2017 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 11th World Championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place in Bratislava in Slovakia between 1–9 December 2017. Sixteen teams participated[1] and the competition was won by Sweden.

2017 Women's World
Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Slovakia
DatesDecember 1–9
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Sweden (8th title)
Runner-up Finland
Third place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored535 (11.15 per match)
Attendance31,849 (664 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Paulína Hudáková
(27 points)
MVP Emelie Wibron
2015
2019

Qualification

All teams, apart from the host country (Slovakia), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications, and there will be a total of 6 qualification groups - one in the Americas, one in Asia-Oceania and four in Europe. China and Thailand will be participating in the women's event for the first-ever time, while Malaysia, Slovenia, Austria and Korea are making a return.

DateVenueVacanciesQualified
European Qualification 11–5 February 2017 Madrid3 Sweden
 Norway
 Denmark
European Qualification 21–5 February 2017 Celano2 Finland
 Poland
European Qualification 31–5 February 2017 Celano3  Switzerland
 Germany
 Estonia
European Qualification 41–5 February 2017 Madrid2 Czech Republic
 Latvia
Asia and Oceania Qualification31 January – 5 February 2017 Wellington4 Australia
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Japan
Americas Qualification3–4 February 2017 Markham1 United States
Total15

Venues

The games of the 2017 Floorball World Championship will take place in Bratislava in the Ondrej Nepela Arena and in HANT Arena.

Bratislava Bratislava
Ondrej Nepela Arena
Capacity: 10,055
HANT Arena
Capacity: 4,500

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 27 3 +24 6
 Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 17 8 +9 4
 Norway 3 1 0 2 4 20 16 2
 Latvia 3 0 0 3 6 23 17 0
Source:
1 December 2017
15:15
Czech Republic 8–3
(4–3, 2–0, 2–0)
 LatviaHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 170
2 December 2017
09:30
Norway 3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 101
2 December 2017
16:00
Finland 5–1
(1–0, 1–0, 3–1)
 Czech RepublicHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,089
3 December 2017
16:00
Finland 10–1
(4–1, 3–0, 3–0)
 NorwayOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 434
4 December 2017
14:00
Latvia 1–12
(0–4, 1–4, 0–4)
 FinlandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 243
4 December 2017
17:30
Norway 0–8
(0–1, 0–5, 0–2)
 Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 338

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 52 7 +45 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 31 13 +18 4
 Poland 3 1 0 2 8 31 23 2
 Germany 3 0 0 3 2 42 40 0
Source:
1 December 2017
15:00
Germany 2–23
(0–8, 2–6, 0–9)
 SwedenOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 315
2 December 2017
13:30
Switzerland  14–1
(5–1, 4–0, 5–0)
 PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 134
3 December 2017
15:30
Germany 0–14
(0–4, 0–6, 0–4)
  SwitzerlandHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 157
3 December 2017
18:10
Sweden 17–2
(7–1, 6–0, 4–1)
 PolandHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 190
4 December 2017
11:30
Poland 5–0
(3–0, 0–0, 2–0)
 GermanyHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 417
4 December 2017
15:40
Sweden 12–3
(5–2, 5–1, 2–0)
  SwitzerlandHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 227

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Slovakia 3 3 0 0 43 6 +37 6
 Estonia 3 2 0 1 23 18 +5 4
 Singapore 3 0 1 2 11 27 16 1
 Australia 3 0 1 2 10 36 26 1
Source:
1 December 2017
18:00
Slovakia 12–2
(2–1, 4–0, 6–1)
 SingaporeOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 741
1 December 2017
19:30
Estonia 10–4
(5–2, 3–1, 2–1)
 AustraliaHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 117
2 December 2017
11:30
Singapore 5–5
(1–2, 1–1, 3–2)
 AustraliaHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 157
2 December 2017
17:30
Slovakia 10–3
(2–1, 5–2, 3–0)
 EstoniaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,858
3 December 2017
09:30
Singapore 4–10
(1–7, 1–2, 2–1)
 EstoniaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 144
3 December 2017
13:30
Australia 1–21
(0–3, 1–8, 0–10)
 SlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,912

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 28 7 +21 6
 United States 3 2 0 1 17 17 0 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 12 19 7 2
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 11 25 14 0
Source:
1 December 2017
09:30
Denmark 11–2
(2–0, 2–1, 7–1)
 ThailandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 249
1 December 2017
11:30
Japan 4–6
(1–3, 1–1, 2–2)
 United StatesHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 181
2 December 2017
19:30
Japan 3–11
(1–2, 0–2, 2–7)
 DenmarkHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 208
3 December 2017
11:30
United States 9–7
(4–3, 4–1, 1–3)
 ThailandHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 143
4 December 2017
09:30
Thailand 2–5
(1–1, 0–1, 1–3)
 JapanOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 477
4 December 2017
19:30
United States 2–6
(1–2, 1–4, 0–0)
 DenmarkHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 87

Knockout stage

Playoff round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
    6 December 16:10        
5 December 13:00
  Sweden  21
  Latvia  4 8 December 20:10
    Latvia  0  
  Denmark  1     Sweden   7
  6 December 19:00
5 December 10:00     Czech Republic  1  
  Czech Republic  10
  Poland  6 9 December 17:05
    Poland  4  
  Estonia  1     Sweden (p.s.o.)  6
  7 December 17:00
5 December 16:00     Finland  5
  Finland  6
  Germany  3 8 December 17:00
    Slovakia  2  
  Slovakia  7     Finland  3 Third place game
  7 December 20:00
5 December 19:00      Switzerland  1   9 December 14:15
   Switzerland  10
  Norway  5   Czech Republic  2
    Norway  1  
  United States  4      Switzerland  3

Playoff round

5 December 2017
10:00
Poland 6–1
(2–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 325
5 December 2017
13:00
Latvia 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 DenmarkOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 112
5 December 2017
16:00
Germany 3–7
(1–2, 1–3, 1–2)
 SlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,031
5 December 2017
19:00
Norway 5–4
(2–2, 3–0, 0–2)
 United StatesOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 145

Quarterfinals

6 December 2017
16:10
Sweden 21–0
(7–0, 7–0, 7–0)
 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 234
6 December 2017
19:00
Czech Republic 10–4
(5–0, 1–2, 4–2)
 PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 337
7 December 2017
17:00
Finland 6–2
(2–2, 1–0, 3–0)
 SlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 3,856
7 December 2017
20:00
Switzerland  10–1
(2–1, 4–0, 4–0)
 NorwayOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 243

Semifinals

8 December 2017
17:00
Finland 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
  SwitzerlandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,313
8 December 2017
20:10
Sweden 7–1
(4–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 Czech RepublicOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 1,305

Bronze Medal Game

9 December 2017
14:15
Czech Republic 2–3
(0–0, 2–1, 0–2)
  SwitzerlandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,508

Final

9 December 2017
17:05
Sweden 6–5 PSO
(2–1, 2–1, 1–3)
0–0 OT
2–1 PSO
 FinlandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 3,664

Placement round

13th–16th place semifinals

5 December 2017
11:30
Japan 5–4
(1–1, 1–0, 3–3)
 AustraliaHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 280
5 December 2017
15:30
Singapore 5–6
(1–1, 1–2, 3–3)
 ThailandHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 47

9th–12th place semifinals

6 December 2017
11:30
Estonia 2–4
(0–0, 0–3, 2–1)
 DenmarkHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 210
6 December 2017
15:30
United States 7–10
(1–4, 4–2, 2–4)
 GermanyHANT Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 187

5th–8th place semifinals

8 December 2017
10:00
Latvia 5–1
(0–0, 2–0, 3–1)
 PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 409
8 December 2017
13:00
Slovakia 7–4
(1–3, 4–1, 2–0)
 NorwayOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 732

15th place game

6 December 2017
10:00
Australia 4–3
(2–2, 0–0, 2–1)
 SingaporeOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 341

13th place game

6 December 2017
13:00
Japan 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
 ThailandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 161

11th place game

7 December 2017
10:00
Estonia 8–7 OT
(2–2, 2–1, 3–4)
OT: 1–0
 United StatesOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 357

9th place game

7 December 2017
13:00
Denmark 4–3
(2–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 GermanyOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 217

7th place game

9 December 2017
08:30
Norway 3–12
(0–3, 2–5, 1–4)
 PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 207

5th place game

9 December 2017
11:15
Slovakia 6–4
(2–0, 0–1, 4–3)
 LatviaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 2,378

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GPGAPtsPIM
1Paulína Hudáková Slovakia71215272
2Emelie Wibron Sweden61213252
3Michelle Linhart United States6147212
4Marie Haggstrom United States6129210
5Denisa Ferenčíková Slovakia7119200
6Veera Kauppi Finland6116170
7Michaela Šponiarová Slovakia789174
8Moa Tschöp Sweden688162
9Lucia Košturiaková Slovakia7123150
10Amanda Delgado Johansson Sweden669152

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IFF

Tournament awards

  • MVP: Emelie Wibron
  • Best goalkeeper: Tiltu Siltanen
  • Best defender: Moa Tschöp
  • Best defender: My Kippilä
  • Best forward: Emelie Wibron
  • Best centre: Corin Rüttimann
  • Best forward: Paulína Hudáková

Final ranking

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

  1. IFF. "IFF". www.floorball.org. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
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