Editing Floorball (section)

== World championships ==
{{Main|Men's Floorball World Championships|Women's World Floorball Championship|List of World Floorball Champions}}
[[File:WFC2022 Finland vs Switzerland D 22.jpg|thumb|World Championships venue]]
[[File:Mika Kohonen 2013-04-05 (3).JPG|thumb|[[Mika Kohonen]], a Finnish floorball player and a four-time world champion in the sport,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mika Kohonen biography, Mika Kohonen achievements, Mika Kohonen career stats |url=http://www.edubilla.com/sport/floorball/players/mika-kohonen/ |website=Edubilla.com |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204031844/http://www.edubilla.com/sport/floorball/players/mika-kohonen/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was voted best floorball player in the world in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://innebandymagazinet.se/2013/02/07/varldens-basta-spelare-2012-mika-kohonen | title = Världens bästa spelare 2012 – Mika Kohonen | trans-title = The world's best player 2012 – Mika Kohonen | work = Innebandy Magzinet | date = 7 February 2013 | access-date = 29 January 2021 | language = sv | archive-date = 5 February 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210205152832/https://innebandymagazinet.se/2013/02/07/varldens-basta-spelare-2012-mika-kohonen | url-status = live }}</ref>]]
The world floorball championships is annual event, but each class only meet every other year—the men and women under 19 meet in even years, and the women and men under 19 meet in odd years. The Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland remain the only five countries to have ever captured a medal at a World Championship event.
* The [[Men's World Floorball Championship]] takes place every December (since 2008) in every even year.
* The [[Women's World Floorball Championship]] takes place every December (since 2009) in every odd year.
* The [[Under-19 World Floorball Championships|Men's under-19 World Floorball Championship]] takes place every May (since 2009) in every odd year.
* The [[Under-19 World Floorball Championships|Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships]] takes place every May (since 2008) in every even year.

From 1996 to 2009, the IFF used a World Floorball Championship format where the last team in the A-Division was relegated to the B-Division, while the top team in the B-Division was promoted to the A-Division. This format caused much hardship for countries such as [[Men's national floorball team of Australia|Australia]], [[Men's national floorball team of Canada|Canada]], [[Men's national floorball team of Slovakia|Slovakia]], and [[Men's national floorball team of Spain|Spain]], who have all been trying to get to the B-Division from the C-Division since 2004. In 2010, the IFF adopted a [[FIFA]]-like continental qualification system, where teams must qualify to play at the world championships. Depending on the number of countries registered per continent or region, the IFF gives spots for the world championships. For example, [[Men's national floorball team of Argentina|Argentina]], [[Men's national floorball team of Brazil|Brazil]], [[Men's national floorball team of Canada|Canada]] and the [[Men's national floorball team of the United States|United States]] would need to play for one spot at the world championships in a continental qualification tournament for the Americas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floorball.org/Liitetiedostot/CB2007_3_Appex%2014a%20WFC%20new%20system.pdf |title=WFC new style system |website=floorball.org |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922154239/http://www.floorball.org/Liitetiedostot/CB2007_3_Appex%2014a%20WFC%20new%20system.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>