2019 Women's World Floorball Championships

2019 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates7–15 December
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Sweden (9th title)
Runner-up  Switzerland
Third place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored532 (11.08 per match)
Attendance44,513 (927 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Anna Wijk (24 points)
Sweden Anna Wijk
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The 2019 IFF Women's World Floorball Championships was the 12th staging of the Women's World Floorball Championship, contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. The final tournament took place in Neuchâtel, Switzerland from 7 to 15 December 2019.[1] Switzerland played hosts for this event for the third time.[2]

Sweden won the tournament defeating Switzerland, 3–2, in the final game.

Qualification

  Host
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
Main article: 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Switzerland
Asia-Oceania Qualification 27 January – 1 February 2019 Thailand Bangkok 4  Australia
 Japan
 Thailand
 Singapore
European Qualification 1 30 January – 3 February 2019 Poland Gdańsk 2+1  Sweden
 Norway
 Denmark
European Qualification 2 30 January – 3 February 2019 Slovakia Trenčín 2  Finland
 Germany
European Qualification 3 30 January – 3 February 2019 Poland Gdańsk 2+1  Czech Republic
 Poland
 Estonia
European Qualification 4 31 January – 3 February 2019 Slovakia Trenčín 2  Slovakia
 Latvia
Americas Qualification 8–9 February 2019 United States Detroit 1  United States
Total 16

Venues

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel
Patinoires du littoral Arena La Riveraine Arena

Draw

The draw took place on 14 February 2019 at Ittigen, Switzerland.[3][4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Sweden (1)
 Finland (2)
  Switzerland (3)
 Czech Republic (4) 		 Latvia (5)
 Slovakia (6)
 Poland (7)
 Germany (8) 		 Norway (9)
 Denmark (10)
 United States (11)
 Australia (12) 		 Japan (14)
 Singapore (15)
 Estonia (16)
 Thailand (19)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland (H) 3 3 0 0 30 5 +25 6 Quarterfinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 35 10 +25 4
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 7 26 −19 2 Play-off round
4  Germany 3 0 0 3 2 33 −31 0
Source: floorball.sport
(H) Hosts
7 December 2019
12:00		Finland 14–3
(5–2, 2–1, 7–0)		 PolandPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 1,170
Game reference
V. Kauppi Goal 02:51, 17:16, 20:29

O. Kauppi Goal 07:19 (PP), 41:44
Karjalainen Goal 09:21, 31:21, 47:53
Vallenius Goal 14:33
Nieminen Goal 41:20
Saarikoski Goal 43:02
Lampinen Goal 45:36
Piispa Goal 58:07 (PP)

Hämäläinen Goal 58:30		GoalsBuczek Goal 15:02

Krzywak Goal 16:14

Plechan Goal 34:24
0 minPenalties4 min
7 December 2019
15:15		Switzerland 12–1
(9–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 GermanyPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 2,251
Game reference
Rüttimann Goal 02:37, 13:14, 14:51

Marti Goal 05:28, 07:54
Suter Goal 12:03
Zwinggi Goal 12:56
Spichiger Goal 13:45
Ulber Goal 14:09
Stella Goal 24:11
Wiki Goal 30:12

Hintermann Goal 50:09		GoalsHonicke Goal 23:18
2 minPenalties0 min
8 December 2019
13:30		Finland 4–7
(0–2, 1–3, 3–2)		  SwitzerlandPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 3,542
Game reference
Saario Goal 23:33

Karjalainen Goal 51:14
O. Kauppi Goal 54:08 (WG)

Vallenius Goal 56:48 (WG)		GoalsMischler Goal 11:37, 50:13 (PS)

Liechti Goal 13:43
Wiki Goal 24:05
Rüttimann Goal 26:59
Reinhard Goal 31:16

Scheidegger Goal 59:09 (EN)
0 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2019
16:30		Poland 4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		 GermanyPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 365
Game reference
Krzywak Goal 03:58, 20:29

Buczek Goal 40:33 (PP)

Rogala Goal 59:17 (EN)		GoalsJurgens Goal 49:29
0 minPenalties2 min
9 December 2019
18:00		Germany 0–17
(0–5, 0–6, 0–6)		 FinlandPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 142
Game reference
GoalsGoal 04:59 Oona Kauppi / Goal 10:39 Sofia Leino
10 December 2019
19:30		Poland 0–11
(0–3, 0–5, 0–3)		  SwitzerlandPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 1,586
Game reference
GoalsGoal 7:27 Michelle Wiki / Goal 7:51 Andrea Gamperli

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 49 4 +45 6 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 35 15 +20 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 11 47 −36 2 Play-off round
4  Latvia 3 0 0 3 8 37 −29 0
Source: floorball.sport
7 December 2019
18:15		Slovakia 1–23
(1–8, 0–5, 0–10)		 SwedenPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 1,234
Game reference
Šponiarová Goal 09:55GoalsJoelsson Goal 03:18 (PP), 08:00, 19:54, 24:54

Steen Goal 08:59
Tschöp Goal 09:10, 20:49, 44:42
Boberg Goal 10:31, 53:15
Wibron Goal 17:35, 21:35, 43:17 (PP), 45:42, 49:10
Delgado Johansson Goal 18:26
Hultgren Goal 27:36, 59:36
Fjellstedt Goal 38:45, 58:53
Granstedt Goal 53:57, 56:42

Aggestål Goal 54:51
6 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2019
10:30		Latvia 2–14
(0–5, 0–2, 2–7)		 Czech RepublicPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 1,371
Game reference
Ankudinova Goal 42:38
Matisone Goal 58:11		GoalsKrupnová Goal 02:53, 07:54

Bočanová Goal 03:26
Urbánková Goal 05:09
Martináková Goal 14:15
Kapcová Goal 39:23
Ratajová Goal 39:56, 43:01, 59:12
Hanzlíková Goal 43:51
Paloncyová Goal 45:28
Repková Goal 50:58, 59:44

Jiráková Goal 56:42 (PP)
4 minPenalties0 min
9 December 2019
13:30		Slovakia 7–5
(3–1, 2–1, 2–3)		 LatviaParinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 879
Game reference
Michaela Sponiarova Goal 02:09Goals
9 December 2019
19:30		Sweden 10–2
(4–0, 4–2, 2–0,)		 Czech RepublicPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 426
Game reference
Moa Gustafsson Goal 04:22 / Emelie Wibron Goal 05:00Goals
10 December 2019
16:30		Czech Republic 19–3
(8–0, 5–3, 6–0)		 SlovakiaPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 512
Game reference
Nela Kapcova Goal 03:40, Goal 11:41 / Vendula Berankova Goal 6:18Goals
10 December 2019
19:30		Sweden 16–1
(4–0, 6–0, 6–1)		 LatviaPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 113
Game reference
Stephanie Boberg Goal 10:24Goals

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 0 14 9 +5 6 Play-off round
2  Denmark 3 2 0 1 17 8 +9 4
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 13 19 −6 2 13–16th-place semifinals
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 5 13 −8 0
Source: floorball.sport
7 December 2019
12:00		Japan 0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 DenmarkLa Riveraine
Attendance: 167
Game reference
GoalsGoal 07:54 Katrine Kamman Andersen / Goal 10:21 Cecilia Di Nardo / Goal 38:39 Maria Olausson
0 minPenalties2 min
7 December 2019
15:15		Estonia 4–7
(0–1, 1–2, 3–4)		 NorwayLa Riveraine
Attendance: 164
Game reference
Kristi Rickberg Goal 34:01GoalsGoal 02:01 Marie Gundersen / Goal 34:14 Sofie Kristiansen / Goal 37:01 Rikke Ingebrigtsil Hansen
2 minPenalties6 min
8 December 2019
15:00		Japan 4–6
(2–2, 2–1, 0–3)		 EstoniaLa Riveraine
Attendance: 171
Game reference
Mahiro Shimizu Goal 04:55 / Yui Goto Goal 05:54 / Mahiro Shimizu Goal 22:46 / Mahiro Shimizu Goal 33:04GoalsGoal 6:49 Diana Klavan / Goal 18:41 Kristel Kopel / Goal 29:26 Diana Klavan
2 minPenalties2 min
8 December 2019
18:00		Denmark 4–5
(1–4, 1–1, 2–0)		 NorwayLa Riveraine
Attendance: 165
Game reference
Cecilia Di Nardo Goal 0:29GoalsGoal 03:01 Sandra Craig
Goal 3:57 Sofie Kristiansen
2 minPenalties6 min
9 December 2019
16:30		Norway 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 JapanLa Riveraine
Attendance: 275
Game reference
Heidi Rod Goal 29:45 (53:00)GoalsGoal 19:23 Fuka Shibata
10 December 2019
13:30		Denmark 8–3
(2–1, 2–1, 4–1)		 EstoniaLa Riveraine
Game reference
Lina Voldby Goal 1:34Goals

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Singapore 3 3 0 0 14 6 +8 6 Play-off round
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 12 9 +3 4
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 2 13–16th-place semifinals
4  United States 3 0 0 3 11 22 −11 0
Source: floorball.sport
7 December 2019
18:15		Australia 5–4
(1–1, 3–1, 1–2)		 United StatesLa Riveraine
Attendance: 241
Game reference
Yasmine Skene Goal 09:24 / Janelle Miller Goal 27:52GoalsGoal 08:54 Christine Lindberg / Goal 30:56 Marie Haggstorm
4 minPenalties0 min
8 December 2019
12:00		Thailand 1–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)		 SingaporeLa Riveraine
Attendance: 163
Game reference
Thanporn Tongkham Goal 16:37GoalsGoal 32:38 Amanda Yeap
2 minPenalties2 min
9 December 2019
10:30		Australia 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 ThailandLa Riveraine
Attendance: 1,072
Game reference
Amanda Bartim Goal 22:36 / Blasie Hodges Goal 38:21 / Jessica Birks Goal 56:05GoalsGoal 18:41 Thanaphon Tongkham
9 December 2019
15:00		United States 2–7
(2–1, 0–4, 0–2)		 SingaporeLa Riveraine
Game reference
Vera Niskanen Goal 14:10 / Maggie Haggstrom 16:19GoalsGoal 05:30 Yun Shawn Lee
10 December 2019
10:30		Singapore 4–3
(0–2, 3–0, 1–1)		 AustraliaLa Riveraine
Game reference
Lina Chu Goal 25:13 / Michelle Lok Goal 29:32GoalsJessica Birks Goal 01:05 / Blasie Hodges Goal 12:00
10 December 2019
16:30		United States 5–10
(1–2, 1–4, 3–4)		 ThailandLa Riverane
Game reference

Knockout stage

Bracket

Play-off
11 December 		Quarterfinals
12–13 December 		Semifinals
14 December 		Final
15 December
 Sweden 26
 Germany 7  Germany 2
 Singapore 6  Sweden 5
 Finland 4
 Finland 8
 Slovakia 6  Slovakia 6
 Denmark 3  Sweden 3 (OT)
  Switzerland 2
  Switzerland 10
 Latvia 6  Latvia 4
 Norway 4   Switzerland 7 (OT) Third place
 Czech Republic 6
 Czech Republic 11  Finland 5 (OT)
 Poland 10  Poland 4  Czech Republic 4
 Australia 3

Play-off round

11 December 2019
12:00		Latvia 6–4
(1–2, 3–1, 2–1)		 NorwayPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Julija Rozite Goal 13:30Goals
11 December 2019
13:00		Germany 7–6
(3–1, 2–4, 2–1)		 SingaporePatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Laura Honicke Goal 02:45 / Jessica Schulz Goal 3:32GoalsGoal 03:10 Amanda Yeap
11 December 2019
16:00		Slovakia 6–3
(3–1, 1–2, 2–0)		 DenmarkPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Kristina Hudakova Goal 00:38Goals
11 December 2019
19:00		Poland 10–3
(2–1, 3–2, 5–0)		 AustraliaPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Katarzyna Rogala Goal 16:42 / Malwina Zagorska Goal 17:59GoalsGoal 02:57 Isabelle Newland / Goal 03:00 Jessica Birks

Quarterfinals

12 December 2019
16:00		Finland 8–6
(5–2, 1–2, 2–2)		 SlovakiaPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Oona Kauppi Goal 2:06GoalsViktoria Grossova Goal 0:57
12 December 2019
19:00		Switzerland 10–4
(5–0, 4–2, 1–2)		 LatviaPatinoires du Littoral
Attendance: 897
Game reference
Isabelle Gerig Goal 2:09, Goal 4:18 / Margrit Scheidegger Goal 10:47Goals
13 December 2019
16:00		Czech Republic 11–4
(4–3, 4–0, 3–1)		 PolandPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Tereza Urbankova Goal 5:10 /Goals
13 December 2019
19:00		Sweden 26–2
(8–1, 11–0, 7–1)		 GermanyPatinores du Littoral
Attendance: 492
Game reference
Iza Rydfjall Goal 1:22 / Sara Steen Goal 3:23 / Stephanie Boberg Goal 9:22GoalsGoal 18:52 Alexandra Kurth

Semifinals

14 December 2019
14:30		Sweden 5–4
(1–0, 3–3, 1–1)		 FinlandPatinoires du littoral
Game reference
Emelie Wibron Goal 18:36 / Stephanie Boberg Goal 22:24Goals
14 December 2019
17:45		Switzerland 7–6
(0–3, 1–2, 5–1)
OT: 1–0		 Czech RepublicPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Isabelle Gerig Goal 36:51 / Flurina Marti Goal 51:37Goals

Bronze-medal game

15 December 2019
12:00		Finland 5–4
(1–0, 0–3, 3–1)
OT: 1–0		 Czech RepublicPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Oona Kauppi Goal 18:54 Goal 41:40Goals

Final

15 December 2019
15:00		Sweden 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
OT: 1–0		  SwitzerlandPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Moa Gustaffson Goal 12:02, Goal 22:58Goals

Placement round

13th place Bracket

 
13–16th-place semifinals13th-place game
 
      
 
11 December 12:00
 
 
 Thailand3
 
12 December 13:00
 
 Japan6
 
 Japan4
 
11 December 15:00
 
 Estonia3
 
 Estonia4 (OT)
 
 
 United States3
 
15th-place game
 
 
12 December 10:00
 
 
 Thailand10
 
 
 United States6

13–16th-place semifinals

11 December 2019
10:00		Thailand 3–6
(1–4, 0–1, 2–1)		 JapanLa Riveraine
Game reference
GoalsGoal 0:52 Mahiro Shimizu
11 December 2019
15:00		Estonia 4–3 OT
(0–1, 0–1, 3–1)
OT: 1–0		 United StatesLa Riveraine
Game reference

15th-place game

12 December 2019
10:00		Thailand 10–6
(3–3, 2–1, 5–2)		 United StatesPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference

13th-place game

12 December 2019
13:00		Japan 4–3
(0–1, 3–1, 1–1)		 EstoniaPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference

9th place Bracket

 
9–12th-place semifinals9th-place game
 
      
 
12 December 12:00
 
 
 Denmark9
 
13 December 13:00
 
 Singapore4
 
 Denmark2
 
12 December 15:00
 
 Norway3
 
 Australia2
 
 
 Norway7
 
11th-place game
 
 
13 December 10:00
 
 
 Singapore1
 
 
 Australia3

9–12th-place semifinals

12 December 2019
12:00		Denmark 9–4
(3–1, 5–2, 1–1)		 SingaporeLa Riveraine
Game reference
Cecilia Di Nardo Goal 7:58GoalsGoal 14:49 Amanda Yeap
12 December 2019
15:00		Australia 2–7
(1–3, 0–3, 1–1)		 NorwayLa Riveraine
Game reference
Blasie Hodges Goal 13:50 / Jessica Birks Goal 54:02GoalsGoal 11:50 Martina Hall

11th-place game

13 December 2019
10:00		Singapore 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 AustraliaPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Amanda Yeap Goal 12:08GoalsGoal 16:33, Goal 16:53 Amanda Bartrim

9th-place game

13 December 2019
13:00		Denmark 2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–2)		 NorwayPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference

5th place Bracket

 
5–8th-place semifinals5th-place game
 
      
 
14 December 11:30
 
 
 Latvia1
 
15 December 11:30
 
 Poland6
 
 Poland8
 
14 December 11:30
 
 Slovakia4
 
 Germany1
 
 
 Slovakia6
 
7th-place game
 
 
15 December 11:30
 
 
 Latvia3
 
 
 Germany4

5–8th-place semifinals

14 December 2019
11:30		Germany 1–6
(0–0, 0–1, 1–5)		 SlovakiaPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference
Theresa Beppler-Alt Goal 54:32Goals
14 December 2019
11:30		Latvia 1–6
(1–2, 0–2, 0–2)		 PolandLa Riveraine
Game reference

7th-place game

15 December 2019
11:30		Latvia 3–4
(2–1, 1–3, 0–0)		 GermanyPatinoires du Littoral
Game reference

5th-place game

15 December 2019
11:30		Poland 8–4
(1–2, 3–1, 4–1)		 SlovakiaLa Riveraine
Game reference

Final ranking

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

References

  1. ^ "Game Schedule" (PDF). IFF. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Swiss town Neuchâtel to host 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships". insidethegames.biz. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Women's WFC 2019 Group Ballot". IFF. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's WFC 2019 Neuchatel Groups". IFF. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.