2015 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 2015 Women's World Floorball Championships is the tenth World Championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place in Tampere in Finland in December 2015. Sixteen teams participated.[1]

2015 Women's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates4–12 December
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Sweden
Runner-up Finland
Third place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored472 (9.83 per match)
Attendance36,147 (753 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Cecilia Di Nardo,  Denmark 18 pts
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Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 5-4, in the final game following a penalty shootout.[2]

Qualification
Main article: 2015 Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying

All teams, apart from the host country (Finland), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications, and there will be a total of 5 qualification groups - one in the Americas, one in Asia-Oceania and three in Europe. For Sweden, this will be the first time that they have ever had to participate in any qualification event in any age group. France and New Zealand will be participating in the women's event for the first-ever time, while Great Britain are making a return after a 14-year absence.

DateVenueVacanciesQualified
European Qualification 14 – 8 February 2015 Poznań4 Sweden
 Poland
 Germany
 Netherlands
European Qualification 23 – 7 February 2015 Valmiera3  Switzerland
 Latvia
 Denmark
European Qualification 34 – 8 February 2015 Nitra4 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
 Norway
 Russia
Asia and Oceania Qualification23 – 25 January 2015 Pakenham3 Japan
 Singapore
 Australia
Americas Qualification6 – 7 February 2015 Markham1 United States
Total15

Venues
Tampere Tampere
Hakametsä Ice Hall
Capacity: 7,300		 Tampere Arena
Capacity: 2,500

Preliminary round
     Team advanced to quarter-finals
     Team advanced to playoff round
     Team advanced to 13th-16th place playoff

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 25 7 +18 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 25 10 +15 4
 Poland 3 1 0 2 9 19 −10 2
 Norway 3 0 0 3 4 27 −23 0
Source:
4 December 2015
12:30		Poland 3–12
(2–2, 1–6, 0–4)		  SwitzerlandTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 110
4 December 2015
18:15		Norway 1–14
(1–2, 0–6, 0–6)		 FinlandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 2559
5 December 2015
14:00		Poland 4–2
(2–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 NorwayTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 102
5 December 2015
17:00		Switzerland  4–6
(1–1, 1–3, 2–2)		 FinlandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 3476
6 December 2015
16:15		Switzerland  9–1
(2–0, 4–1, 3–0)		 NorwayHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 322
7 December 2015
18:15		Finland 5–2
(2–2, 3–0, 0–0)		 PolandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 2049

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 40 3 +37 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 26 20 +6 4
 Latvia 3 0 1 2 5 25 −20 1
 Germany 3 0 1 2 5 28 −23 1
Source:
4 December 2015
15:30		Germany 1–16
(0–4, 0–4, 1–8)		 SwedenHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 222
5 December 2015
11:00		Latvia 2–15
(2–4, 0–5, 0–6)		 Czech RepublicHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 207
6 December 2015
13:15		Germany 3–3
(0–3, 2–0, 1–0)		 LatviaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 160
6 December 2015
19:15		Sweden 17–2
(4–1, 5–1, 8–0)		 Czech RepublicHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 448
7 December 2015
12:30		Sweden 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 LatviaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 456
7 December 2015
15:30		Czech Republic 9–1
(1–0, 4–1, 4–0)		 GermanyHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 280

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 19 11 +8 6
 Australia 3 1 0 2 15 18 −3 2
 Singapore 3 1 0 2 13 15 −2 2
 Japan 3 1 0 2 13 16 −3 2
Source:
4 December 2015
15:30		Japan 3–5
(1–1, 0–1, 2–3)		 DenmarkTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 117
5 December 2015
11:00		Singapore 5–4
(2–0, 1–4, 2–0)		 AustraliaTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 117
6 December 2015
11:00		Japan 4–3
(2–0, 0–0, 2–3)		 SingaporeTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 89
6 December 2015
14:00		Denmark 7–3
(1–0, 3–0, 3–3)		 AustraliaTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 120
7 December 2015
12:30		Denmark 7–5
(4–2, 1–1, 2–2)		 SingaporeTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 111
7 December 2015
15:30		Australia 8–6
(1–1, 2–2, 5–3)		 JapanTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 153

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 32 5 +27 6
 Russia 3 2 0 1 19 10 +9 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 13 28 −15 2
 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 7 28 −21 0
Source:
4 December 2015
12:30		Slovakia 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)		 RussiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 154
4 December 2015
18:30		United States 7–4
(1–1, 3–2, 3–1)		 NetherlandsTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 115
5 December 2015
14:00		Slovakia 15–2
(3–2, 2–0, 10–0)		 United StatesHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 517
5 December 2015
17:00		Russia 8–2
(3–0, 3–0, 2–2)		 NetherlandsTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 98
6 December 2015
10:45		Netherlands 1–13
(1–7, 0–5, 0–1)		 SlovakiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 198
7 December 2015
18:30		Russia 9–4
(4–1, 2–2, 3–1)		 United StatesTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 97

Knockout stage
Playoff round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    9 December        
8 December
   Finland  16
   Germany (p.s.o.)  2 (2) 11 December
     Germany  0  
   Denmark  2 (1)      Finland  4
  9 December
8 December      Czech Republic  3  
   Czech Republic  8
   Poland  4 12 December
     Poland  2  
   Russia  1      Finland   4 (4)
  9 December
8 December      Sweden (p.s.o.)   4 (5)
    Switzerland  9
   Latvia  10 11 December
     Latvia  2  
   Australia  3       Switzerland  3 Third place game
  10 December
8 December      Sweden  7   12 December
   Sweden  15
   Norway  2     Switzerland   5
     Slovakia  1  
   Slovakia  4      Czech Republic   4

Playoff round
8 December 2015
09:30		Latvia 10–3
(4–0, 2–1, 4–2)		 AustraliaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 212
8 December 2015
12:30		Germany 3–2 PSO
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
0–0 OT
2–1 PSO		 DenmarkHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 205
8 December 2015
15:30		Norway 2–4
(1–1, 0–0, 1–3)		 SlovakiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 195
8 December 2015
18:30		Poland 4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 RussiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 167

Quarterfinals
9 December 2015
12:30		Switzerland  9–2
(3–0, 4–0, 2–2)		 LatviaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 168
9 December 2015
15:30		Czech Republic 8–2
(3–2, 3–0, 2–0)		 PolandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 202
9 December 2015
18:15		Finland 16–0
(4–0, 10–0, 2–0)		 GermanyHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 2312
10 December 2015
18:30		Sweden 15–1
(5–0, 5–1, 5–0)		 SlovakiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 460

Semifinals
11 December 2015
17:45		Finland 4–3
(1–0, 0–2, 3–1)		 Czech RepublicHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 4676
11 December 2015
20:15		Sweden 7–3
(1–1, 3–1, 3–1)		  SwitzerlandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 3034

Bronze medal game
12 December 2015
12:30		Switzerland  5–4
(0–1, 4–0, 1–3)		 Czech RepublicHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 4023

Gold medal game
12 December 2015
15:20		Sweden 5–4 PSO
(1–2, 3–1, 0–1)
0–0 OT
3–2 PSO		 FinlandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 6517

Placement round

13th–16th place
8 December 2015
15:30		United States 10–2
(1–1, 2–1, 7–0)		 JapanTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 63
8 December 2015
18:30		Singapore 3–4
(1–0, 0–3, 2–1)		 NetherlandsTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 53

9th–12th place
9 December 2015
12:30		Australia 1–11
(1–0, 0–4, 0–7)		 NorwayTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 102
9 December 2015
15:30		Russia 6–7 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 4–3)
0–1 OT		 DenmarkTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 61

5th–8th place
11 December 2015
10:00		Germany 5–2
(3–1, 0–0, 2–1)		 PolandHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 412
11 December 2015
13:00		Slovakia 3–4 PSO
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2)
0–0 OT
2–3 PSO		 LatviaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 196

15th place
10 December 2015
12:30		Japan 5–4 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2)
1–0 OT		 SingaporeTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 52

13th place
10 December 2015
09:30		United States 7–1
(3–0, 1–0, 3–1)		 NetherlandsHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 110

11th place
10 December 2015
12:30		Australia 4–14
(1–3, 1–4, 2–7)		 RussiaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 147

9th place
10 December 2015
15:30		Norway 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 207

7th place
12 December 2015
09:30		Poland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 74

5th place
12 December 2015
09:30		Germany 2–5
(1–1, 1–2, 0–2)		 LatviaHakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere
Attendance: 222

Statistics

Final ranking
 Sweden
 Finland
  Switzerland
4 Czech Republic
5 Latvia
6 Germany
7 Poland
8 Slovakia
9 Norway
10 Denmark
11 Russia
12 Australia
13 United States
14 Netherlands
15 Japan
16 Singapore
gollark: How was this computed? Population somehow?
gollark: No, compressed a lot.
gollark: Kiwix has a similar thing.
gollark: About 80GB.
gollark: The biggest thing I've ever downloaded is a copy of Wikipedia back in August 2020, which took several days (limited to a small fraction of my available internet downlink).

References
  1. http://www.floorball.org/wfc2015/pages/EN/Tournament
  2. "Svenskt VM-guld i innebandy efter straffrysare" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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