweden 4 4 0 0 53 9 +44 8
  Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 29 11 +18 6
  Latvia 4 2 0 2 20 23 −3 4
  Russia 4 0 1 3 12 37 −25 1
  Italy 4 0 1 3 12 46 −34 1
Source: [citation needed]
6 December 2008
Sweden   18–0   Italy
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Russia   1–8   Czech Republic
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
7 December 2008
Latvia   4–3   Russia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Czech Republic   4–5   Sweden
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
8 December 2008
Italy   3–9   Latvia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Russia   1–18   Sweden
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
9 December 2008
Italy   7–7   Russia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Latvia   3–5   Czech Republic
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
10 December 2008
Sweden   12–4   Latvia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Czech Republic   12–2   Italy
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Group B

edit
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Finland 4 4 0 0 34 7 +27 8
   Switzerland 4 3 0 1 28 17 +11 6
  Norway 4 2 0 2 31 32 −1 4
  Estonia 4 1 0 3 18 32 −14 2
  Denmark 4 0 0 4 11 34 −23 0
Source: [citation needed]
6 December 2008
Estonia   6–7    Switzerland
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Norway   7–3   Denmark
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
7 December 2008
Finland   7–0   Estonia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Switzerland   9–6   Norway
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
8 December 2008
Denmark   2–8   Finland
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Estonia   5–13   Norway
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
9 December 2008
Denmark   5–7   Estonia
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Finland   4–0    Switzerland
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
10 December 2008
Norway   5–15   Finland
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
 
Switzerland   12–1   Denmark
ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava

Playoffs

edit
Semifinals Finals
      
 A1    Sweden 3 (OT)
 B2     Switzerland 2
  Sweden 6
  Finland 7 (OT)
 B1    Finland 4
 A2    Czech Republic 2

Semi-finals

edit
13 December 2008
Sweden   3–2 (OT)    Switzerland
O2 Arena, Prague
 
Finland   4–2   Czech Republic
O2 Arena, Prague

Bronze medal match

edit
14 December 2008
Czech Republic   4–5 (OT)    Switzerland
O2 Arena, Prague

Championship match

edit
14 December 2008
Sweden   6–7 (OT)   Finland
O2 Arena, Prague

Placement round

edit

9th place match

edit
13 December 2008
Italy   2–5   Denmark
Sparta Arena, Prague

7th place match

edit
13 December 2008
Russia   14–8   Estonia
O2 Arena, Prague

5th place match

edit
14 December 2008
Latvia   6–5   Norway
O2 Arena, Prague
edit