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.
Finland to play-offs with three wins – 5.12.2016
Canada breaks Thailand´s heart in a push for play off position – 5.12.2016
Slovakia beats Australia and reaches play-offs – 5.12.2016
Denmark wins a dramatic game against Poland – 5.12.2016
Thailand won their first WFC Final Round game – 4.12.2016
Czech Republic defeats hosts – 4.12.2016
USA beats Canada in North American derby – 4.12.2016
Finland continues with hard win against Switzerland – 4.12.2016
Slovakia beats Poland in dramatic showdown – 4.12.2016
Germany and Estonia tied – 4.12.2016
Sweden upsets Latvia in front of a record crowd – 3.12.2016
New WFC Records – 3.12.2016
Canada defeats Singapore – 3.12.2016
Czech´s offense driven squad beats Norway – 3.12.2016
Denmark starts early and gets easy win – 3.12.2016
Finland outplays Germany for their first victory – 3.12.2016
USA starts with victory against Thailand – 3.12.2016
Switzerland tops Estonia in the first game of World Championships – 3.12.2016
IFF President Foreword WFC 2016 – 2.12.2016
WFC 2016 Referee presentation – 1.12.2016