2012 Men's World Floorball Championships
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Switzerland |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 1–9 December 2012 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Sweden |
Runners-up  |  Finland |
Third place  | Switzerland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 41 |
| Attendance | 75,178 (1,834 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Emanuel Antener |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Kim Nilsson |
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.
There were five qualification groups for 11 places in the final tournament:
- Americas (2 teams)
- Asia & Oceania (2 teams from 2012 Asia Pacific Floorball Championship)
- Europe (7 teams from three groups)
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.[1]
Teams
Group stage
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.
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Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Switzerland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 7 | +50 | 6 |
 Slovakia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 3 |
 Estonia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
 Singapore |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 61 | −57 | 0 |
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Sweden |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 6 | +48 | 6 |
 Norway |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 4 |
 Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 32 | −22 | 2 |
 Hungary |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 46 | −39 | 0 |
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Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Latvia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 6 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 10 | +28 | 4 |
 United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 2 |
 Japan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 41 | −37 | 0 |
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Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Finland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 5 | +50 | 6 |
 Germany |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 |
 Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 2 |
 Canada |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 52 | −41 | 0 |
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Playoff round
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A1 | Switzerland
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| B2 | Norway
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| Q1 | Switzerland
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| Q4 | Finland
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| D1 | Finland
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| C2 | Czech Republic
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| W1 | Finland
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| W2 | Sweden
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| C1 | Latvia
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| D2 | Germany
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| Q2 | Germany
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| Q3 | Sweden
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| B1 | Sweden
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| A2 | Slovakia
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Quarter finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Placement round
13–16
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9–12
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15th place match
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13th place match
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11th place match
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9th place match
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5–8
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5th place match
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