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Floorball competition
2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Denmark
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates26–30 April
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Sweden (6th title)
Runner-up  Switzerland
Third place Finland
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Attendance18,316 (509 per match)
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The 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 12th edition of the championship. The tournament was played in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and took place from 26 to 30 April. Czech Republic were the two-time defending champions, but were beaten by Switzerland in the semifinals. Sweden won their sixth title after triumphing over the Swiss in the final.

This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games.

Bidding process

Denmark's bid was deemed superior and were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships qualification

29 teams entered, although this would be reduced to 25. The top nine from the last edition qualified directly, while qualifiers took place in Asia, Americas and Europe for the last seven tickets. This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.

  Host nation   Team qualified directly   Team qualified   Team failed to qualify   Did not enter
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Automatically qualified from 2021 Czech Republic Brno 9  Czech Republic
 Finland
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Latvia
 Germany
 Slovakia
 Poland
 Denmark (H)
European qualifier 1 24–28 January 2023 Austria Salzburg 2  Norway
 Austria
European qualifier 2 24–28 January 2023 Spain El Escorial 2  Estonia
 Slovenia
Asian-Oceanian qualification 29 September–1 October 2022 New Zealand Wellington 2  Australia
 Singapore
Americas qualification 2–3 September 2022 United States Draper 1  United States
Total 16

Venues

The venues for the tournament are in Frederikshavn at Arena Nord.

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Arena Nord
Capacity: 2,700 (in total)
  1. Arena Nord used two arenas during the tournament. Arena A has a capacity of 2,100, while Arena B has a capacity of 600.

Draw

The draw took place on 13 December 2022 in Næstved, Denmark at 11:00 CET. The European qualifiers were not known at the time and ranking between the four qualifiers would decide who would take each place.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Czech Republic (1)
 Finland (2)
 Sweden (3)
  Switzerland (4)

 Latvia (5)
 Germany (6)
 Slovakia (7)
 Poland (8)

 Denmark (9) (H)
N/A European qualifier (8)
N/A European qualifier (10)
N/A European qualifier (11)

N/A European qualifier (12)
 United States (14)
 Australia (20)
 Singapore (27)

  1. The eventual team in this slot was Norway.
  2. The eventual team in this slot was Estonia.
  3. The eventual team in this slot was Slovenia.
  4. The eventual team in this slot was Austria.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 30 January 2023.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 29 9 +20 6 Semifinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 26 9 +17 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 17 8 +9 2 5th place game
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 3 49 −46 0 Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
26 April 2023
10:30		Poland 2–18
(1–7, 1–7, 0–4)		 Czech RepublicArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 185
Report
26 April 2023
13:30		Latvia 2–3
(1–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 FinlandArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 297
Report
27 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic 7–5
(3–1, 0–2, 4–2)		 FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 721
Report
27 April 2023
16:30		Poland 1–13
(0–7, 0–4, 1–2)		 LatviaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 129
Report
28 April 2023
10:00		Czech Republic 4–2
(0–0, 2–1, 2–1)		 LatviaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 448
Report
28 April 2023
13:00		Finland 18–0
(7–0, 8–0, 3–0)		 PolandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 250
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 41 9 +32 6 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 28 12 +16 4
3  Slovakia 3 0 1 2 10 34 −24 1 5th place game
4  Germany 3 0 1 2 8 32 −24 1 Quarterfinal 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. ^ Slovakia 6–6 Germany
26 April 2023
16:00		Slovakia 2–19
(0–5, 0–7, 2–7)		 SwedenArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
26 April 2023
16:30		Germany 1–13
(1–3, 0–6, 0–4)		  SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 117
Report
27 April 2023
10:00		Slovakia 6–6
(2–2, 1–2, 3–2)		 GermanyArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 390
Report
27 April 2023
16:00		Sweden 9–6
(3–1, 1–3, 5–2)		  SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 759
Report
28 April 2023
16:00		Switzerland 9–2
(1–2, 7–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 378
Report
28 April 2023
16:30		Sweden 13–1
(4–0, 4–1, 5–0)		 GermanyArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 364
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark (H) 3 2 1 0 27 6 +21 5 Quarterfinal 1
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 19 21 −2 4 11th place game
3  Estonia 3 1 1 1 24 16 +8 3 13th place game
4  United States 3 0 0 3 8 35 −27 0 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
(H) Hosts
26 April 2023
19:00		Denmark 14–1
(3–0, 7–0, 4–1)		 United StatesArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 536
Report
26 April 2023
19:30		Austria 10–7
(3–2, 5–3, 2–2)		 EstoniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
27 April 2023
19:00		Austria 0–8
(0–2, 0–5, 0–1)		 DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 548
Report
27 April 2023
19:30		Estonia 12–1
(5–0, 4–0, 3–1)		 United StatesArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 132
Report
28 April 2023
19:00		Estonia 5–5
(0–3, 2–0, 3–2)		 DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 719
Report
28 April 2023
19:30		United States 6–9
(2–2, 1–7, 3–0)		 AustriaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 197
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 0 41 8 +33 6 Quarterfinal 1
2  Slovenia 3 1 0 2 27 26 +1 2 11th place game
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 19 33 −14 2 13th place game
4  Singapore 3 1 0 2 13 33 −20 2 15th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Notes:
  1. ^ Slovenia +4, Australia +1, Singapore –5
26 April 2023
10:00		Australia 13–7
(3–2, 3–2, 7–3)		 SloveniaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 375
Report
26 April 2023
13:00		Singapore 0–15
(0–8, 0–3, 0–4)		 NorwayArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 383
Report
27 April 2023
10:30		Australia 4–9
(1–3, 1–4, 2–2)		 SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 273
Report
27 April 2023
13:30		Slovenia 6–9
(1–2, 4–3, 1–4)		 NorwayArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 325
Report
28 April 2023
10:30		Slovenia 14–4
(6–0, 5–2, 3–2)		 SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 123
Report
28 April 2023
13:30		Norway 17–2
(4–1, 7–0, 6–1)		 AustraliaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 313
Report

Placement round

15th place game

 15th place game
   
 April 29
 
  United States5
 
  Singapore12
 

C4 vs D4

29 April 2023
10:30		United States 5–12
(2–4, 0–1, 3–7)		 SingaporeArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 205
Report

13th place game

 13th place game
   
 April 29
 
  Australia2
 
  Estonia10
 

C3 vs D3

29 April 2023
13:30		Australia 2–10
(1–4, 1–3, 0–3)		 EstoniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 127
Report

11th place game

 11th place game
   
 April 29
 
  Austria1
 
  Slovenia4
 

C2 vs D2

29 April 2023
16:30		Austria 1–4
(0–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 SloveniaArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 103
Report

7th–10th placement bracket

Bracket

 7th–10th semifinals7th place
       
 29 April
 
  Poland2
 30 April
  Norway8
  Norway10
 29 April
  Denmark4
  Germany3
 
  Denmark4
 9th place
 
 30 April
 
  Poland1
 
  Germany15

A4 vs D1

29 April 2023
19:30		Poland 2–8
(0–1, 2–6, 0–1)		 NorwayArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 135
Report

B4 vs C1

29 April 2023
19:00		Germany 3–4
(1–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 DenmarkArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 987
Report

9th place game

LPO1 vs LPO2

30 April 2023
10:00		Poland 1–15
(0–4, 1–6, 0–5)		 GermanyArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 137
Report

7th place game

WPO1 vs WPO2

30 April 2023
10:30		Norway 10–4
(1–2, 6–1, 3–1)		 DenmarkArena Nord Arena B
Attendance: 420
Report

5th place game

 5th place game
   
 April 29
 
  Latvia6
 
  Slovakia1
 

A3 vs B3

29 April 2023
10:30		Latvia 6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)		 SlovakiaArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 356
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 SemifinalsFinal
       
 29 April
 
  Czech Republic2
 30 April
   Switzerland7
   Switzerland4
 29 April
  Sweden7
  Sweden12
 
  Finland10
 Third place
 
 30 April
 
  Czech Republic6
 
  Finland7 (SO)

Semifinals

A1 vs B2

29 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic 2–7
(0–1, 2–1, 0–5)		  SwitzerlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,725
Report

B1 vs A2

29 April 2023
16:00		Sweden 12–10
(3–0, 2–2, 7–8)		 FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,750
Report

Bronze medal game

30 April 2023
13:00		Czech Republic 6–7
(3–1, 1–4, 2–1, 0–0)
SO: 4–5		 FinlandArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 1,890
Report

Gold medal game

30 April 2023
16:00		Switzerland 4–7
(1–1, 1–1, 2–5)		 SwedenArena Nord Arena A
Attendance: 2,011
Report

Final standings

 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Finland
4  Czech Republic
5  Latvia
6  Slovakia
7  Norway
8  Denmark
9  Germany
10  Poland
11  Slovenia
12  Austria
13  Estonia
14  Australia
15  Singapore
16  United States

Awards

Team of the tournament

Preparations

For the tournament, the city of Frederikshavn and Sport Event Denmark gave 125,000 Euros.

Applications for volunteering was opened in October 2022.

The budget for the tournament were 217,600 Euros. Although this would increase to 260,000. To break even, they needed to earn up to 66,000 Euros in ticket sales. They ended up exceeding the target and reached 90,000 Euros.

Marketing

Ticket sales and packages started to be put on sale on 20 October 2022. 2,500 tickets and packages were sold before the tournament.

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