2011 Women's World Floorball Championships

For the Qualifying Rounds of this event, see 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships Qualifying.

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)
Dates	4–11 December 2011
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	43
Goals scored	460 (10.7 per match)
Attendance	30,700 (714 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Emelie Lindström
MVP	Sara Kristoffersson

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

Qualifying

Main article: 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships Qualifying

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

Gold medal game

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

Placement round

13-16

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

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

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

13th Place match

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

11th Place match

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

9th Place match

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

5-8

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

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

Leading scorers

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

• Goalkeeper: Jana Christianová
• Defense: Emelie Wibron, Tia Ukkonen
• Forward: Emelie Lindström, Corin Rüttimann, Sara Kristoffersson
• ASICS Golden Floorball Shoe MVP Trophy: Sara Kristoffersson

Ranking

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

External links

• Official website
• Official Standings (IFF)