Line-up for IFF Men's Under-19 World Championship revealed

By George Thorpe
Thursday, 20 April 2017

Sixteen teams have qualified for the IFF Men's Under-19 World Championship ©IFF

The countries who will be participating in the 2017 International Floorball Federation (IFF) Men’s Under-19 World Championships have been confirmed.

Between May 3 and 7, Vaxjo in Sweden will host the tournament which will feature 16 teams split between A and B Divisions.

In the top Division, the hosts have been drawn against world number one nation Finland along with Slovakia and Denmark.

Group B features Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland and Latvia.

In the B Division, Norway, Estonia, Canada and Japan have been drawn in Group C.

Germany, Hungary, Australia and the United States make up Group D at the competition.

All the matches at the tournament will be shown live on the IFF’s YouTube channels.

Finland head are the defending champions, having beaten Switzerland 13-3 in the 2015 final.

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