2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying

Infobox International Floorball Competition
tourney_name = 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup
year =
yearr =
other_titles = Qualifying Tournaments


size = 300px
caption =
country = DEN
SVK
FIN
dates = August 13^th to August 31^st, 2008
num_teams = 18 (from 18 countries)
venues = 3
cities = 3
winners = flagicon|NOR Sarpsborg IBK
flagicon|FIN Tapanilan Erä
flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
count =
matches = 34
goals = 446
scoring_leader =
mvp =
updated = 16:53, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Note: 'Matches Played' includes all qualification matches

The 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying rounds took place over August 13^th to August 31^st, 2008 in three different host nations. The winner of each group advanced to the 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals, where they had a chance to win the EuroFloorball Cup for 2008. A total of 18 teams played in the qualifying round, all from different countries.

The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its 16^th year.

The IFF decided that the tournament will revert back to its original format, and will take place during one calendar year, instead of two.

Qualification Format

Since the top 4 nations at the 2007-08 Men's EuroFloorball Cup were from Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, the top team in that country automatically qualify, as well as the reigning champion. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.

Since 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic play for a spot in the finals. In the 2007-08 EuroFloorball Cup, both the top team in Sweden and the runners-up automatically qualified for the tournament, and therefore Group C consisted of 3 teams instead of 4. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.

To be eligible to take part in the 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the 2^nd place team can register, and so forth.

Qualifying Venues

Group A qualifications for Western Europe will take place in Frederikshavn, Denmark from August 13^th to August 17^th, 2008.
Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe will take place in Bratislava, Slovakia from August 27^th to August 31^st, 2008.
Group C qualifications will take place in Helsinki, Finland from August 22^nd to August 24^th, 2008.

Frederikshavn, Denmark

Group A

Conference A

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date = August 27^th, 2008
13:45
team1 = flagicon|AUT TVZ Wikings
score = 3:7
team2 = flagicon|RUS Nizhegorodets
goals1 = Paul Rachelsperger - 10.18
Florian Haslinger - 20.10
Paul Rachelsperger - 24.49
goals2 = 05.41 - Ilya Nikolaev
08.07 - Konstantin Kosolapov
09.33 - Evgeny Yudin
17.02 - Alexander Latukhin
29.14 - Evgeny Yudin
35.52 - Denis Raytsyn
49.10 - Ilya Nikolaev
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 27^th, 2008
19:15
team1 = flagicon|SVK FTVS Bratislava
score = 5:0
(Walkover)
team2 = flagicon|GEO Locomotive Kutaisi
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = FTVS Arena

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date = August 28^th, 2008
13:45
team1 = flagicon|RUS Nizhegorodets
score = 31:3
team2 = flagicon|GEO Locomotive Kutaisi
goals1 = Alexander Latukhin - 00.42
Evgeny Yudin - 02.57
Alexander Latukhin - 03.26
Dmitry Sudakov - 04.18
Alexander Shutihin - 05.23
Evgeny Yudin - 08.57
Ilya Nikolaev - 09.42
Evgeny Yudin - 13.35
Ilya Nikolaev - 14.12
Alexander Latukhin - 16.47
Ilya Nikolaev - 18.36
Ilya Nikolaev - 20.25
Alexander Shutihin - 24.34
Ilya Nikolaev - 25.24
Evgeny Yudin - 26.43
Ilya Nikolaev - 27.18
Evgeny Yudin - 27.40
Ilya Nikolaev - 30.08
Denis Raytsyn - 31.46
Ilya Nikolaev - 40.44
Alexander Latukhin - 43.16
Konstantin Kosolapov - 44.18
Alexander Latukhin - 44.51
Alexander Latukhin - 47.58
Ilya Nikolaev - 48.40
Evgeny Yudin - 49.25
Evgeny Yudin - 52.56
Alexander Latukhin - 54.32
Ilya Nikolaev - 56.04
Mikhail Bukin - 56.39
Alexander Shutihin - 57.41
goals2 = 23.03 - Nikoloz Anjafaridze
55.25 - Bachana Kobalia
57.22 - Nikoloz Anjafaridze
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 28^th, 2008
19:15
team1 = flagicon|AUT TVZ Wikings
score = 2:9
team2 = flagicon|SVK FTVS Bratislava
goals1 = Roland Herzog - 03.02
Marcus Jonsson - 46.05
goals2 = 07.23 - Juraj Svábek
19.49 - Michal Zalibera
23.13 - Ján Purc
31.54 - Marek Kabát
38.01 - Michal Zalibera
38.58 - Ján Purc
41.28 - Frantisek Krajcovic
47.46 - Róbert Dolník
58.06 - Michal Zalibera
stadium = FTVS Arena

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date = August 29^th, 2008
13:45
team1 = flagicon|GEO Locomotive Kutaisi
score = 3:23
team2 = flagicon|AUT TVZ Wikings
goals1 = Shota Giorkhelidze - 25.43
Nikoloz Anjafaridze - 27.43
Shota Giorkhelidze - 52.20
goals2 = 06.42 - Roland Herzog
07.42 - Lukas Millinger
09.28 - Marcus Jonsson
09.41 - Paul Rachelsperger
10.12 - Patrick Kellner
12.27 - Christoph Hausegger
13.21 - Stefan Sendlhofer
13.43 - Patrick Kellner
16.20 - Siegfried Sendlhofer
16.51 - Marcus Jonsson
17.05 - Paul Rachelsperger
21.27 - Roland Herzog
26.35 - Paul Rachelsperger
32.16 - Andreas Sendlhofer
32.34 - Stefan Sendlhofer
36.53 - Marcus Jonsson
41.23 - Claus Schichl
41.46 - Andreas Sendlhofer
42.14 - Stefan Sendlhofer
49.46 - Paul Rachelsperger
50.51 - Lukas Millinger
58.11 - Andreas Sendlhofer
58.25 - Lukas Millinger
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 29^th, 2008
19:15
team1 = flagicon|RUS Nizhegorodets
score = 6:5
team2 = flagicon|SVK FTVS Bratislava
goals1 = Ilya Nikolaev - 04.35
Dmitry Sudakov - 07.40
Konstantin Kosolapov - 11.53
Konstantin Kosolapov - 21.34
Evgeny Yudin - 35.51
Alexander Latukhin - 59.46
goals2 = 01.34 - Marek Vlásek
02.59 - Dominik Hancík
10.19 - Michal Zalibera
32.20 - Michal Liszkay
56.42 - Frantisek Krajcovic
stadium = FTVS Arena

Conference B

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date = August 27^th, 2008
11:00
team1 = flagicon|HUN Ares HC 94
score = 1:3
team2 = flagicon|EST TTÜ SK
goals1 = Ádám Kupó - 09.57
goals2 = 07.52 - Madis Kass
14.12 - Anre Vooremaa
29.40 - Anre Vooremaa
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 27^th, 2008
16:30
team1 = flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
score = 6:4
team2 = flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
goals1 = Krisjanis Zeps - 02.52
Janis Anis - 14.18
Edgars Dzeguze - 29.52
Kristaps Vaicis - 44.21
Matiss Kligins - 45.19
Pavels Semjonovs - 58.33
goals2 = 25.22 - Bartłomiej Kułesza
33.15 - Lesław Ossowski
53.01 - Bartłomiej Kułesza
59.15 - Artur Kasperek
stadium = FTVS Arena

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date = August 28^th, 2008
11:00
team1 = flagicon|EST TTÜ SK
score = 2:7
team2 = flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
goals1 = Marek Ulman - 19.49
Marek Ulman - 27.50
goals2 = 01.31 - Jarosław Lech
03.41 - Bartłomiej Augustyn
33.28 - Bartłomiej Kułesza
36.28 - Michał Dziurdzik
37.59 - Michał Dziurdzik
39.09 - Bartłomiej Kułesza
48.47 - Bartłomiej Kułesza
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 28^th, 2008
16:30
team1 = flagicon|HUN Ares HC 94
score = 1:12
team2 = flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
goals1 = Krisztián Nádor - 56.57
goals2 = 05.03 - Edgars Dzeguze
10.50 - Jurijs Ivenkovs
21.42 - Renars Berzins
23.19 - Edgars Dzeguze
24.22 - Krisjanis Zeps
29.11 - Maris Zicmanis
30.41 - Krisjanis Zeps
35.30 - Matiss Kligins
43.54 - Kristaps Vaicis
47.04 - Maris Zicmanis
51.35 - Jurijs Ivenkovs
55.29 - Matiss Kligins
stadium = FTVS Arena

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date = August 29^th, 2008
11:00
team1 = flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
score = 8:1
team2 = flagicon|HUN Ares HC 94
goals1 = Adrian Bocheński - 22.57
Łukasz Zubek - 15.56
Amadeusz Wojtak - 24.58
Łukasz Chlebda - 26.05
Michał Dziurdzik - 32.52
Artur Kasperek - 34.00
Sebastian Kwak - 49.47
Lesław Ossowski - 53.42
goals2 = 20.18 - Peter Szabo
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 29^th, 2008
16:30
team1 = flagicon|EST TTÜ SK
score = 2:7
team2 = flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
goals1 = Armen Kasparov - 16.13
Marko Opikov - 48.51
goals2 = 07.40 - Pavels Semjonovs
10.12 - Pavels Semjonovs
16.41 - Krisjanis Zeps
22.23 - Matiss Kligins
24.19 - Pavels Semjonovs
38.38 - Pavels Semjonovs
40.51 - Maris Zicmanis
stadium = FTVS Arena

Playoffs

4TeamBracket
group1=
group2=

RD1-seed1= A1
RD1-team1=flagicon|RUS Nizhegorodets
RD1-score1=4
RD1-seed2= B2
RD1-team2=flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
RD1-score2=5

RD1-seed3= B1
RD1-team3=flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
RD1-score3=7
RD1-seed4= A2
RD1-team4=flagicon|SVK FTVS Bratislava
RD1-score4=5

RD2-seed1= B2
RD2-team1=flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
RD2-score1=2
RD2-seed2= B1
RD2-team2=flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
RD2-score2=3

emi-Finals

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date = August 30^th, 2008
16:00
team1 = flagicon|RUS Nizhegorodets
score = 4:5
(Overtime)
team2 = flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
goals1 = Mikhail Bukin - 03.14
Ilya Nikolaev - 11.02
Ilya Nikolaev - 51.34
Ilya Nikolaev - 58.03
goals2 = 19.12 - Jarosław Lech
36.31 - Łukasz Chlebda
40.29 - Łukasz Zubek
48.31 - Michał Dziurdzik
62.21 - Lesław Ossowski
stadium = FTVS Arenahockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 30^th, 2008
19:00
team1 = flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
score = 7:5
team2 = flagicon|SVK FTVS Bratislava
goals1 = Maris Zicmanis - 27.45
Ivo Preiss - 30.06
Matiss Kligins - 33.39
Pavels Semjonovs - 39.00
Jurijs Ivenkovs - 46.18
Edgars Dzeguze - 49.42
Pavels Semjonovs - 50.11
goals2 = 11.45 - Marek Vlásek
14.15 - Marek Kabát
27.16 - Marek Kabát
41.08 - Dominik Hancík
53.49 - Adam Kalcok
stadium = FTVS Arena

Championship Match

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bg = #f7f6a8
date = August 31^st, 2008
13:00
team1 = flagicon|POL KS Nowy Targ
score = 2:3
team2 = flagicon|LAT SK Latvijas Avīze
goals1 = Jarosław Lech - 18.15
Artur Kasperek - 37.35
goals2 = 33.24 - Maris Zicmanis
39.59 - Edgars Dzeguze
59.38 - Pavels Semjonovs
stadium = FTVS Arena

Placement Matches

7th Place Match

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date = August 30^th, 2008
10:00
team1 = flagicon|GEO Locomotive Kutaisi
score = 0:25
team2 = flagicon|HUN Ares HC 94
goals1 =
goals2 = 09.30 - Krisztián Nádor
10.31 - Marton Eder
11.56 - Flórián Geri
12.48 - Peter Szabo
16.47 - Peter Toth
17.53 - Krisztián Nádor
19.06 - Krisztián Nádor
19.54 - Amartaiwan Bajaszgalan
20.22 - Flórián Geri
21.22 - Bence Vadócz
21.42 - Attila Mujahid
22.10 - Attila Dosa
22.26 - Bence Vadócz
22.49 - Krisztian Ban
23.40 - Krisztián Nádor
27.46 - Krisztián Nádor
30.01 - Amartaiwan Bajaszgalan
35.05 - Peter Szabo
36.41 - Attila Hangai
42.52 - Attila Dosa
43.09 - Flórián Geri
43.46 - Bence Vadócz
47.15 - Krisztián Nádor
55.00 - Attila Hangai
56.21 - Peter Toth
stadium = FTVS Arena

5th Place Match

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date = August 30^th, 2008
13:00
team1 = flagicon|AUT TVZ Wikings
score = 5:10
team2 = flagicon|EST TTÜ SK
goals1 = Roland Herzog - 18.05
Paul Rachelsperger - 20.51
Paul Rachelsperger - 41.59
Paul Rachelsperger - 53.46
Paul Rachelsperger - 54.02
goals2 = 08.18 - Richard Eesmaa
22.44 - Erlin Rand
24.26 - Erlin Rand
35.25 - Marek Ulman
38.10 - Marek Ulman
42.56 - Erlin Rand
48.53 - Erlin Rand
49.06 - Anre Vooremaa
49.52 - Anre Vooremaa
54.37 - Viljar Paulus
stadium = FTVS Arena

*Note: "A third place/bronze medal match was not played due to a scheduling conflict"

Helsinki, Finland

Group C

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date = August 22^nd, 2008
18:30
team1 = flagicon|SUI Floorball Köniz
score = 4:5
team2 = flagicon|FIN Tapanilan Erä
goals1 = Samuel Dunkel - 05.56
Emanuel Antener - 13.07
Daniel Calebsson - 30.18
Emanuel Antener - 33.20
goals2 = 11.53 - Pasi Laitila
13.35 - Lauri Kapanen
21.59 - Sami Lehtinen
32.58 - Pasi Laitila
53.07 - Sami Lehtinen
stadium = Mosahallihockeybox
bg = #ffffff
date = August 23^rd, 2008
17:00
team1 = flagicon|CZE SSK Vitkovice
score = 5:4
team2 = flagicon|SUI Floorball Köniz
goals1 = Martin Vladar - 17.59
Martin Vladar - 36.06
Patrik Suchánek - 45.12
Martin Tokos - 53.57
Pavel Brus - 54.45
goals2 = 10.18 - Emanuel Antener
13.27 - Emanuel Antener
16.22 - Emanuel Antener
47.13 - Emanuel Antener
stadium = Mosahalli

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date = August 24^th, 2008
17:00
team1 = flagicon|FIN Tapanilan Erä
score = 5:1
team2 = flagicon|CZE SSK Vitkovice
goals1 = Lauri Kapanen - 09.15
Rein Kivi - 23.00
Lauri Kapanen - 35.40
Lauri Kapanen - 41.37
Lauri Kapanen - 51.07
goals2 = 39.06 - Michal Hanic
stadium = Mosahalli

External Links

* [http://www.floorball.org/default.asp?sivu=5&alasivu=262&kieli=826 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Finals Switzerland - Schedule & Statistics]
* [http://www.floorball.org/default.asp?sivu=5&alasivu=263&kieli=826 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying Denmark - Schedule & Statistics]
* [http://www.floorball.org/default.asp?sivu=5&alasivu=264&kieli=826 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying Slovakia - Schedule & Statistics]
* [http://www.floorball.org/default.asp?sivu=5&alasivu=265&kieli=826 2008 Men's EuroFloorball Cup Qualifying Finland - Schedule & Statistics]