2020 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships

The 2020 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 9th world championships in women's under-19 floorball and held on 1 to 5 September 2021 in Uppsala, Sweden. Originally scheduled to take place on 6 to 10 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, it was rescheduled to 2021.[1]

2020 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates1–5 September 2021
Teams9
Final positions
Champions  Finland
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
← 2018
2022 →

Finland won their second World Championship ever and the first World Championship since 9 years. In the final Finland won host team Sweden on overtime 5–4. Czech Republic won bronze medal over Switzerland with numbers 6–2.

Qualification

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Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1   Sweden
2018 under-19 World Championship Div. A–B 2–6 May 2018   St. Gallen, Herisau 7   Finland
  Germany
   Switzerland
  Czech Republic
  Poland
  Slovakia
  Latvia
European Qualification 11–15 September 2019   Lignano Sabbiadoro 1   Russia

Venues

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Uppsala
IFU Arena

Tournament groups

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After the group ballot, 9 teams are divided into 2 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches. The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the semi-final.[2]

Group A Group B
  Finland (2)

  Poland (4)

   Switzerland (5)

  Germany (7)

  Russia (10)

  Sweden (1)

  Czech Republic (3)

  Slovakia (8)

  Latvia (9)


Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1     Switzerland  4 3 1 0 17 7 +10 7 Semifinals
2   Finland 4 3 0 1 30 6 +24 6
3   Poland 4 2 0 2 7 11 −4 4 Fifth place game
4   Russia 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12 2 7th–9th place game
5   Germany 4 0 1 3 2 20 −18 1
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 September 2021
9:00
Finland  9–0
(4–0, 3–0, 2–0)
  RussiaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 37
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1 September 2021
11:30
Poland  1–6
(0–1, 0–2, 1–3)
   SwitzerlandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 48
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1 September 2021
16:45
Germany  1–13
(0–6, 1–4, 0–3)
  FinlandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 68
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1 September 2021
19:45
Russia  2–6
(2–1, 0–4, 0–1)
   SwitzerlandIFU Arena B, Uppsala
Attendance: 30
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2 September 2021
9:00
Poland  4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  GermanyIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 28
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2 September 2021
11:30
Switzerland  4–3
(2–2, 2–0, 0–1)
  FinlandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 93
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2 September 2021
16:45
Russia  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  PolandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 82
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3 September 2021
9:00
Switzerland  1–1
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  GermanyIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 68
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3 September 2021
11:30
Finland  5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  PolandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 38
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3 September 2021
16:45
Germany  0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
  RussiaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 73
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 30 5 +25 6 Semifinals
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 21 7 +14 4
3   Latvia 3 1 0 2 8 36 −28 2 Fifth place game
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 3 10 21 −11 0 7th–9th place game
Source: IFF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 September 2021
14:00
Czech Republic  16–0
(4–0, 6–0, 6–0)
  LatviaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 27
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1 September 2021
19:15
Slovakia  2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)
  SwedenIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 122
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2 September 2021
14:00
Czech Republic  10–2
(4–1, 3–0, 3–1)
  SlovakiaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 38
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2 September 2021
19:15
Latvia  1–14
(1–2, 0–5, 0–7)
  SwedenIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 79
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3 September 2021
14:00
Latvia  7–6
(3–2, 3–2, 1–2)
  SlovakiaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 34
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3 September 2021
19:15
Sweden  3–4
(2–0, 0–3, 1–1)
  Czech RepublicIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 300
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Placement round

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7th–9th place game

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Seventh place game

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Russia vs Slovakia
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4 September 2021
10:30
Russia  2–3
(1–1, 0–1, 1–1)
  SlovakiaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 38
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Eighth place game

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Russia vs Germany
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5 September 2021
9:30
Russia  3–4
(2–1, 0–0, 1–3)
  GermanyIFU Arena A, Uppsala

Fifth place game

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Poland vs Latvia

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4 September 2021
19:30
Poland  3–7
(1–0, 1–2, 1–5)
  LatviaIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 37

Knock-out stage

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Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 September
 
 
A1
    Switzerland 
5
 
5 September
 
B2
  Sweden
9
 
W1
  Sweden
4
 
4 September
 
W2
  Finland
5
 
B1
  Czech Republic
2
 
 
A2
  Finland
5
 
Third place
 
 
5 September
 
 
L1
   Switzerland
2
 
 
L2
  Czech Republic
6

Semifinals

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Czech Republic vs Finland

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4 September 2021
13:30
Czech Republic  2–5
(0–2, 1–0, 1–3)
  FinlandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 214
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Switzerland vs Sweden

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4 September 2021
16:30
Switzerland  5–9
(1–2, 1–5, 3–2)
  SwedenIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 300

Bronze medal game

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5 September 2021
12:30
Switzerland  2–6
(1–0, 0–3, 1–3)
  Czech RepublicIFU Arena A, Uppsala

Gold medal game

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5 September 2021
15:30
Sweden  4–5 OT
(1–1, 1–1, 2–2, 0–1)
  FinlandIFU Arena A, Uppsala
Attendance: 300

Final standings

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    Finland
    Sweden
    Czech Republic
4    Switzerland
5   Latvia
6   Poland
7   Slovakia
8   Germany
9   Russia

References

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  1. ^ "U19-WFC starts this Wednesday!". IFF Main Site. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
  2. ^ "Match schedule". IFF Main Site.
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