Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 32 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for only 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the
2008 Men's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the
B-Division automatically qualifying. This left just 8 spots for the other 24 registered countries. The countries already qualified are as follows:
Asia/Oceania Qualifying in the Asia/Oceanian region for the world championships will be overseen by the
Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC). Only 3 out of 5 registered AOFC countries qualified. The 5 countries were as follows:
Note: India withdrew from world championships due to financial difficulties Europe Only 4 out of 16 countries registered in
Europe qualified. The 16 countries were as follows:
North America Only 1 out of 2 countries registered in
North America qualified. The 2 countries were as follows: ==Groups==