2011 Women's World Floorball Championships

For the Qualifying Rounds of this event, see 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships Qualifying.
2011 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–11 December 2011
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored460 (10.7 per match)
Attendance30,700 (714 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Emelie Lindström
MVPSweden Sara Kristoffersson
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The 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships were the eighth world championships in women's floorball. The tournament was held from 4 December to 11 December 2011 in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The matches took place in Athletik Zentrum and Kreuzbleichhalle.

Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 4-2, in the final-game.[1]

Qualifying

Main article: 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

Under the IFF's new qualification system, the 23 countries registered for the world championships had to qualify for 16 spots. 8 of these spots had already been pre-determined, with the top 7 teams from the 2009 Women's World Floorball Championships A-Division and the top team from the B-Division automatically qualifying:

 Australia          Czech Republic    
 Finland  Latvia
 Norway  Russia
 Sweden   Switzerland

The remaining 8 spots were determined from continental qualifying tournaments:

Asia/Oceania Europe 1 Europe 2 North America
 Japan     Germany     Poland     United States   
   Denmark  Slovakia  
   Netherlands  Hungary  

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 49 2 +47 6
 Poland 3 2 0 1 12 12 0 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 9 30 −21 2
 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 5 31 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 4, 2011
13.30
Netherlands  2–5  Poland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 4, 2011
15.30
Switzerland  21–1  Russia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 5, 2011
13.30
Poland  7–1  Russia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 5, 2011
19.30
Netherlands  1–19   Switzerland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 7, 2011
19.30
Russia  7–2  Netherlands
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 7, 2011
19.30
Poland  0–9   Switzerland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 26 2 +24 6
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 19 11 +8 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 14 15 −1 2
 Australia 3 0 0 3 3 34 −31 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 4, 2011
12.15
Germany  5–6  Latvia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 4, 2011
19.30
Australia  1–13  Finland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 5, 2011
16.30
Finland  4–0  Latvia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 5, 2011
16.30
Australia  0–8  Germany
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 6, 2011
16.30
Latvia  13–2  Australia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 6, 2011
19.30
Finland  9–1  Germany
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 30 4 +26 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 12 5 +7 4
 Slovakia 3 1 0 2 13 24 −11 2
 Hungary 3 0 0 3 5 27 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 4, 2011
16.30
Slovakia  10–4  Hungary
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 4, 2011
18.30
Czech Republic  3–2  Norway
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 6, 2011
13.30
Norway  5–2  Slovakia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 6, 2011
13.30
Hungary  1–12  Czech Republic
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 7, 2011
13.30
Hungary  0–5  Norway
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 7, 2011
16.30
Slovakia  1–15  Czech Republic
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 68 1 +67 6
 Denmark 3 2 0 1 14 22 −8 4
 United States 3 1 0 2 12 39 −27 2
 Japan 3 0 0 3 5 37 −32 0
Source: [citation needed]
December 5, 2011
13.30
Japan  0–23  Sweden
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 5, 2011
19.30
United States  5–6  Denmark
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 6, 2011
16.30
Sweden  30–0  United States
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 6, 2011
19.30
Denmark  7–2  Japan
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 7, 2011
13.30
Japan  3–7  United States
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 7, 2011
16.30
Sweden  15–1  Denmark
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Playoff round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1   Switzerland 12
B2  Latvia 1
Q1   Switzerland 2
Q4  Sweden 11
D1  Sweden 19
C2  Norway 0
W1  Sweden 4
W2  Finland 2
C1  Czech Republic 5
D2  Denmark 1
Q2  Czech Republic 0 Third place
Q3  Finland 6
B1  Finland 13 L1   Switzerland 2
A2  Poland 2 L2  Czech Republic 3

Quarter finals

December 8, 2011
16.30
Sweden  19:0  Norway
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 8, 2011
19.30
Switzerland  12–1  Latvia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 9, 2011
16.30
Finland  13–2  Poland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 9, 2011
19.30
Czech Republic  5–1  Denmark
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Semi-finals

December 10, 2011
16.10
Switzerland  2–11  Sweden
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 10, 2011
19.10
Czech Republic  0–6  Finland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Bronze medal game

December 11, 2011
12.00
Switzerland  2–3  Czech Republic
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Gold medal game

December 11, 2011
15.00
Sweden  4–2  Finland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Placement round

13-16

December 8, 2011
13.30
Netherlands  2–1 (OT)  Australia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle
December 8, 2011
16.30
Hungary  5–3  Japan
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

9-12

December 8, 2011
13.30
Slovakia  3–6  United States
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 8, 2011
19.30
Russia  7–6 (OT)  Germany
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

15th Place match

December 9, 2011
13.30
Australia  5–2  Japan
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

13th Place match

December 9, 2011
16.30
Netherlands  5–3  Hungary
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

11th Place match

December 9, 2011
19.30
Germany  4–3 (OT)  Slovakia
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kreuzbleichhalle

9th Place match

December 9, 2011
13.30
Russia  2–4  United States
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

5-8

December 10, 2011
10.00
Latvia  3–4  Norway
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum
December 10, 2011
13.00
Denmark  1–4  Poland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

5th Place match

December 11, 2011
9.00
Norway  5–4 (PS)  Poland
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Athletik Zentrum

Leading scorers

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Sweden Emelie Lindström 6 9 16 25 2
Sweden Sara Kristoffersson 6 13 9 22 2
Sweden Therese Karlsson 6 13 8 21 0
Switzerland Julia Suter 6 8 8 16 2
Switzerland Mirca Anderegg 6 7 9 16 2
Sweden Amanda Larsson 6 12 3 15 0
Sweden Josefina Eiremo 6 10 5 15 2
Sweden Emelie Wibron 6 7 7 14 2
Sweden Victoria Wikström 6 5 9 14 0
Switzerland Corin Rüttimann 6 9 4 13 0

All-Star team

Ranking

 
 2011 Women's World Floorball Championship winners 

Sweden
5th World title

Official 2011 Rankings according to the IFF

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic
4.   Switzerland
5.  Norway
6.  Poland
7.  Latvia
8.  Denmark
9.  United States
10.  Russia
11.  Germany
12.  Slovakia
13.  Netherlands
14.  Hungary
15.  Australia
16.  Japan

References

  1. ^ Jörgen Källström (11 December 2011). "Tredje raka VM-guldet för Sverige" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 4 February 2017.