Host country, Czech Republic, qualifies automatically.

In Europe, there were four qualification groups with three event locations – Tallinn (Estonia), Nitra (Slovakia) and Valmiera (Latvia).

The Asia-Oceania group tournament took place in Jeju Island, South Korea.

Opened since: 2004 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2] Opened since: 2008 Distance to City Center: cca 10 km[2] After the group ballot, 16 teams are divided into 4 groups.

[3] Switzerland Czech Republic (hosts) Latvia Germany Sweden Finland Norway Denmark Australia Estonia Poland Thailand Canada Slovakia Singapore Japan All times are local (UTC+1).