2019 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification

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The 2019 IFF Women's World Floorball Championships qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships. The 2019 World Championship will feature 16 teams. 1 place were allocated to the hosts, Switzerland. The remaining 15 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five IFF confederations will compete.

Qualified teams[edit]

Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance Previous best performance
Last Total Streak
  Switzerland Hosts 24 September 2017 2017 12 12 Champions (2005)
 Australia Asia-Oceania qualification winner 30 January 2019 2017 5 5 12th place (2013, 2015)
 Japan Asia-Oceania qualification runner-up 30 January 2019 2017 7 5 8th place (2005)
 Thailand Asia-Oceania qualification 3rd place 31 January 2019 2017 2 2 13th place (2017)
 Singapore Asia-Oceania qualification 4th place 31 January 2019 2017 4 3 10th place (2007)
 Sweden European qualification Group 1 winner 1 February 2019 2017 12 12 Champions (1997, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Finland European qualification Group 2 winner 2 February 2019 2017 12 12 Champions (1999, 2001)
 Czech Republic European qualification Group 3 winner 2 February 2019 2017 12 12 3rd place (2011)
 Poland European qualification Group 3 runner-up 2 February 2019 2017 6 6 6th place (2011)
 Slovakia European qualification Group 4 winner 2 February 2019 2017 5 5 5th place (2017)
 Latvia European qualification Group 4 runner-up 2 February 2019 2017 12 12 4th place (2007)
 Norway European qualification Group 1 runner-up 3 February 2019 2017 12 12 3rd place (1997, 2001)
 Germany European qualification Group 2 runner-up 3 February 2019 2017 9 5 6th place (1999, 2015)
 Denmark European qualification best third-ranked team 3 February 2019 2017 7 7 6th place (2007)
 Estonia European qualification second-best third-ranked team 3 February 2019 2017 2 2 11th place (2017)
 United States American qualification winner 9 February 2019 2017 6 6 9th place (2007, 2011)

Qualification process[edit]

The distribution by confederation for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships will be:

  • Asia and Oceania (AOFC): 4 places
  • Europe (no continental confederation but organized by IFF): 10 places (Switzerland qualified automatically as host nations for a total of 11 places)
  • Americas (no continental confederation but organized by IFF): 1 place

Summary[edit]

  Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships as winners, top two or top three
  Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships as play-off winners
  Other teams were eliminated
Group AMER Group AOFC–A Group AOFC–B Group EUR1 Group EUR2 Group EUR3 Group EUR4

United States

Australia

Japan

Sweden

Norway

Denmark

Finland

Germany

Czech Republic

Poland

Estonia

Slovakia

Latvia

Thailand

Singapore

Canada

New Zealand

Philippines

Malaysia

South Korea

France

Russia

Spain

Austria

Italy

Belgium

Hungary

Netherlands

American qualification[edit]

The American qualification were played between 8 and 9 February 2019 in Detroit, United States.

Group composition[edit]

Group AMER
 United States (11) (H)
 Canada (21)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Group AMER[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 2 2 0 0 21 3 +18 4 IFF World Championships
2  Canada 2 0 0 2 3 21 −18 0
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts
8 February 2019
19:10
United States 14–2
(4–0, 3–1, 7–1)
 CanadaBrownstown Sports Center, Detroit
Game reference
9 February 2019
19:10
Canada 1–7
(0–3, 1–2, 0–2)
 United StatesBrownstown Sports Center, Detroit
Game reference

Asia-Oceania qualification[edit]

The Asia-Oceania qualification were played between 27 January to 1 February 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Group composition[edit]

Group A Group B
 Australia (12)
 Thailand (19) (H)
 New Zealand (20)
 Philippines (32)
 Japan (14)
 Singapore (15)
 South Korea (24)
 Malaysia (26)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 25 2 +23 6 Final and IFF World Championships 8–2 7–0 10–0
2  Thailand (H) 3 2 0 1 19 9 +10 4 Semifinals 2–8 6–1 11–0
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 5 15 −10 2 0–7 1–6 4–2
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0 7th place game 0–10 0–11 2–4
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 18 7 +11 5 Final and IFF World Championships 4–2 4–4 10–1
2  Singapore 3 2 0 1 17 8 +9 4 Semifinals 2–4 5–2 10–2
3  Malaysia 3 1 1 1 14 15 −1 3 4–4 2–5 8–6
4  South Korea 3 0 0 3 9 28 −19 0 7th place game 1–10 2–10 6–8
Source: IFF

Final round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+7).

Seventh place game[edit]

31 January 2019
12:00
South Korea 4–3
(3–1, 1–2, 0–0)
 PhilippinesIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference

Semifinals[edit]

31 January 2019
15:00
Thailand 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
 MalaysiaIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference
31 January 2019
18:00
Singapore 10–4
(1–0, 4–0, 5–4)
 New ZealandIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference

Fifth place game[edit]

1 February 2019
12:00
Malaysia 5–4
(2–3, 3–0, 0–1)
 New ZealandIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference

Third place game[edit]

1 February 2019
12:00
Thailand 5–4
(3–0, 2–2, 0–2)
 SingaporeIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference

Final[edit]

1 February 2019
12:00
Australia 5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–0)
 JapanIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
Game reference

Final ranking[edit]

Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships
Rank Team
1  Australia
2  Japan
3  Thailand
4  Singapore
5  Malaysia
6  New Zealand
7  South Korea
8  Philippines

European qualification[edit]

Group composition[edit]

Group EUR1 Group EUR2 Group EUR3 Group EUR4
 Sweden (1)
 Norway (9)
 Denmark (10)
 France (27)
 Czech Republic (4)
 Poland (7) (H)
 Estonia (16)
 Italy (21)
 Belgium (–)
 Finland (2)
 Germany (8)
 Russia (13)
 Spain (23)
 Austria (29)
 Latvia (5)
 Slovakia (6) (H)
 Hungary (17)
 Netherlands (18)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts

Group EUR1[edit]

The European qualification group EUR1 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Gdańsk, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 91 2 +89 6 IFF World Championships 17–1 13–1 61–0
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 19 18 +1 4 1–17 4–1 14–0
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 21 17 +4 2 1–13 1–4 19–0
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 94 −94 0 0–61 0–14 0–19
Source: IFF

Group EUR2[edit]

The European qualification group EUR2 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Trencin, Slovakia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 92 4 +88 8 IFF World Championships 16–2 18–1 21–1 37–0
2  Germany 4 3 0 1 33 24 +9 6 2–16 8–4 6–3 17–1
3  Russia 4 2 0 2 28 33 −5 4 1–18 4–8 10–3 13–4
4  Spain 4 0 1 3 12 42 −30 1 1–21 3–6 3–10 5–5
5  Austria 4 0 1 3 10 72 −62 1 0–37 1–17 4–13 5–5
Source: IFF

Group EUR3[edit]

The European qualification group EUR3 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Gdańsk, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 75 6 +69 8 IFF World Championships 5–2 10–3 34–1 26–0
2  Poland (H) 4 3 0 1 36 7 +29 6 2–5 7–1 18–1 9–0
3  Estonia 4 2 0 2 26 19 +7 4 3–10 1–7 13–1 9–1
4  Italy 4 1 0 3 7 68 −61 2 1–34 1–18 1–13 4–3
5  Belgium 4 0 0 4 4 48 −44 0 0–26 0–9 1–9 3–4
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Group EUR4[edit]

The European qualification group EUR4 were played between 31 January to 3 February 2019 in Trencin, Slovakia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 25 6 +19 6 IFF World Championships 5–3 12–1 8–2
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 20 8 +12 4 3–5 6–1 11–2
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2 1–12 1–6 4–1
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 5 23 −18 0 2–8 2–11 1–4
Source: IFF
(H) Hosts

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

The two best third-placed teams from the groups qualified for the final tournament. Matches against the fifth-placed team are not included in this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1  Denmark 3 1 0 2 21 17 +4 2 IFF World Championships
2 3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 17 18 −1 2
3 4  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2
4 2  Russia 3 1 0 2 15 29 −14 2
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) drawing of lots.