This was the first world championships under the International Floorball Federation's (IFF) FIFA-like continental qualification system.

The previous record was 29 for the 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships.

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.

The 2 countries were as follows: Ballots for the groups in this event were drawn on May 9, 2009, during one of the semi-final matches of the 2009 Men's under-19 World Floorball Championships in Turku, Finland.