2003 Women's World Floorball Championships Explained

Women's World Floorball Championships
Year:2003
Host Country:Switzerland
Dates:17–25 May
Num Teams:18
Venues:3
Cities:3
Medals:yes
Count:2
Matches:45
Goals:395
Attendance:19404
Stat Leader Title:Scoring leader(s)
Stat Leader Player:

Stat Leader Value:8 points
Award Title:MVP
Award:
Prev Season:2001
Next Season:2005

The 2003 Women's World Floorball Championships was the fourth world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Bern, Gümligen and Wünnewil in Switzerland 17–24 May 2003. Sweden won the tournament, their second title defeating Switzerland, 8–1, in the final-game.[1]

Italy, Malaysia and USA made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

Division A

The two groups consists of the seven best placed teams in the previous world championships plus Russia who won the B-division in that tournament. With Norway beating Sweden in the first round of the groupstage, Sweden received their first loss against another team than Finland. Despite this, Sweden ended up winning the tournament. With Germany losing the 7th place match to the Czech Republic, Germany were relegated to division B for the next tournament.

The two best placed teams of each group advances to semifinals while the two lower placed teams plays placement matches for 5th and 7th place respectively.

Statistics

Top scorers

 Player
1
819
3808
4527
5437
6077
7426
8

336

Division B

The second division consists of all the teams from the same division in the previous tournament minus Russia who were promoted and Great Britain who didn't attend to the tournament. Austria, who were relegated from first division in the previous tournament and the three new teams: Italy, Malaysia and USA also played in the second division.Japan ended up winning the B-final versus Poland and became promoted to the first division for the next tournament.

The two best placed teams in each group advances to play B-semifinals while the lower placed teams plays placement matches versus the corresponding team from the other group.

Group C

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Group D

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Final stage

B-Semifinals

17th place match15th place match13th place match----11th place match9th place match

Top scorers

 Player
111516
28715
36814
410313
510212
6
7512
810111
97411
106410

Final standings

Division A

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4
5
6
7
8

Division B

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

All-star team

Goalkeeper:
Defender:
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Centre:
Forward:
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MVP:
MVP:

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Svenskt guld i damernas innebandy-VM. Dagens Nyheter. Swedish. 24 May 2003. 4 February 2017.