2023 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships Explained

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.^[1]

This tournament broke the record for the most attended U-19 Floorball World Championship ever, with 18,316 spectators watching the games.^[2]

Bidding process

Denmark's bid was deemed superior and were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Qualified teams

See 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.^[8] This tournament saw the debut of Australia, Singapore and United States.

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
			9	(H)
European qualifier 1	24–28 January 2023		2
European qualifier 2	24–28 January 2023		2
Asian-Oceanian qualification	29 September–1 October 2022		2
Americas qualification	2–3 September 2022		1
Total			16

Venues

The venues for the tournament are in Frederikshavn at Arena Nord.^{[9] [10]}

Draw

The draw took place on 13 December 2022 in Næstved, Denmark at 11:00 CET.^{[8] [11]} The European qualifiers were not known at the time and ranking between the four qualifiers would decide who would take each place.

width=25%	Pot 1	width=25%	Pot 2	width=25%	Pot 3	width=25%	Pot 4
(1) (2) (3) (4)	(5) (6) (7) (8)	(9) (H) European qualifier (8) European qualifier (10) European qualifier (11)	European qualifier (12) (14) (20) (27)

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 30 January 2023.^{[12] [13]}

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Placement round

15th place game

C4 vs D4

13th place game

C3 vs D3

11th place game

C2 vs D2

Bracket

B4 vs C1

9th place game

LPO1 vs LPO2

7th place game

WPO1 vs WPO2

5th place game

A3 vs B3

Knockout stage

Semifinals

B1 vs A2

Gold medal game

Final standings

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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]

Marketing

Ticket sales and packages started to be put on sale on 20 October 2022.^{[19] [20]} 2,500 tickets and packages were sold before the tournament.^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sweden are the World Champions! . 30 April 2023 . IFF Main Site.
2. Web site: Men's U19 WFC in Denmark sets a new spectator record . 3 May 2023 . IFF Main Site.
3. Web site: IFF CB meeting news 2/2021: WFC 2024 to Sweden, U19 WFC 2023 to Denmark, U19 WFC 2024 to Finland. February 23, 2021. IFF Main Site.
4. Web site: VM PÅ DANSK JORD: U19 Floorball-herrelandshold fra hele verden sætter kurs mod Frederikshavn i 2023. – Floorball Danmark. floorball.dk.
5. Web site: Český florbal | Mužský světový šampionát bude v roce 2024 ve Švédsku. February 28, 2021. April 2, 2024. February 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210228193913/https://www.ceskyflorbal.cz/clanek/muzsky-svetovy-sampionat-bude-v-roce-2024-ve-svedsku. dead.
6. Web site: IFF CB meeting news 2/2021: WFC 2024 to Sweden, U19 WFC 2023 to Denmark, U19 WFC 2024 to Finland . IFF Main Site . 30 September 2024 . 23 February 2021.
7. Web site: Suomi järjestää U19-naisten MM2024-kisat – Lahti kisakaupunkina. February 23, 2021. Suomen Salibandyliitto.
8. Web site: Follow the Men's U19 WFC 2023 Group Ballot. December 12, 2022. IFF Main Site.
9. Web site: Venue. U19 WFC 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20240613103650/https://www.u19wfc2023.dk/venue/. 2024-06-13. dead.
10. Web site: U19 Floorball VM 2023. Arena Nord.
11. Web site: Men's U19 WFC 2023 groups decided. December 13, 2022. IFF Main Site.
12. Web site: Announcement of Game Schedule. January 30, 2023. U19 WFC 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20240613115936/https://www.u19wfc2023.dk/2023/01/30/announcement-of-game-schedule/. dead. 2024-06-13.
13. Web site: Offentliggørelse af kampprogram til U19 Herre VM i Frederikshavn. https://web.archive.org/web/20230322034354/https://floorball.dk/offentliggoerelse-af-kampprogram-til-u19-herre-vm-i-frederikshavn/. 2023-03-22. dead.
14. Web site: Men's U19 WFC 2023 All-Star Team. April 30, 2023. IFF Main Site.
15. Web site: Floorball Denmark gets significant support for hosting Men's U19 WFC 2023 in Frederikshavn. March 4, 2021. IFF Main Site.
16. https://x.com/U19WFC/status/1579742520564940801
17. https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/05/CB-meeting-Minutes-2_2023_.pdf
18. https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2023/03/Minutes-IFF-CB-1-2023-Prague_final.pdf
19. Web site: Men's U19 WFC 2023 Tickets now available!. October 20, 2022. IFF Main Site.
20. Web site: Billetsalget er startet! – floorballu19vm.dk. March 31, 2023. April 3, 2024. March 31, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230331124246/https://floorballu19vm.dk/2022/10/20/billetsalget-er-startet/. dead.
21. Web site: Endelig kan Danmark præsentere U19 VM i Floorball på hjemmebane. floorball.dk. https://web.archive.org/web/20240403125038/https://floorball.dk/endelig-kan-danmark-praesentere-u19-vm-i-floorball-paa-hjemmebane/. 2024-04-03. dead.