2015 Women's World Floorball Championships

2015 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–12 December
Teams16
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)Denmark Cecilia Di Nardo (18)
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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]

Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 5-4, in the final game following a penalty shootout.[2]

Qualification

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

Venues

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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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: [citation needed]
4 December 2015
12:30
Poland 3–12
(2–2, 1–6, 0–4)
  SwitzerlandTampere Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 110
Mariola SzarmachGoaliesMonika Schmid
Magdalen Siuta – 02:011–0
1–104:07 – Nina Bartschi
Malgorzata Pazio – 08:502–1
2–217:01 – Ladina Sgier
2–320:16 – Nina Bartschi
Honorata Bialy – 22:263–3
3–423:20 – Corin Ruttimann
3–523:58 – Celine Chalverat
3–633:37 – Nina Bartschi
3–735:05 – Flurina Marti
3–835:49 – Sonja Putzi
3–951:20 – Manuela Dominioni
3–1053:09 – Michelle Wiki
3–1154:40 – Corin Ruttimann
3–1257:06 – Corin Ruttimann
21Shots39
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

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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: [citation needed]
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

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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: [citation needed]
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

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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: [citation needed]
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
Brandee GomezGoaliesLidwien Reehuis
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

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

Playoff round

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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

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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

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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

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

Gold medal game

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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
Emelie FriskGoaliesJonna Mäkelä
Helin – 06:041–0
1–111:29 – Ukkonen (Kauppi) (PP)
1–217:44 – Eskelinen
Eiremo (Wickström) – 22:342–2
2–328:36 – Lirkki (Hannonen)
Wibron – 33:483–3
Larsson (Karlsson) – 35:004–3
4–441:00 – Kujala

Placement round

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13th–16th place

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

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

5th place

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

Statistics

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Final ranking

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 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
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References

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  1. ^ "WFC2015 – Tournament".
  2. ^ "Svenskt VM-guld i innebandy efter straffrysare". Svenska dagbladet (in Swedish). 12 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2024.