10th Men´s U19 WFC 20198th - 12th May 2019Halifax, NS, Canada
This will be the first time that the Men´s U19 WFC has been held outside of Europe. 16 teams will compete in A- & B-divisions. All A-division teams directly qualified based on results from U19 WFC 2017. In B-division, 3 teams directly qualified, while the remaining 5 teams were decided through regional qualification events held in September 2018.
A-Division
*Numbers in brackets show the current rankings based on results from the previous U19 WFC in 2017 or prior events.
B-Division
*Numbers in brackets show the current rankings based on results from the previous U19 WFC in 2017 or prior events.
Final Round Playing systemEvery team plays each other once within their group. The top two teams after the group stage proceed to the semi-finals, while the other four teams have placement matches. The 8th placed team in A-division will be relegated to B-division for 2021, while the winner of B-division will be promoted to A-division for 2021.
QualificationsA total of 26 countries registered for the event. According to the final placings from U19 WFC 2017, all of A-division were directly qualified as well as Poland. Canada and USA received direct qualification based on regional considerations, while the remaining 5 B-division places were determined via regional qualifications held in Europe and Asia Oceania. From these qualifications, the winner of each European group (Slovenia & Germany), the best 2nd-placed European team (Russia), and the best two Asia Oceania teams (Japan & New Zealand) all qualified to the final round.
*Numbers in brackets show the current rankings based on results from the previous U19 WFC in 2017 or prior events.
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