2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships – Senior Men's tournament

The senior men's tournament at the 2016 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships was the 21st event hosted by the Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports (FIRS), held in Asiago and Roana, Veneto region, Italy, between June 20–25, 2016.

The Czech Republic won the team's fifth title in history by defeating Italy in the final 4–0.

Format
Twenty-three team were divided into six pools. The top eight teams, based on final placement of the 2015 competition, were placed into Pools A and B, each with four teams. The remaining fifteen teams were divided into Pools C, D, E and F one with three teams and the other with four. The teams then played a round-robin within their pools. The best three teams in pools A and B, as well as the top team in pools C, D, E and F, advanced to a single-knockout playoff for the world championship. The remaining teams advanced to the single-knockout for other placement.

Nations

 * Asia
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Europe
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Oceania
 * Pan-America
 * Pan-America
 * Pan-America

Rosters
Each team's roster consisted of at least six skaters (forwards and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 14 skaters and two goaltenders. All twenty-three participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a roster the sign-in date of the tournament.

Seeding and pools
The seeding in the preliminary round is based on the 2015 World Championships. The teams were grouped according to seeding (in parentheses is the corresponding 2015 placement). Top 8 placement was seeded in Level 1.

Level 1
Pool A
 * (1)
 * (4)
 * (5)
 * (8)

Pool B
 * (2)
 * (3)
 * (6)
 * (7)

Level 2
Pool C
 * (10)
 * ‡ 2014
 * ‡ 2007

Pool D
 * (11)
 * ‡ 2014
 * ‡ 2014
 * ‡ 2014

Pool E
 * (12)
 * ‡ 2014
 * ‡ 2014
 * ‡ 2014

Pool F
 * (14)
 * (15)
 * ‡ 2011
 * ‡ 2008

‡ Last participate championships.

Pool A
All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool B
All times are local (UTC+1).

World Championship

 *  † Indicates overtime victory
 *  ‡ Indicates shootout victory

5th through 8th placement
All times are local (UTC+1).

9th through 16th placement
All times are local (UTC+1).

17th through 22nd placement
All times are local (UTC+1).