Host country Switzerland Teams 16 Champions Sweden | Dates 1–9 December Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Runner-up Finland | |
The 2012 Men's World Floorball Championships were the ninth men's Floorball World Championships. The tournament took place in Bern and Zurich, Switzerland in December 2012.
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Qualification
There are five qualification groups for 11 places in the final tournament:
Five best teams of 2010 World Championships automatically qualified for the competition:
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.
Preliminary round
The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter finals, while the last two teams play in the placement round.
Ranking & Statistics
Official 2012 Rankings according to the IFF