Due to the present COVID-19 situation and the following reasons related to it, the Finnish Floorball Federation applied to postpone the Men’s World Floorball Championships from 2020 to the year of 2021. The Finnish Floorball Federation has discussed the situation with the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. Since there is no knowledge of what the situation with the travel and gathering restrictions will be in December, there is not a favourable circumstance to organise the event in 2020.
– The IFF CB decided to postpone the Men's WFC 2020 based on the application from the Finnish Floorball Federation. The Finnish Federation will investigate the suitable timing for the event in 2021. The final decision of the 2021 competition calendar will be made in the Central Board meeting on the 29th of September, when we have had the time to consider the wishes of all stakeholders, the IFF Secretary General John Liljelund informs.
The Men's World Floorball Championships 2020 were originally scheduled to take place December 4th – 12th 2020 in Helsinki, Finland, with 16 participating teams.
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Interest to host future World Floorball Championships
The IFF has received letters of interest to organise the World Floorball Championships 2023 and 2024 from:
Australia (U19 WFC 2023 and 2024)
Denmark (U19 WFC 2023)
Italy (U19 WFC 2023 and 2024)
Slovakia (U19 WFC 2023),
Singapore (WFC 2023 and WFC 2024)
Sweden (WFC 2024)
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