Canada beat United States to qualification place for IFF Men’s World Championships

By Mike Rowbottom
Sunday, 11 February 2018

Canada's floorball team celebrates its 5-4 win over the United States today ©IFF Twitter

Canada secured the qualification spot for the Americas in the International Floorball Federation (IFF) Americas Men's World Championship after a 5-4 win over the United States earned them overall victory in their weekend play-off in Toronto.

The home side won the first of the two scheduled matches at Ryerson University yesterday by 3-2.

In the IFF rankings, the United States arrived for this qualification event ranked 11th, with Canada 12th.

The sides were evenly matched - as both results demonstrated.

It was tough battle for @floorballcanada. See you at #WFCPrague ! #floorball #WFCQ2018 is over pic.twitter.com/bB3rZTiSco
— IFF WFC (@iffwfc) February 11, 2018

This weekend’s competition follows qualification events which have already taken place in Asia/Oceania and across Europe.

The Czech capital Prague is due to host the World Championships between December 1 and 9 this year.

Finland are the defending champions.

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