2020 Men's World Floorball Championships

2020 Men's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates3–11 December 2021
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runners-up  Finland
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored580 (12.08 per match)
Attendance71,220 (1,484 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Patrik Kareliusson (25 points)
Awards
MVP Ville Lastikka

The 2020 Men's World Floorball Championships was the 13th World Championships in men's floorball. The tournament took place in Helsinki, Finland, during 3–11 December 2021. The tournament was originally intended to be played between 4–12 December 2020, but on 7 December 2020, it was rescheduled one year into the future due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[1][2]

WFC 2020 qualification

35 teams registered for the 13th IFF Men's World Floorball Championships. 16 qualified reach to the final championship. Host country, Finland, qualified automatically. Though they did not ultimately qualify, Côte d'Ivoire became the first ever team from Africa to participate in the WFC Qualifiers.

In Europe, there were six qualification groups with three event locations – Frederikshavn in Denmark, Poprad in Slovakia, and Liepāja in Latvia. The Asia-Oceania qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead the highest ranked countries of the region were qualified. USA and Canada both qualified automatically due to the World Games taking place in the United States in 2022.[3]

Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Finland
Direct Qualification 2  United States
 Canada
Highest Ranked Asia-Oceania Countries 2  Australia1
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Japan1
European Qualification 1 30 January – 2 February 2020 Frederikshavn 3  Sweden
 Poland
 Denmark
European Qualification 2 30 January – 2 February 2020 Poprad 3   Switzerland
 Norway
 Slovakia
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2020 Liepāja 3  Czech Republic
 Latvia
 Germany
Wildcard/Replacements 2  Estonia2
 Philippines2
Total 16
1.^ Australia and Japan confirmed to IFF that they were unable to travel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, hence their withdrawal from the competition.[4]
2.^ On September 28, 2021, the IFF Central Board confirmed the inclusion of Estonia and the Philippines to replace Australia and Japan.[5]

Venues

Helsinki
Hartwall Arena Helsinki Ice Hall

Tournament groups

After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches.

The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the quarter-final. Teams placed 3rd and 4th in group A and B and the teams placed 1st and 2nd in group C and D make it to the first playoff round (played before the quarter-finals).[4]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
 Finland (hosts)
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Latvia

  Switzerland
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Norway

 Slovakia
 Poland
 Thailand
 United States

 Canada
 Singapore
 Estonia1
 Philippines1

1.^ Estonia and the Philippines replaced Australia and Japan.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland (H) 3 3 0 0 21 5 +16 6 Quarterfinals — 7–3 7–2 7–0
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 29 9 +20 4 3–7 — 11–1 15–1
3  Latvia 3 0 1 2 8 23 −15 1 Play-off round 2–7 1–11 — 5–5
4  Denmark 3 0 1 2 6 27 −21 1 0–7 1–15 5–5 —
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts
3 December 2021
15:15		Sweden 11–1
(2–1, 4–0, 5–0)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 573
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Linus Nordgern  10:10 (30:40)
Alexander Galante Carlstorm  18:20 (28:40)
Rasmus Enstorm  39:47
Tobias Gustafsson  47:23 (59:48)
Kevin Haglund  47:50 (59:48)
Kim Nilsson  48:44
Albin Sjorgen  52:16		Goals 04:01 Armands Savins
3 December 2021
18:30		Finland 7–0
(5–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,665
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Nico Salo  03:13
Justus Kainulainen  04:02
Joonas Pylsy  08:11
Juha Kivilletho  12:23
Eemeli Salin  13:40 (42:30)
Peter Kotilainen  39:18		Goals
4 December 2021
12:45		Denmark 5–5
(2–2, 0–2, 3–1)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 963
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Lukas Eldholm  04:18
Jonas Nordheim  12:25		Goals 18:07 Edgars Purins
 18:49 (25:29) Rolands Kovalevskis
4 December 2021
18:55		Finland 7–3
(2–1, 1–1, 4–1)		 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 7,120
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Ville Lastikka  03:06Goals 08:04 Ludwig Persson
 32:48 Kevin Haglund
5 December 2021
15:00		Latvia 2–7
(1–2, 1–4, 0–1)		 FinlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,307
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Armands Savans  00:28Goals 17:06 Rasmus Kainulainen
6 December 2021
17:00		Denmark 1–15
(1–4, 0–3, 0–8)		 SwedenHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 302
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Lukas Eldholm  19:18Goals 01:45 Kim Nilsson
 02:06 Casper Backby

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 20 9 +11 6 Quarterfinals — 4–2 7–5 9–2
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 20 7 +13 4 2–4 — 3–7 11–0
3  Norway 3 1 0 2 15 18 −3 2 Play-off round 5–7 7–3 — 7–4
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 6 27 −21 0 2–9 0–11 4–7 —
Source:
3 December 2021
19:30		Germany 0–11
(0–3, 0–3, 0–5)		 Czech RepublicHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 113
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Goals 12:40 Filip Forman
 15:21 Mikulas Krbec
 19:59 Filip Langer
 24:17 Adam Deelong
 38:28 Dominik Benes
 39:25 Filip Forman
 48:35 Ondrej Nemeck
4 December 2021
15:30		Norway 5–7
(2–3, 2–1, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 2,233
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Marius Pedersen  13:21
Marius Pedersen  13:21
No Player  25:45		Goals 06:01 Christoph Meier
 09:01 Nils Conrad
 12:37 Manuel Maurer
 32:02 Jan Zaugg
 46:04 (58:01) Michael Schiess
5 December 2021
12:00		Germany 4–7
(0–4, 3–0, 1–3)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 512
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Niklas Broker  23:03Goals 16:03 Marius Pedersen
5 December 2021
18:45		Czech Republic 2–4
(2–1, 0–1, 0–2)		  SwitzerlandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 789
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Marek Benes  06:48Goals 02:26 Joel Ruegger
6 December 2021
17:15		Switzerland 9–2
(2–1, 2–0, 5–1)		 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 155
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Tim Braillard  00:50Goals 12:18 Tino von Prizbuer
6 December 2021
19:45		Czech Republic 7–3
(2–0, 4–1, 1–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 216
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Marek Benes  08:58Goals 30:11 Patrick Hjemgard

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 38 7 +31 6 Play-off round — 8–4 15–2 15–1
2  Poland 3 2 0 1 30 14 +16 4 4–8 — 8–6 18–0
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 17 26 −9 2 13th–16th place playoff 2–15 6–8 — 9–3
4  United States 3 0 0 3 4 42 −38 0 1–15 0–18 3–9 —
Source:
3 December 2021
14:00		Poland 8–6
(3–2, 1–3, 4–1)		 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 78
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Michal Sienko  05:30
Wojciech Malajka  16:40 (34:04)
Alexander Dahlstorm  19:54
Lukasz Chlebda  47:00		Goals 11:00 Pheeraphong Khambanlue
 11:37 Santipong Sukkasem
 22:52 Prakasit Namsawang
 26:30 (28:51) Pawat Thaidit
3 December 2021
16:45		Slovakia 15–1
(7–1, 4–0, 4–0)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 67
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Michal Dudovic  00:38 (18:01)
Ladislav Gal  03:09 (06:06), 31:55
Ladislav Mirt  08:23
Matus Gadjos  15:08
Jakub Grich  18:41		Goals 10:03 Alexander Mcvey
4 December 2021
14:45		Thailand 9–3
(2–1, 2–0, 5–2)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 421
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Santipong Sukkasem  07:21Goals 03:03 David Hansen
4 December 2021
17:30		Poland 4–8
(1–3, 1–3, 2–2)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 721
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Wojciech Malajka  10:59Goals 06:59 Michal Dudovic
5 December 2021
17:30		Thailand 2–15
(1–5, 1–5, 0–5)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 275
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Alexander Rinefalk  02:16Goals 02:26 Michal Dudovic
6 December 2021
14:30		United States 0–18
(0–7, 0–7, 0–4)		 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 127
Game reference
Goals 00:22 Karol Pelczarski

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia 3 3 0 0 47 12 +35 6 Play-off round — 21–4 13–6 13–2
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 26 37 −11 4 4–21 — 13–8 9–8
3  Philippines 3 1 0 2 23 30 −7 2 13th–16th place playoff 6–13 8–13 — 9–4
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 14 31 −17 0 2–13 8–9 4–9 —
Source:
3 December 2021
12:30		Singapore 8–9
(3–2, 0–3, 5–4)		 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 350
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Suria R  05:06
Suria R  45:03
Jenmark Sorreda  06:02
Jenmark Sorreda  49:51
Abdul Mateen Amir Mirza  11:14
Chee Yong Lee  50:00
Chee Yong Lee  56:19
Suria R  47:22
Jian Long Him  52:38		Goals 06:44 Jonathan Kuysten
 09:56 (36:12) Valtteri Viitakoski
 32:32 Valetteri Viitakoski
 43:11 Lauri Berg
 32:20 Cameron Buck
 47:13 Valteri Viitakoski
 50:27 Valteri Viitakoski
4 December 2021
12:00		Philippines 6–13
(0–3, 2–7, 4–3)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 301
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Kristoffer JandeliusGoaliesDaniel Vaigur
Fredrik Jeppsson Escabel  37:12Goals 02:34 (22:16), 33:16 Patrik Karelusson
 04:32 (22:16) Mathias Einamann
 19:18 (21:51), 23:20 Tanel Kasenurm
5 December 2021
12:00		Singapore 4–9
(0–5, 1–1, 3–3)		 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 295
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Hafiz Zubir  28:18Goals 04:07 Melvin Alm Mendoza
5 December 2021
14:45		Canada 4–21
(1–6, 2–9, 1–6)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 311
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Lauri Berg  16:29Goals 02:49 Patrik Kareliusson
6 December 2021
10:15		Estonia 13–2
(4–0, 3–1, 6–1)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 103
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Roman Pass  01:20Goals 27:35 Thaddeus Tan
6 December 2021
13:00		Canada 13–8
(6–3, 4–3, 3–2)		 PhilippinesHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 306
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Brandon Barber  04:22Goals 01:52 Melvin Alm Mendoza

Knock-out stage

Play-off
7 December 		Quarterfinals
8–9 December 		Semifinals
10 December 		Final
11 December
 Finland 5
 Germany 3  Slovakia 1
 Slovakia 7  Finland 3
 Czech Republic 2
 Czech Republic 9
 Latvia 16  Latvia 1
 Canada 3  Finland 4
 Sweden 6
  Switzerland 9
 Denmark 3  Estonia 0
 Estonia 5   Switzerland 1 Third place
 Sweden 6
 Sweden 8  Czech Republic 4 (OT)
 Norway 7  Norway 2   Switzerland 3
 Poland 3

Play-off

7 December 2021
13:00		Germany 3–7
(0–3, 1–1, 2–3)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 473
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Sascha Herlt  33:23Goals 06:51 Ladislav Mirt
 11:52 Tomas Kvasnica
7 December 2021
19:00		Norway 7–3
(2–1, 1–2, 4–0)		 PolandHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 163
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Daniel Gidske  11:41Goals 16:45 Lukasz Widurski
7 December 2021
10:00		Denmark 3–5
(0–0, 2–2, 1–3)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,065
Game reference
Mikkel Christensen  23:36Goals 29:20 Artur Ouruzko
7 December 2021
16:00		Latvia 16–3
(6–1, 3–0, 7–2)		 CanadaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 213
Game reference
Petris Trekse  00:03 (01:43)Goals 02:36 (04:58) Valtteri Vittakoski

Quarterfinals

8 December 2021
15:30		Czech Republic 9–1
(1–0, 2–1, 6–0)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 468
Game reference
Adam Delong  06:45Goals 24:35 Kevins Smiths
8 December 2021
18:45		Finland 5–1
(2–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 SlovakiaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,728
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Ville Lastikka  16:57
Rasmus Kainulainen  19:22		Goals 29:48 Lukas Ujhelyi
9 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland 9–0
(3–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,209
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Jan Zaugg  09:44
Luca Graf  12:17		Goals
9 December 2021
18:30		Sweden 8–2
(6–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 1,112
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Johan Sammuelson  00:53 (05:31)
Kim Nilsson  01:20
Alexander Galante Carlstorm  09:12		Goals 46:21 Ketil Kronberg

Semifinals

10 December 2021
15:30		Switzerland 1–6
(0–2, 1–0, 0–4)		 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 6,453
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Claudio Laely  24:48Goals 11:24 No Player
10 December 2021
18:45		Finland 3–2
(0–2, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,263
Game reference
Justus Kaiullainen  32:08Goals 13:28 Adam Hemerka

Bronze medal game

11 December 2021
14:30		Czech Republic 4–3 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
OT: 1–0		  SwitzerlandHartwall Arena
Attendance: 10,065
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Josef Rypar  12:05Goals 16:18 Christoph Camenisch

Final

11 December 2021
17:30		Finland 4–6
(2–0, 0–3, 2–3)		 SwedenHartwall Arena
Attendance: 12,508
Game reference
Justus Kainulainen  01:26Goals 24:59 Rasmus Enstrom

Placement matches

5th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
10 December
 
 
 Slovakia2
 
11 December
 
 Latvia6
 
 Latvia4
 
10 December
 
 Norway2
 
 Estonia4
 
 
 Norway5 (OT)
 
7th place
 
 
11 December
 
 
 Slovakia8 (OT)
 
 
 Estonia7

5th–8th place semi-finals

10 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 LatviaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 323
Game reference
Lukas Rezanina  23:10Goals 09:39 Kevins Smits
10 December 2021
13:00		Estonia 4–5 OT
(2–2, 0–2, 2–0)
OT: 0–1		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 240
Game reference

5th place match

11 December 2021
13:00		Latvia 4–2
(0–0, 3–0, 1–2)		 NorwayHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 143
Game reference

7th place match

11 December 2021
10:00		Slovakia 8–7 OT
(3–1, 3–3, 1–3)
OT: 1–0		 EstoniaHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 163
Game reference

9th place bracket

 
9th–11th place semi-finals9th place
 
      
 
8 December
 
 
 Poland3
 
9 December
 
 Denmark7
 
 Denmark3
 
8 December
 
 Germany6
 
 Canada7
 
 
 Germany15
 
11th place
 
 
9 December
 
 
 Poland (p.s.o)6
 
 
 Canada5

9th–12th place semi-finals

8 December 2021
11:00		Canada 7–15
(1–3, 2–4, 4–8)		 GermanyHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 360
Game reference
Brandon Barder  09:19Goals 13:35 Janos Broker
8 December 2021
12:30		Poland 3–7
(1–5, 1–2, 1–0)		 DenmarkHelsinki Ice Hall
Attendance: 812
Game reference
Alexander Dahlstrom  12:56Goals 08:30 Daniel Mac Cabe

9th place match

9 December 2021
12:30		 Denmark3–6
(2–1, 0–4, 1–1)		Germany Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 574
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Jonas Nordheim  19:11Goals 07:19 Nils Hofferbert

11th place match

9 December 2021
09:30		 Poland6–5 PSO
(1–2, 2–3, 2–0)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 3–1		Canada Helsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 1,013
Game reference
Wojciech Malajka  14:36Goals 12:14 Valtteri Viitakoski

13th place bracket

 
13th–16th place semi-finals13th place
 
      
 
7 December
 
 
 Philippines10
 
8 December
 
 United States5
 
 Philippines8
 
7 December
 
 Thailand (p.s.o.)9
 
 Thailand11
 
 
 Singapore6
 
15th place
 
 
8 December
 
 
 United States4
 
 
 Singapore2

13th–16th place semi-finals

7 December 2021
14:30		Philippines 10–5
(4–3, 2–1, 4–1)		 United StatesHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 101
Game reference
Lucas Werelius  00:45Goals 09:37 William Erikkson
7 December 2021
17:15		Thailand 11–6
(4–1, 6–1, 1–4)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 217
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Pawat Thaidt  00:39Goals 18:26 Zong Wei Tng

13th place match

8 December 2021
17:00		Philippines 8–9 PSO
(2–3, 2–1, 4–4)
OT: 0–0
PSO: 1–2		 ThailandHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 128
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Melvin Alm Mendoza  12:03Goals 00:42 Pawat Thaidt

15th place match

8 December 2021
14:00		United States 4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		 SingaporeHelsinki Ice Hall 2
Attendance: 123
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Alexander McVey  23:06Goals 18:46 Chee Yong Lee

Ranking and statistics

Final ranking

The official IFF final ranking of the tournament:

 Sweden
 Finland
 Czech Republic
4   Switzerland
5  Latvia
6  Norway
7  Slovakia
8  Estonia
9  Germany
10  Denmark
11  Poland
12  Canada
13  Thailand
14  Philippines
15  United States
16  Singapore

Qualification for the 2022 World Games

Main article: Floorball at the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games
Qualify to the 2022 World Games via regional rank
Qualify to the 2022 World Games as the host country
# Americas Europe Asia Oceania
1  Canada  Sweden  Thailand (TBC)
2  United States  Finland
3  Czech Republic
4   Switzerland
5  Latvia

References

  1. ^ Brian Kenety (1 February 2020). "Czechs beat Dutch to qualify for 2020 World Cup in Helsinki". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Michael Pavitt (7 September 2020). "IFF confirms Men's World Floorball Championship postponed to 2021". Inside the Games. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Qualifications". IFF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Tournament". IFF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. ^ ""It is great that we get to play the WFC with a full number of teams" – Estonia and the Philippines participate in the WFC". IFF. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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