2015 Women's World Floorball Championships

2015 Women's World
Floorball Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	4–12 December
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Switzerland
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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]

Qualification

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.

	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
European Qualification 1	4 – 8 February 2015	Poznań	4	Sweden  Poland  Germany  Netherlands
European Qualification 2	3 – 7 February 2015	Valmiera	3	Switzerland  Latvia  Denmark
European Qualification 3	4 – 8 February 2015	Nitra	4	Czech Republic  Slovakia  Norway  Russia
Asia and Oceania Qualification	23 – 25 January 2015	Pakenham	3	Japan  Singapore  Australia
Americas Qualification	6 – 7 February 2015	Markham	1	United States
Total			15

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

4 December 2015 12:30

Poland

3–12 (2–2, 1–6, 0–4)

Switzerland

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 110

	Mariola Szarmach	Goalies	Monika Schmid
	Magdalen Siuta – 02:01 1–0 1–1 04:07 – Nina Bartschi Malgorzata Pazio – 08:50 2–1 2–2 17:01 – Ladina Sgier 2–3 20:16 – Nina Bartschi Honorata Bialy – 22:26 3–3 3–4 23:20 – Corin Ruttimann 3–5 23:58 – Celine Chalverat 3–6 33:37 – Nina Bartschi 3–7 35:05 – Flurina Marti 3–8 35:49 – Sonja Putzi 3–9 51:20 – Manuela Dominioni 3–10 53:09 – Michelle Wiki 3–11 54:40 – Corin Ruttimann 3–12 57:06 – Corin Ruttimann
	21	Shots	39

4 December 2015 18:15

Norway

1–14 (1–2, 0–6, 0–6)

Finland

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 2559

5 December 2015 14:00

Poland

4–2 (2–1, 0–1, 2–0)

Norway

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 102

5 December 2015 17:00

Switzerland

4–6 (1–1, 1–3, 2–2)

Finland

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 3476

6 December 2015 16:15

Switzerland

9–1 (2–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Norway

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 322

7 December 2015 18:15

Finland

5–2 (2–2, 3–0, 0–0)

Poland

Hakametsä 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

4 December 2015 15:30

Germany

1–16 (0–4, 0–4, 1–8)

Sweden

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 222

5 December 2015 11:00

Latvia

2–15 (2–4, 0–5, 0–6)

Czech Republic

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 207

6 December 2015 13:15

Germany

3–3 (0–3, 2–0, 1–0)

Latvia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 160

6 December 2015 19:15

Sweden

17–2 (4–1, 5–1, 8–0)

Czech Republic

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 448

7 December 2015 12:30

Sweden

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 456

7 December 2015 15:30

Czech Republic

9–1 (1–0, 4–1, 4–0)

Germany

Hakametsä 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

4 December 2015 15:30

Japan

3–5 (1–1, 0–1, 2–3)

Denmark

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 117

5 December 2015 11:00

Singapore

5–4 (2–0, 1–4, 2–0)

Australia

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 117

6 December 2015 11:00

Japan

4–3 (2–0, 0–0, 2–3)

Singapore

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 89

6 December 2015 14:00

Denmark

7–3 (1–0, 3–0, 3–3)

Australia

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 120

7 December 2015 12:30

Denmark

7–5 (4–2, 1–1, 2–2)

Singapore

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 111

7 December 2015 15:30

Australia

8–6 (1–1, 2–2, 5–3)

Japan

Tampere 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

4 December 2015 12:30

Slovakia

4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 154

4 December 2015 18:30

United States

7–4 (1–1, 3–2, 3–1)

Netherlands

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 115

	Brandee Gomez	Goalies	Lidwien Reehuis

5 December 2015 14:00

Slovakia

15–2 (3–2, 2–0, 10–0)

United States

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 517

5 December 2015 17:00

Russia

8–2 (3–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Netherlands

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 98

6 December 2015 10:45

Netherlands

1–13 (1–7, 0–5, 0–1)

Slovakia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 198

7 December 2015 18:30

Russia

9–4 (4–1, 2–2, 3–1)

United States

Tampere 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 (p.s.o.)

4

9 December

8 December

Sweden

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)

Australia

Hakametsä 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

Denmark

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 205

8 December 2015 15:30

Norway

2–4 (1–1, 0–0, 1–3)

Slovakia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 195

8 December 2015 18:30

Poland

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 167

Quarterfinals

9 December 2015 12:30

Switzerland

9–2 (3–0, 4–0, 2–2)

Latvia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 168

9 December 2015 15:30

Czech Republic

8–2 (3–2, 3–0, 2–0)

Poland

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 202

9 December 2015 18:15

Finland

16–0 (4–0, 10–0, 2–0)

Germany

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 2312

10 December 2015 18:30

Sweden

15–1 (5–0, 5–1, 5–0)

Slovakia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 460

Semifinals

11 December 2015 17:45

Finland

4–3 (1–0, 0–2, 3–1)

Czech Republic

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 4676

11 December 2015 20:15

Sweden

7–3 (1–1, 3–1, 3–1)

Switzerland

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 3034

Bronze medal game

12 December 2015 12:30

Switzerland

5–4 (0–1, 4–0, 1–3)

Czech Republic

Hakametsä 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

Finland

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 6517

	Emelie Frisk	Goalies	Jonna Mäkelä
	Helin – 06:04 1–0 1–1 11:29 – Ukkonen (Kauppi) (PP) 1–2 17:44 – Eskelinen Eiremo (Wickström) – 22:34 2–2 2–3 28:36 – Lirkki (Hannonen) Wibron – 33:48 3–3 Larsson (Karlsson) – 35:00 4–3 4–4 41:00 – Kujala

Placement round

13th–16th place

8 December 2015 15:30

United States

10–2 (1–1, 2–1, 7–0)

Japan

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 63

8 December 2015 18:30

Singapore

3–4 (1–0, 0–3, 2–1)

Netherlands

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 53

9th–12th place

9 December 2015 12:30

Australia

1–11 (1–0, 0–4, 0–7)

Norway

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 102

9 December 2015 15:30

Russia

6–7 OT (1–1, 1–2, 4–3) 0–1 OT

Denmark

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 61

5th–8th place

11 December 2015 10:00

Germany

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Poland

Hakametsä 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

Latvia

Hakametsä 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

Singapore

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 52

13th place

10 December 2015 09:30

United States

7–1 (3–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Netherlands

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 110

11th place

10 December 2015 12:30

Australia

4–14 (1–3, 1–4, 2–7)

Russia

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 147

9th place

10 December 2015 15:30

Norway

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Denmark

Hakametsä Ice Hall, Tampere Attendance: 207

7th place

12 December 2015 09:30

Poland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Tampere Arena, Tampere Attendance: 74

5th place

12 December 2015 09:30

Germany

2–5 (1–1, 1–2, 0–2)

Latvia

Hakametsä 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

External links

• http://www.wfc2015.fi/ Official site

References

1. http://www.floorball.org/wfc2015/pages/EN/Tournament