2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Denmark |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 26–30 April |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sweden (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Switzerland |
| Third place |  Finland |
| Fourth place |  Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Attendance | 18,316 (509 per match) |
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.[1] 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.[2]
This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games.[3]
Qualified teams
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.[9] This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automatically qualified from 2021 | Brno | 9 | Czech Republic Finland Sweden Switzerland Latvia Germany Slovakia Poland Denmark (H) | |
| European qualifier 1 | 24–28 January 2023 |  Salzburg | 2 |  Norway Austria |
| European qualifier 2 | 24–28 January 2023 |  El Escorial | 2 |  Estonia Slovenia |
| Asian-Oceanian qualification | 29 September–1 October 2022 |  Wellington | 2 |  Australia Singapore |
| Americas qualification | 2–3 September 2022 |  Draper | 1 | United States |
| Total | 16 | |||
Venues
Draw
Preliminary round
Placement round
15th place game
| 15th place game | ||
| April 29 | ||
| United States | 5 | |
| Singapore | 12 | |
C4 vs D4
| 29 April 2023 10:30 | United States | 5–12 (2–4, 0–1, 3–7) | Singapore | Arena Nord Arena B Attendance: 205 |
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13th place game
| 13th place game | ||
| April 29 | ||
| Australia | 2 | |
| Estonia | 10 | |
C3 vs D3
| 29 April 2023 13:30 | Australia | 2–10 (1–4, 1–3, 0–3) | Estonia | Arena Nord Arena B Attendance: 127 |
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11th place game
| 11th place game | ||
| April 29 | ||
| Austria | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 4 | |
C2 vs D2
| 29 April 2023 16:30 | Austria | 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) | Slovenia | Arena Nord Arena B Attendance: 103 |
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7th–10th placement bracket
Bracket
| 7th–10th semifinals | 7th place | |||||
| 29 April | ||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
| 30 April | ||||||
| Norway | 8 | |||||
| Norway | 10 | |||||
| 29 April | ||||||
| Denmark | 4 | |||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
| Denmark | 4 | |||||
| 9th place | ||||||
| 30 April | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| Germany | 15 | |||||
A4 vs D1
| 29 April 2023 19:30 | Poland | 2–8 (0–1, 2–6, 0–1) | Norway | Arena Nord Arena B Attendance: 135 |
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B4 vs C1
| 29 April 2023 19:00 | Germany | 3–4 (1–1, 1–1, 1–2) | Denmark | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 987 |
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9th place game
LPO1 vs LPO2
| 30 April 2023 10:00 | Poland | 1–15 (0–4, 1–6, 0–5) | Germany | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 137 |
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7th place game
WPO1 vs WPO2
| 30 April 2023 10:30 | Norway | 10–4 (1–2, 6–1, 3–1) | Denmark | Arena Nord Arena B Attendance: 420 |
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5th place game
| 5th place game | ||
| April 29 | ||
| Latvia | 6 | |
| Slovakia | 1 | |
A3 vs B3
| 29 April 2023 10:30 | Latvia | 6–1 (1–0, 1–1, 4–0) | Slovakia | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 356 |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 29 April | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 2 | |||||
| 30 April | ||||||
| Switzerland | 7 | |||||
| Switzerland | 4 | |||||
| 29 April | ||||||
| Sweden | 7 | |||||
| Sweden | 12 | |||||
| Finland | 10 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 30 April | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 6 | |||||
| Finland | 7 (SO) | |||||
Semifinals
A1 vs B2
| 29 April 2023 13:00 | Czech Republic | 2–7 (0–1, 2–1, 0–5) | Switzerland | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 1,725 |
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B1 vs A2
| 29 April 2023 16:00 | Sweden | 12–10 (3–0, 2–2, 7–8) | Finland | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 1,750 |
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Bronze medal game
| 30 April 2023 13:00 | Czech Republic | 6–7 (3–1, 1–4, 2–1, 0–0) SO: 4–5 | Finland | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 1,890 |
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Gold medal game
| 30 April 2023 16:00 | Switzerland | 4–7 (1–1, 1–1, 2–5) | Sweden | Arena Nord Arena A Attendance: 2,011 |
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Final standings
Awards
Team of the tournament
Mathias Juon (Goalkeeper)[14]
Jonathan Berglund (Defender)- Pascal Schmuki (Defender)
- David Hermle (Centre)
- Gabriel Kohonen (Forward)
- Sakarias Ulriksson (Forward)
Preparations
For the tournament, the city of Frederikshavn and Sport Event Denmark gave 125,000 Euros.[15]
Applications for volunteering was opened in October 2022.[16]
The budget for the tournament were 217,600 Euros.[17] Although this would increase to 260,000.[18] 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.[17]