The Men´s World Floorball Championships 2016 will be played in Riga, Latvia 3rd-11th of December. The tournament has raised interest and many matches will be shown on tv around the world.
All in all, 29 tv matches will be broadcast at the moment. All the WFC 2016 matches will also be streamed on the IFF Youtube Channels and on The World Games Channel.
Latvia = LTV7, 9 games live.
Finland = YLE, All matches live except FIN-EST, which is shown in YLE Arena with a short delay. 7-8matches depending if Finland plays in the Final or not.
Czech Republic = CTV, 14 matches live.
Sweden = TV4, 6 matches, All Swedish matches on TV12, apart from the semi-final on TV4 main channel.
Switzerland = SRF, Group matches on Swissunihockeytv.tv and the Swiss playoff games on TV24 all live, more games and highlights with SRF are discussed.
Germany = MDR/SD.tv, All German games live on the Sportdeutchsland.tv and then high-lights on TV stations. 6 games planned, including the final.
Norway = TV2, All Norwegian games and all Swedish games live. 12 planned games.
Estonia = ERR, One planned game: Estonian 1st round play-off game.
Slovakia = TV RTVS, All Slovak games up to quarter-final + final. 6 planned games.
China = CCTV5, Both semi-finals and final.
Olympic channel = OC, 13 games broadcasted with English commentary.
Thailand will stream Thai matches
TV matches:
Saturday, 3.12.2016 Arena Riga
11:00 Estonia - Switzerland SRF
13:45 Germany - Finland YLE, MDR/SD.tv
16:45 Czech Republic - Norway CTV, TV2
19:30 Latvia - Sweden LTV7, TV4, TV2
Sunday, 4.12.2016 Arena Riga
12:30 Poland - Slovakia TV RTVS
15:15 Finland - Switzerland YLE, CTV, SRF
18:15 Latvia - Czech Republic LTV7, CTV,
Sunday, 4.12.2016 Olympic Sports Centre Elektrum
12:30 Germany - Estonia MDR/SD.tv
Monday, 5.12.2016 Arena Riga
13:00 Australia - Slovakia TV RTVS
15:45 Finland - Estonia YLE, OC
19:30 Sweden - Norway CTV, TV4, TV2
Tuesday, 6.12.2016 Arena Riga
11:15 Slovakia - Denmark TV RTVS
13:45 Switzerland - Germany SRF, MDR/SD.tv
16:30 Sweden - Czech Republic CTV, TV4, TV2, OC
19:30 Norway - Latvia LTV7, CTV, TV2, OC
Wednesday, 7.12.2016 Arena Riga
10:00 4th Group A - 1st Group D PO3 CTV, MDR/SD.tv, OC
13:00 3rd Group A - 2nd Group D PO1 ERR, OC
16:00 3rd Group B - 2nd Group C PO2 TV2, TV RTVS
19:30 (a) 4th Group B - 1st Group C PO4 LTV7
Thursday, 8.12.2016 Arena Riga
13:00 Loser PO1 - Loser PO4 9-12:2 OC
16:00 2nd Group B - Winner PO1 Q4 CTV, OC
19:00 (b) 1st Group B - Winner PO3 Q2 TV4, MDR/SD.tv, TV2
Friday, 9.12.2016 Arena Riga
16:10 2nd Group A - Winner PO2 Q3 CTV, SRF, TV2, TV RTVS, OC
19:00 (c) 1st Group A - Winner PO4 Q1 LTV7, YLE, CTV, OC
Saturday, 10.12.2016 Arena Riga
12:45 Winner Q2 - Winner Q3 Semi 1 YLE, CTV, TV4, SRF, TV2, CCTV5, OC
16:30 Winner Q1 - Winner Q4 Semi 2 YLE, CTV, TV2, CCTV5, OC
19:30 (d) Loser Q2 - Loser Q3 5-8:2 LTV7
Sunday, 11.12. 2016 Arena Riga
12:00 (e) Winner 5-8:1 - Winner 5-8:2 5th LTV7
14:45 Loser Semi 1 - Loser Semi 2 3rd YLE, CTV, TV2, OC
17:40 Winner Semi 1 - Winner Semi 2 Final LTV7, YLE, CTV, TV4, SRF (if SUI plays), MDR/SD.tv, TV2, TV RTVS, CCTV5, OC
(a) If qualified Latvia shall play their PO match Wednesday 19:30
(b) If qualified Sweden shall play their quarter-final Thursday at 19:00
(c) If qualified Finland shall play their quarter-final Friday at 19:00
(d) If Latvia play for 5th-8th their match shall be played at 19:30
(e) If Latvia play for 5th or 7th place their match shall be played at 12:00
Discussions are still ongoing with Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Russia, Taipei, Lithuania, Denmark and Poland.
Video Referee in WFC 2016 – 7.12.2017
WFC 2016 Sportcal Study findings – 10.5.2017
Men‘s WFC 2016 in facts & figures – 22.12.2016
The World Games qualifiers – 13.12.2016
Finland wins the World Championship title – 11.12.2016
Kotilainen WFC 2016 MVP – 11.12.2016
WFC 2016 All Star Team – 11.12.2016
Switzerland gets bronze medals and goes to The World Games – 11.12.2016
Denmark gets their win in penalty shootout to secure 5th place – 11.12.2016
Germany wins and finishes 7th – 11.12.2016
Slovaks win the game, slotting in 9th, hosts finish 10th. – 10.12.2016
Finland advances to the finals and The World Games – 10.12.2016
Sweden tops Switzerland and goes to final – 10.12.2016
Norway wins in OT – 10.12.2016
Estonia returns from 0-5, but loses in the OT – 10.12.2016
IFF celebrates 30th Anniversary – 10.12.2016
Finland stops Danish winning streak – 9.12.2016
Switzerland will play in the semi-finals – 9.12.2016
Poland finishes 13th – 9.12.2016
USA qualifies for The World Games and takes 11th place – 9.12.2016