The qualifying for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships will take place between 2 and 14 February 2016. A total of 33 teams[1] will be competing for fifteen spots. The final tournament will be organized by Latvia in December 2016.
Overview
Numbers in brackets show the ranking before the qualification started, which is based on results from the last two World Championships.[1]
Europe 1
Europe 2
Europe 3
Europe 4
Asia/Oceania
Americas
fl. SWE (1)
fl. SVK (9)
fl. RUS (11)
fl. BEL (24)
fl. FRA (25)
fl. ISL (–)
fl. FIN (2)
fl. EST (8)
fl. DEN (12)
fl. AUT (22)
fl. NED (28)
fl. SUI (3)
fl. GER (7)
fl. POL (14)
fl. ESP (22)
fl. GBR (29)
fl. GEO (38)
fl. CZE (4)
fl. NOR (6)
fl. SRB (20)
fl. ITA (21)
fl. SLO (27)
fl. LIE (30)
fl. JPN (15)
fl. AUS (16)
fl. KOR (17)
fl. SIN (18)
fl. NZL (26)
fl. MYS (33)
fl. THA (–)
fl. USA (10)
fl. CAN (13)
fl. JAM (32)
Europe
The qualification rules are as follows:
The two best teams from each qualification group will qualify
The two best third placed teams will qualify
The calculation of the best 3rd teams will follow this order:
Since the number of teams between the qualification groups differ, the group sizes were equalised by removing the results from the matches against the lowest placed teams in the larger-sized group before comparing the average results.
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Status
fl. DEN
4
2
0
2
32
20
+12
4
Qualified for the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships
fl. POL
4
2
0
2
26
24
+2
4
fl. RUS
4
2
0
2
31
30
+1
4
Missed out on the 2016 Men's World Floorball Championships