The 14th Men’s World Floorball Championships will be played in Zurich & Winterthur, Switzerland from 5th – 13th November 2022.
In total, 36 teams registered for the tournament – 24 from Europe, 9 from Asia Oceania, 1 from Africa, and 2 from the Americas.
From the regional qualification events held in May 2022, the following 16 qualified teams have been drawn via ballot into groups.
| GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C | GROUP D | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Finland (2) |  | Sweden (1) |  | Estonia (9) |  | Denmark (10) |
 | Switzerland (4) |  | Czech Republic (3) |  | Canada (11) |  | Poland (12) |
 | Norway (6) |  | Latvia (5) |  | Thailand (14) |  | Australia (13) |
 | Slovakia (8) |  | Germany (7) |  | Singapore (16) |  | Philippines (24) |
Playing System
The final round will be played with 16 teams divided into four groups. The forming of the groups shall be decided in a ballot based on the final rankings of the two previous Championships of the same category, where each group will be allotted two teams from each basket as follows:
Group A and B:
Basket 1: Ranking place 1-4
Basket 2: Ranking place 5-8
Group C and D:
Basket 3: Ranking place 9-12
Basket 4: Ranking place 13-16
In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage includes play-offs and placement matches. The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first play-off round (played before the quarter finals).
