Slovakia and Latvia were both already qualified for Neuchatel when they competed in the second last match of the Trencin tournament. The winner would finish Group 4 as winner. Here is just a quick look to the match with a…
WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Latvia 2:11 (1:5, 0:2, 1:4)
After the Netherlands showed a good fight against Slovakia, they had to compete against likely the strongest team in their group, Latvia, on Saturday. For the Latvians, it was about to strengthen their position after the strong performance against Hungary…
WFCQ 2019: Slovakia – Hungary 12:1 (3:0, 5:1, 4:0)
After Slovakia had quite some trouble with the Netherlands the day before, the neighborhood battle between the hosts and the Hungarians felt to have some potential for a good match. The winner would more or less safely travel to Switzerland…
WFCQ 2019: Russia – Finland 1:18 (1:2, 0:13, 0:3)
In the third match of Saturday, there was absolutely no discussion about the roles: Finland was the absolute favorite against the Russians. The underdog was expected to try to keep a tight goal difference – with a very close score,…
WFCQ 2019: Austria – Spain 5:5 (2:0, 3:2, 0:3)
While the match between Austria and Spain was majorly the battle against the last place in European Group 2, it was even quite decisive for the situation of the two wildcard spots in the complex qualifying system. The key “stakeholder”…
WFCQ 2019: Austria – Russia 4:13 (1:3, 1:5, 2:5)
Russia was the clear favorite for this second Friday match of the World Floorball Championship Qualification. Austria suffered from a high loss against Germany, while Russia had a clear result with Spain. There is a designated full size picture gallery…
WFCQ 2019: Netherlands – Slovakia 2:8 (0:1, 1:5, 1:2)
Slovakia had their third match on Friday evening, concluding the first round of matches of Qualification Group 4. Being nominally one of the two stronger teams, they were definite favorites against the Dutch, who have proven to be tough opponents…
WFCQ 2019: Spain – Germany 3:6 (0:1, 1:3, 2:2)
After I made my way from Germany to Vienna and headed on to Trencin by car, the match between Germany and Spain was the first World Floorball Championship Qualification one on my list. Despite having lost some honorable players like…