# 2001 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 2001 Women's World Floorball Championships was the third world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Riga, Latvia 20–27 May 2001. Finland ended up as champions, thus they became the first team to win their second title. In the final-game Finland defeated Sweden, 2–0.
Great Britain, Hungary & Poland made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

## Division A

The 8 teams of the first division consists of the 7 best placed teams from the highest division the previous tournament plus Austria, the winner of division B the previous tournament. As with both the earlier world championships, the top four positions were taken by Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland with Finland as the champions. Austria lost the 7th place match versus Germany and was then relegated back to division B for the next tournament.
The two best placed teams in each group advances to the semifinals. The lower placed teams face up against the corresponding team from the other group for placement matches.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 6 |
| Norway | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 2 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0 |
| 20 May 2001 18:15 | Finland | 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) | Norway | Riga |
| 20 May 2001 20:30 | Czech Republic | 7–1 (1–0, 1–0, 5–1) | Austria | Riga |
| 22 May 2001 13:00 | Norway | 12–0 (3–0, 3–0, 6–0) | Austria | Riga |
| 22 May 2001 15:30 | Finland | 8–1 (4–0, 1–0, 3–1) | Czech Republic | Riga |
| 24 May 2001 13:00 | Czech Republic | 0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1) | Norway | Riga |
| 24 May 2001 15:30 | Austria | 0–16 (0–2, 0–6, 0–8) | Finland | Riga |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 34 | −33 | 0 |
| 21 May 2001 18:15 | Switzerland | 1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Sweden | Riga |
| 21 May 2001 20:30 | Germany | 0–5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2) | Latvia | Riga |
| 22 May 2001 18:00 | Sweden | 9–0 (1–0, 4–0, 4–0) | Latvia | Riga |
| 22 May 2001 20:30 | Switzerland | 10–0 (2–0, 2–0, 6–0) | Germany | Riga |
| 24 May 2001 18:00 | Germany | 1–19 (0–6, 1–8, 0–5) | Sweden | Riga |
| 24 May 2001 20:30 | Latvia | 1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0) | Switzerland | Riga |

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Finland | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Switzerland | 2 | | | |
| B2 | Switzerland | 2 | A1 | Finland | 2 |
| | | | B1 | Sweden | 0 |
| B1 | Sweden | 4 | B1 | Sweden | 0 |
| A2 | Norway | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B2 | Switzerland | 3 |
| | | | A2 | Norway | 4 |
| 25 May 2001 18:00 | Germany | 2–1 (1–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Austria | Riga |
| 26 May 2001 13:00 | Finland | 3–2 (2–0, 0–0, 1–2) | Switzerland | Riga |
| 26 May 2001 16:00 | Sweden | 4–3 (2–1, 0–0, 2–2) | Norway | Riga |
| 27 May 2001 10:00 | Czech Republic | 4–4 (a.e.t) (1–1, 2–1, 1–2, 0–0) Pen: 1–0 | Latvia | Riga |
| 27 May 2001 12:30 | Switzerland | 3–4 (1–1, 2–0, 0–3) | Norway | Riga |
| 27 May 2001 15:00 | Finland | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Sweden | Riga |

### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR) | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Anna Gustafsson (SWE) | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Jonna Kettunen (FIN) | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Susann Simolin (FIN) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Mirca Anderegg (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Lena Birath (SWE) | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Natalie Stadelmann (SUI) Ingrid Gigstad (NOR) | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Camilla Granelid (SWE) Satu Schilcher (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 5 |

## Division B

The second division consisted of the 4 bottom placed teams from the last tournament plus three new teams Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Russia who were relegated from the top division following their withdrawal from the previous tournament. Russia did however get promoted back to the top division for the next tournament after a clean sweep, beating Denmark in the division final with 14–1 and having a total goal difference by +60.
The two best placed teams from each group advances to B-semifinals. The rest of the teams advances to play the corresponding team from the other group i placement matches.

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 6 |
| Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 2 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 |
| 20 May 2001 09:00 | Russia | 10–2 (3–0, 4–1, 3–1) | Japan | Riga |
| 20 May 2001 11:15 | Singapore | 4–1 (1–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Great Britain | Riga |
| 21 May 2001 13:30 | Japan | 3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Great Britain | Riga |
| 21 May 2001 15:45 | Russia | 17–2 (8–2, 4–0, 5–0) | Singapore | Riga |
| 23 May 2001 13:00 | Great Britain | 0–9 (0–1, 0–4, 0–4) | Russia | Riga |
| 23 May 2001 15:30 | Singapore | 2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1) | Japan | Riga |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 0 |
| 20 May 2001 13:30 | Australia | 1–5 (0–2, 0–1, 1–2) | Denmark | Riga |
| 20 May 2001 15:45 | Poland | 4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0) | Hungary | Riga |
| 21 May 2001 09:00 | Denmark | 7–2 (1–0, 4–1, 2–1) | Hungary | Riga |
| 21 May 2001 11:15 | Australia | 2–2 (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) | Poland | Riga |
| 23 May 2001 18:00 | Hungary | 0–9 (0–1, 0–3, 0–5) | Australia | Riga |
| 23 May 2001 20:30 | Poland | 2–2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) | Denmark | Riga |

### Placement matches

| 25 May 2001 10:30 | Hungary | 4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Great Britain |
| 25 May 2001 13:00 | Russia | 17–2 (7–1, 3–0, 7–1) | Poland |
| 25 May 2001 15:30 | Denmark | 5–4 (2–0, 0–3, 3–1) | Singapore |
| 25 May 2001 20:30 | Japan | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Australia |
| 26 May 2001 10:00 | Poland | 2–4 (1–2, 0–1, 1–1) | Singapore |
| 26 May 2001 19:00 | Russia | 14–1 (4–0, 6–0, 4–1) | Denmark |

### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Liubov Serebryakova (RUS) | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 | Elena Mouravieva (RUS) | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Olga Serebriakova (RUS) | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Olga Makarova (RUS) | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Olga Skvortsova (RUS) | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | Elena Makarova (RUS) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Yulia Sadretdinova (RUS) Jill Quek (SIN) | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Svetlana Poukhova (RUS) Tina Jensen (DEN) | 4 | 2 | 6 |

## Final standings

| | Finland |
| | Sweden |
| | Norway |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Czech Republic |
| 6 | Latvia |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Austria |
| 1 | Russia |
| 2 | Denmark |
| 3 | Singapore |
| 4 | Poland |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Hungary |
| 8 | Great Britain |

## All-star team

The pick of Latvian Rudīte Danovska as the best goalkeeper in the tournament made her the first player outside of Sweden, Finland, Norway and Switzerland to be included in a world championship all-star team. Birgitte Lersbryggen was included in the all-star team for her second back-to-back tournament.
Goalkeeper: Rudīte Danovska (LAT) Defender: Paula Jouhten (FIN) Defender: Jenny Wiklund (SWE) Centre: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR) Forward: Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) Forward: Anna Gustafsson (SWE)
MVP: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)