2015 Women's World Floorball Championships Explained

Women's World Floorball Championships
Year:2015
Host Country:Finland
Dates:4–12 December
Num Teams:16
Venues:2
Cities:1
Medals:yes
Matches:48
Goals:472
Attendance:36147
Stat Leader Title:Scoring leader(s)
Stat Leader Player: Cecilia Di Nardo
Stat Leader Value:18
Award Title:MVP
Prev Season:2013
Next Season:2017

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

See main article: 2015 Women's World Floorball Championships qualifying. 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 4


European Qualification 2 3 – 7 February 2015 3

European Qualification 3 4 – 8 February 2015 4


Asia and Oceania Qualification 23 – 25 January 2015 3

Americas Qualification 6 – 7 February 2015 1
Total 15

Venues

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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 D

Knockout stage

Gold medal game

Placement round

5th place

Statistics

Final ranking

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WFC2015 – Tournament.
  2. News: Svenskt VM-guld i innebandy efter straffrysare. Svenska dagbladet. sv. 12 December 2015. 3 January 2024.