The 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 14th edition of this competition. It was held from 2 to 10 December 2023 in Singapore, marking the first time that it was not in Europe since 2005.[1] Sweden were the 8-time defending champion, and they made it nine with a 6–4 win over Finland in the final.[2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Singapore |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 2 December – 10 December |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Sweden (11th title) |
Runner-up | Finland |
Third place | Czech Republic |
Fourth place | Switzerland |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Attendance | 22,143 (461 per match) |
Golden shoe | Veera Kauppi |
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Singapore 2023 | |
The tournament was criticized by sports journalists for poor promotion and consequently low attendance.[3][4] Despite this, it was considered a success by the IFF.[5]
Host selection
edit- Singapore
- Thailand
- Czech Republic (withdrew)
Singapore and Thailand stated they wanted to bid for 2023, while Czech Republic chose to focus on a bid for 2025 after initially confirming an interest for 2023.[6][7] When the application window ended, only Singapore made an official bid.[8][9]
Singapore was awarded the hosting rights on 11 December 2020.[10][11][12][13]
Qualification
editThirteen nations returned from 2021. Italy and Thailand both failed to qualify after receiving wildcards for 2021, while Russia was banned from taking part due to its invasion of Ukraine. Those returning were Australia and Japan after withdrawing from 2021, while France made their World Championship debut.
Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
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Host nation | 1 | Singapore | ||
European Qualification 1 | 31 January–4 February 2023 | Kocēni[14] | 12 | Sweden Latvia Germany |
European Qualification 2 | 31 January–4 February 2023 | Kocēni | Finland Norway Denmark | |
European Qualification 3 | 31 January–4 February 2023 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | Switzerland Slovakia Estonia | |
European Qualification 4 | 31 January–4 February 2023 | Lignano Sabbiadoro | Czech Republic Poland France | |
Americas Qualification | 25–26 February 2023 | Toronto[15] | 1 | United States |
Asia-Oceania Qualification | 31 January – 5 February 2023 |
Chonburi[15] | 2 | Australia Japan |
Total | 16 |
Venues
editTwo arenas were used, OCBC Arena and Singapore Indoor stadium, both within the Singapore Sports Hub.[16]
Singapore | Singapore | |
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Singapore Indoor Stadium Capacity: 12,000 |
OCBC Arena[a] Capacity: 3,000 | |
- ^ OCBC Arena used two arenas during the tournament. Hall 1 had a capacity of 3,000, while Hall 2 had a capacity of 300.
Draw
editThe draw took place on 6 April 2023 in the Park Royal in Singapore.[17][18] The pots were based on the IFF rankings.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Sweden (1) Finland (2) Switzerland (3) Czech Republic (4) |
Poland (5) Slovakia (6) Norway (7) Latvia (8) |
Germany (9) Denmark (10) Australia (11) Japan (12) |
Singapore (13) (H) Estonia (14) United States (15) France (27) |
Preliminary round
editThe schedule was announced on 25 May 2023.[19] Times are SGT (UTC+8).
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 4 | |
3 | Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 2 | Play-off round |
4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 0 |
2 December 2023 16:00 | Latvia | 1–14 (0–4, 1–7, 0–3) | Finland | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 145 |
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2 December 2023 17:00 | Switzerland | 8–2 (0–0, 3–0, 5–2) | Norway | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 397 |
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3 December 2023 16:00 | Norway | 4–3 (1–2, 2–1, 1–0) | Latvia | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 139 |
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3 December 2023 17:00 | Finland | 9–5 (2–0, 6–1, 1–4) | Switzerland | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 513 |
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4 December 2023 19:00 | Finland | 6–3 (3–1, 1–1, 2–1) | Norway | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 225 |
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4 December 2023 20:00 | Latvia | 1–22 (0–7, 0–5, 1–10) | Switzerland | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 378 |
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Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 4 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 2 | Play-off round |
4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 0 |
2 December 2023 19:00 | Slovakia | 3–20 (0–6, 2–10, 1–4) | Sweden | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 127 |
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3 December 2023 18:45 | Czech Republic | 9–3 (5–3, 2–0, 2–0) | Poland | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 321 |
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4 December 2023 16:00 | Poland | 3–5 (0–2, 1–2, 2–1) | Slovakia | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 205 |
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4 December 2023 17:00 | Czech Republic | 1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2) | Sweden | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 526 |
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5 December 2023 17:00 | Sweden | 25–1 (11–0, 5–1, 9–0) | Poland | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 449 |
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5 December 2023 20:00 | Slovakia | 1–9 (1–2, 0–3, 0–4) | Czech Republic | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 135 |
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Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 6 | Play-off round |
2 | Singapore (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 1 | 13–16 place semifinals |
4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 1 |
2 December 2023 12:30 | Australia | 0–10 (0–1, 0–4, 0–5) | Germany | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 123 |
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2 December 2023 20:00 | France | 2–5 (0–0, 2–1, 0–4) | Singapore | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 579 |
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3 December 2023 13:00 | Germany | 10–1 (4–1, 4–0, 2–0) | France | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 86 |
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3 December 2023 20:00 | Australia | 2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1) | Singapore | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 617 |
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5 December 2023 13:00 | France | 5–5 (1–1, 3–0, 1–4) | Australia | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 113 |
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5 December 2023 20:00 | Singapore | 2–3 (0–1, 1–0, 1–2) | Germany | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 671 |
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Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 5 | Play-off round |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 4 | |
3 | Estonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 3 | 13–16 place semifinals |
4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 0 |
2 December 2023 13:30 | United States | 3–9 (1–4, 1–3, 1–2) | Estonia | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 225 |
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3 December 2023 14:00 | Denmark | 2–3 (1–0, 0–1, 1–2) | Japan | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 233 |
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4 December 2023 13:00 | Japan | 8–5 (5–0, 2–4, 1–1) | United States | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 125 |
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4 December 2023 14:00 | Denmark | 6–4 (4–1, 2–2, 0–1) | Estonia | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 127 |
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5 December 2023 14:00 | Estonia | 3–3 (0–0, 2–2, 1–1) | Japan | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 231 |
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5 December 2023 16:00 | United States | 2–9 (1–0, 1–3, 0–6) | Denmark | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 114 |
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Knockout stage
editBracket
editPlay-off 6 December | Quarterfinals 7–8 December | Semifinals 9 December | Final 10 December | ||||||||||||||||
Sweden | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
Latvia | 8 | Latvia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | 5 | Sweden | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 11 | Slovakia | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Singapore | 2 | Sweden | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Finland | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Finland | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Poland | 4 (OT) | Poland | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | Finland | 8 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Czech Republic | 13 | Switzerland | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Norway | 3 | Denmark | 1 | Czech Republic | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Denmark | 4 (OT) |
Play-off round
edit6 December 2023 16:00 | Latvia | 8–5 (4–1, 3–3, 1–1) | Japan | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 173 |
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6 December 2023 17:00 | Norway | 3–4 OT (2–1, 0–1, 1–1) OT: 0–1 | Denmark | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 210 |
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6 December 2023 19:00 | Poland | 4–3 OT (1–1, 0–2, 2–0) OT: 1–0 | Germany | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 159 |
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6 December 2023 20:00 | Slovakia | 11–2 (2–2, 4–0, 5–0) | Singapore | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 302 |
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Quarterfinals
edit7 December 2023 17:00 | Finland | 11–2 (7–2, 0–0, 4–0) | Poland | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 247 |
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7 December 2023 20:00 | Sweden | 13–3 (4–0, 4–0, 5–3) | Latvia | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 242 |
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8 December 2023 14:00 | Switzerland | 8–4 (2–1, 5–1, 1–2) | Slovakia | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 211 |
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8 December 2023 17:00 | Czech Republic | 13–1 (6–0, 5–0, 2–1) | Denmark | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 394 |
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Semifinals
edit9 December 2023 17:00 | Finland | 8–2 (2–1, 4–1, 2–0) | Czech Republic | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 1733 |
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9 December 2023 20:15 | Sweden | 4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1) | Switzerland | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 1847 |
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Bronze-medal game
edit10 December 2023 16:00 | Switzerland | 4–5 (1–0, 1–2, 2–3) | Czech Republic | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 2253 |
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Final
edit10 December 2023 19:00 | Sweden | 6–4 (6–0, 0–1, 0–3) | Finland | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 3971 |
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Placement round
edit13th place Bracket
edit13–16th-place semifinals | 13th-place game | |||||
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Estonia | 5 | |||||
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Australia | 0 | |||||
Estonia | 9 | |||||
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United States | 4 | |||||
France | 1 | |||||
United States | 4 | |||||
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Australia | 4 | |||||
France | 5 |
13–16th-place semifinals
edit6 December 2023 13:00 | Estonia | 5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0) | Australia | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 167 |
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6 December 2023 14:00 | France | 1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1) | United States | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 127 |
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15th-place game
edit7 December 2023 13:00 | Australia | 4–5 (0–0, 3–1, 1–4) | France | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 122 |
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13th-place game
edit7 December 2023 14:00 | Estonia | 9–4 (3–1, 4–3, 2–0) | United States | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 102 |
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9th place Bracket
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Singapore | 3 | |||||
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Japan | 4 | |||||
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Norway | 2 | |||||
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Singapore | 1 | |||||
Norway | 13 |
9–12th-place semifinals
edit7 December 2023 16:00 | Norway | 2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1) | Germany | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 155 |
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7 December 2023 20:00 | Singapore | 3–4 (0–0, 2–3, 1–1) | Japan | OCBC Arena 2 Attendance: 357 |
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11th-place game
edit9 December 2023 14:00 | Singapore | 1–13 (0–3, 1–2, 0–8) | Norway | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 781 |
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9th-place game
edit8 December 2023 20:00 | Japan | 4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0) | Germany | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 267 |
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5th place Bracket
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Poland | 7 | |||||
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Denmark | 3 | |||||
Poland | 4 | |||||
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Slovakia | 7 | |||||
Latvia | 4 | |||||
Slovakia | 6 | |||||
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Denmark | 4 | |||||
Latvia | 6 |
5–8th-place game
edit9 December 2023 11:00 | Latvia | 4–6 (0–2, 1–2, 3–2) | Slovakia | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 173 |
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9 December 2023 12:30 | Poland | 7–3 (0–0, 2–0, 5–3) | Denmark | OCBC Arena 1 Attendance: 168 |
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7th-place game
edit10 December 2023 20:00 | Denmark | 4–6 (1–0, 2–2, 1–4) | Latvia | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 317 |
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5th-place game
edit10 December 2023 13:00 | Poland | 4–7 (0–3, 1–2, 3–2) | Slovakia | Indoor Stadium Attendance: 761 |
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Final ranking
editSweden | |
Finland | |
Czech Republic | |
4 | Switzerland |
5 | Slovakia |
6 | Poland |
7 | Latvia |
8 | Denmark |
9 | Japan |
10 | Germany |
11 | Norway |
12 | Singapore |
13 | Estonia |
14 | United States |
15 | France |
16 | Australia |
Awards
editGolden shoe
editTeam of the tournament
editReferences
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