Floorball´s Next Step - The World Games 2017 – 09.11.2016

As well as deciding the IFF World Champion, 11th Men’s World Floorball Championships (WFC) in Riga will act as the qualifying event for The World Games (TWG) 2017.

Based on the final standings of WFC six National Teams will qualify for TWG:
  • Gold, Silver & Bronze medallists
  • TWG host country Poland
  • Best-ranked neighbouring team to Poland (outside of the top 3)
  • Best-ranked non-European team, if ranked among the top 12 at WFC 2016

The World Games (TWG) are a multi-sport event, organised by the International World Games Association (IWGA). It will be organized for the 10th time in Wroclaw, Poland from the 20th to 30th of July, 2017, with Floorball as an official medal sport. 3 600 participating athletes from over 100 countries will compete in 27 official sports and disciplines plus 4 invitational sports.

TWG 2017 will not be the first time that Floorball has been a part of The World Games. Floorball was a demonstration sport in Lahti in 1997, with four countries - Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Switzerland – but unfortunately in the next games the program of The World Games did not allow space to include another team sport, so Floorball was unable to secure its continued inclusion.