2011 Women's World Floorball Championships

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.

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

Qualifying

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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

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Gold medal game

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

Placement round

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13-16

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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

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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

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

13th Place match

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

11th Place match

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

9th Place match

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

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

Leading scorers

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

All-Star team

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Ranking

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 2011 Women's World Floorball Championship winners 
 
Sweden
5th World title

Official 2011 Rankings according to the IFF

Rk. Team
    Sweden
    Finland
    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

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