2011 Women's World Floorball Championships

2011 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country Switzerland
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Dates4–11 December 2011
Teams16
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played43
Goals scored460 (10.7 per match)
Attendance30,700 (714 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Sweden Emelie Lindström
Awards
MVPSweden Sara Kristoffersson

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.

Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 4-2, in the final-game.[1]

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:

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:

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:

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:

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

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Placement round

13-16

9-12

15th Place match

13th Place match

11th Place match

9th Place match

5-8

5th Place match

Leading scorers

Player GP G A PTS PIM
SwedenEmelie Lindström6916252
SwedenSara Kristoffersson6139222
SwedenTherese Karlsson6138210
SwitzerlandJulia Suter688162
SwitzerlandMirca Anderegg679162
SwedenAmanda Larsson6123150
SwedenJosefina Eiremo6105152
SwedenEmelie Wibron677142
SwedenVictoria Wikström659140
SwitzerlandCorin Rüttimann694130

All-Star team

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

Ranking

 
 2011 Women's World Floorball Championship winners 

Sweden
5th World title

Official 2011 Rankings according to the IFF

Rk. Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ↑ Jörgen Källström (11 December 2011). "Tredje raka VM-guldet för Sverige" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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