Floorball at the 2025 World Games – Men's tournament
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  China |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 6 – 13 August |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Sweden |
Runners-up  |  Finland |
Third place  |  Czech Republic |
The men's floorball tournament at the 2025 World Games was the third men's floorball tournament at the World Games, held from 6 to 13 August 2025 as part of the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.[1]
The Swedish national team defended its title from both previous editions of the World Games by defeating Finland in the final. The Czech Republic once again secured the bronze medal with a victory over Switzerland.[2]
As in the previous tournaments at World Games, team rosters were limited to 14 players. Matches were shortened to three 15-minute periods (instead of the standard 20 minutes). Despite the shorter playing time, Finland achieved a record result in the group stage with a 42–0 win against China.[3]
Qualification
The men's tournament automatically included the host nation China, for which it was the debut at a major international tournament. Other countries qualified based on their placement at the 2024 World Championship. From there, the five best European teams and the best Asia–Oceania team from the main tournament advanced, along with the only automatically qualified team from the Americas.[4]
| Qualification method[4] | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified team | |
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| Host nation | — | — | 1 | China
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| 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships | Asia-Oceania[5] | 7–15 December 2024 | Sweden |
1 |  Philippines
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| Europe[6] | 5 | Finland
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| Czech Republic
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 Latvia
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.svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland
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| 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships – Americas qualification | 17–18 February | .svg.png){kind=small} Toronto |
1 | Canada
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| Total | 8 | ||||
Tournament format
In the group stage, teams played each other from 6 to 10 August 2025. The top two teams from each group advanced to a two-round play-off held between 11 and 13 August, while the remaining teams played for placement.
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Switzerland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 4 | |
| 3 | Latvia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Philippines
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | −38 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 6 August 2025 11:15 | Latvia | 3–4 (0–1, 2–1, 1–2) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| Gabriels Silins | Goalies | Nils Schalin | Referees: Glenn Boström Håkan Söderman | |
| 7 August 2025 09:00 | Latvia | 12–2 (2–1, 4–0, 6–1) | Philippines | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 7 August 2025 13:30 | Sweden | 8–1 (1–0, 4–1, 3–0) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 9 August 2025 11:45 | Philippines | 1–11 (0–2, 1–5, 0–4) | Sweden | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 10 August 2025 15:00 | Switzerland | 18–0 (3–0, 7–0, 8–0) | Philippines | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 10 August 2025 17:15 | Sweden | 7–1 (2–1, 3–0, 2–0) | Latvia | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Finland
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 3 | +71 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67 | 9 | +58 | 4 | |
| 3 | Canada
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 54 | −37 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | China (H)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 93 | −92 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 6 August 2025 13:30 | China | 0–42 (0–10, 0–14, 0–18) | Finland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 6 August 2025 18:00 | Czech Republic | 29–1 (7–0, 11–1, 11–0) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 8 August 2025 11:45 | Finland | 24–1 (8–0, 7–0, 9–1) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 8 August 2025 17:15 | Czech Republic | 36–0 (14–0, 14–0, 8–0) | China | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 9 August 2025 19:30 | Finland | 8–2 (1–2, 1–0, 6–0) | Czech Republic | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 10 August 2025 19:30 | Canada | 15–1 (6–0, 4–1, 5–0) | China | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Final round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Sweden (ET) | 5 | |||||
| 13 August | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 4 | |||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||
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| Finland | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 4 | |||||
| Switzerland | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 13 August | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 7 | |||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
| 11 August 2025 13:00 | Sweden | 5–4 (1–1, 1–1, 2–2, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 11 August 2025 19:00 | Finland | 4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Seventh place game
| 12 August 2025 10:30 | Philippines | 14–0 (3–0, 7–0, 4–0) | China | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Fifth place game
| 12 August 2025 19:00 | Latvia | 12–3 (5–0, 4–2, 3–1) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Bronze medal game
| 13 August 2025 09:00 | Czech Republic | 7–2 (4–0, 1–0, 2–2) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Gold medal game
| 13 August 2025 15:00 | Sweden | 2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1) | Finland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Final ranking
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Sweden
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Finland
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Czech Republic
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| 4 | Switzerland
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| 5 | Latvia
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| 6 | Canada
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| 7 | Philippines
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| 8 | China
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All-star team
Tournament all-star team:[7]
- Best goalkeeper: Jon Hedlund
- Best defenders: Eemeli Akola, Oskar Hovlund
- Best forwards: Juuso Ahola, Oskar Weissbach
- Best center: Filip Langer
See also
References
- ^ "How to follow Floorball at The World Games 2025!". Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "World Games: Chengdu 2025 Floorball gold goes to Sweden Men and Finland Women". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "World Games: Finland beat China 42-0 to set Floorball world record win". www.flashscore.com.
- ^ a b "The World Games 2025 Floorball Qualification Schedule". International Floorball Federation. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Philippines qualify for The World Games 2025!". International Floorball Federation. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Sweden, Czechia, Latvia and Finland qualify for The World Games 2025!". International Floorball Federation. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "The World Games 2025 All-Star Teams". Retrieved 19 August 2025.