# 2003 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 2003 Women's World Floorball Championships was the fourth world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Bern, Gümligen and Wünnewil in Switzerland 17–24 May 2003. Sweden won the tournament, their second title defeating Switzerland, 8–1, in the final-game.
Italy, Malaysia and USA made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

## Division A

The two groups consists of the seven best placed teams in the previous world championships plus Russia who won the B-division in that tournament. With Norway beating Sweden in the first round of the groupstage, Sweden received their first loss against another team than Finland. Despite this, Sweden ended up winning the tournament. With Germany losing the 7th place match to the Czech Republic, Germany were relegated to division B for the next tournament.
The two best placed teams of each group advances to semifinals while the two lower placed teams plays placement matches for 5th and 7th place respectively.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 4 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 0 |
| 18 May 2003 15:00 | Finland | 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) | Switzerland | Gümlingen |
| 19 May 2003 14:00 | Czech Republic | 2–5 (0–2, 1–2, 1–1) | Russia | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 20:00 | Switzerland | 8–2 (3–1, 1–0, 4–1) | Czech Republic | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 20:00 | Russia | 0–15 (0–5, 0–5, 0–5) | Finland | Wünnewil |
| 21 May 2003 17:00 | Finland | 9–2 (3–1, 3–1, 3–0) | Czech Republic | Gümlingen |
| 21 May 2003 20:00 | Switzerland | 8–1 (2–0, 2–1, 4–0) | Russia | Gümlingen |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Norway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | +23 | 4 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 0 |
| 19 May 2003 17:00 | Latvia | 5–4 (1–3, 2–0, 2–1) | Germany | Gümlingen |
| 19 May 2003 20:00 | Sweden | 1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2) | Norway | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 14:00 | Norway | 10–1 (2–1, 3–0, 5–0) | Germany | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 17:00 | Sweden | 14–1 (4–0, 6–0, 4–1) | Latvia | Wünnewil |
| 21 May 2003 14:00 | Norway | 6–2 (2–1, 3–0, 1–1) | Latvia | Gümlingen |
| 21 May 2003 20:00 | Germany | 3–14 (0–5, 2–5, 1–4) | Sweden | Wünnewil |

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Finland | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| B2 | Sweden | 5 | B2 | Sweden | 8 |
| | | | A2 | Switzerland | 1 |
| B1 | Norway | 3 | A2 | Switzerland | 1 |
| A2 | Switzerland | 7 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A1 | Finland | 4 |
| | | | B2 | Norway | 2 |
| 23 May 2003 17:00 | Finland | 4–5 (3–0, 1–2, 0–3) | Sweden | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |
| 23 May 2003 20:00 | Norway | 3–7 (0–1, 1–4, 2–2) | Switzerland | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |
| 24 May 2003 11:00 | Latvia | 2–9 (0–3, 1–2, 1–4) | Russia | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |
| 24 May 2003 14:00 | Czech Republic | 4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Germany | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |
| 24 May 2003 17:00 | Finland | 4–2 (2–0, 2–0, 0–2) | Norway | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |
| 24 May 2003 20:00 | Sweden | 8–1 (1–5, 0–2, 0–1) | Switzerland | Wankdorfhalle, Bern |

### Statistics
#### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Anne Suomalainen (FIN) Johanna Ekeroth (SWE) | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Jonna Kettunen (FIN) | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Lidiia Varshavskaia (RUS) | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Petra Mäntynen (FIN) | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Martina Metzäner (SUI) | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Suvi Saukko (FIN) Baiba Jurusa (LAT) Satu Schilcher (FIN) | 3 | 3 | 6 |

## Division B

The second division consists of all the teams from the same division in the previous tournament minus Russia who were promoted and Great Britain who didn't attend to the tournament. Austria, who were relegated from first division in the previous tournament and the three new teams: Italy, Malaysia and USA also played in the second division. Japan ended up winning the B-final versus Poland and became promoted to the first division for the next tournament.
The two best placed teams in each group advances to play B-semifinals while the lower placed teams plays placement matches versus the corresponding team from the other group.

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 8 |
| Poland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 6 |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 4 |
| Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 35 | −27 | 0 |
| 18 May 2003 10:00 | Austria | 3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1) | Poland | Gümlingen |
| 18 May 2003 18:00 | Malaysia | 1–8 (0–2, 0–2, 1–4) | Austria | Gümlingen |
| 18 May 2003 10:00 | Japan | 8–4 (1–4, 5–0, 2–0) | United States | Wünnewil |
| 19 May 2003 11:00 | United States | 7–4 (0–1, 5–3, 2–0) | Austria | Wünnewil |
| 19 May 2003 11:00 | Poland | 5–6 (0–2, 2–1, 3–3) | Japan | Gümlingen |
| 19 May 2003 20:00 | Poland | 9–5 (3–1, 4–3, 2–1) | Malaysia | Wünnewil |
| 20 May 2003 11:00 | Austria | 1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1) | Japan | Wünnewil |
| 20 May 2003 17:00 | Malaysia | 1–9 (0–5, 0–1, 1–3) | United States | Wünnewil |
| 20 May 2003 11:00 | United States | 1–6 (1–1, 0–2, 0–3) | Poland | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 17:00 | Japan | 9–1 (2–0, 3–1, 4–0) | Malaysia | Wünnewil |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 8 |
| Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| Australia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 21 | −5 | 3 |
| Hungary | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 2 |
| 18 May 2003 10:00 | Denmark | 8–4 (4–1, 2–1, 2–2) | Singapore | Wünnewil |
| 18 May 2003 13:00 | Australia | 2–3 (1–2, 0–1, 1–0) | Hungary | Wünnewil |
| 18 May 2003 21:00 | Singapore | 8–8 (a.e.t) (1–3, 4–4, 3–1, 0–0) | Australia | Wünnewil |
| 18 May 2003 21:00 | Italy | 2–4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2) | Denmark | Gümlingen |
| 19 May 2003 14:00 | Hungary | 2–6 (1–1, 1–3, 0–2) | Denmark | Wünnewil |
| 19 May 2003 17:00 | Singapore | 3–4 (2–3, 1–0, 0–1) | Italy | Wünnewil |
| 20 May 2003 11:00 | Denmark | 9–2 (3–0, 3–0, 3–2) | Australia | Gümlingen |
| 20 May 2003 14:00 | Italy | 5–1 (1–0, 3–0, 1–1) | Hungary | Wünnewil |
| 21 May 2003 11:00 | Hungary | 3–8 (0–2, 1–4, 2–2) | Singapore | Wünnewil |
| 21 May 2003 14:00 | Australia | 4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1) | Italy | Wünnewil |

### Final stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| C1 | Japan | 5 | | | |
| D2 | Italy | 4 | | | |
| D2 | Italy | 4 | C1 | Japan | 7 |
| | | | C2 | Poland | 6 |
| D1 | Denmark | 3(0) | C2 | Poland | 6 |
| C2 | Poland | 3(1) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | D2 | Italy | 2 |
| | | | D1 | Denmark | 8 |
B-Semifinals
| 22 May 2003 18:00 | Japan | 5–4 (0–1, 3–1, 2–2) | Italy | Gümlingen |
| 22 May 2003 21:00 | Denmark | 3–3 (a.e.t) (1–1, 2–0, 0–2, 0–0) Pen: 0–1 | Poland | Gümlingen |
17th place match
| 22 May 2003 09:00 | Hungary | 4–2 (1–0, 1–1, 2–1) | Malaysia | Gümlingen |
15th place match
| 22 May 2003 12:00 | Austria | 7–3 (2–1, 2–2, 3–0) | Australia | Gümlingen |
13th place match
| 22 May 2003 15:00 | Singapore | 5–3 (1–1, 2–0, 2–2) | United States | Gümlingen |
11th place match
| 23 May 2003 21:00 | Italy | 2–8 (0–3, 1–1, 1–4) | Denmark | Gümlingen |
9th place match
| 23 May 2003 14:00 | Japan | 7–6 (a.e.t) (2–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–0) | Poland | Gümlingen |

#### Top scorers

| | Player | G | A | P |
| 1 | Miho Koike (JPN) | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2 | Sachi Yokoe (JPN) | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Chikae Ogawa (JPN) | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Monika Waksmundzka (POL) | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Ayako Takahashi (JPN) | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Carmen Wastl (AUT) Jill Quek (SIN) | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Karina Madsen (DEN) | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Annukka Muuri (USA) | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | Johanna Breiding (USA) | 6 | 4 | 10 |

## Final standings

| | Sweden |
| | Switzerland |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Norway |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Latvia |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 8 | Germany |
| 1 | Japan |
| 2 | Poland |
| 3 | Denmark |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | Singapore |
| 6 | United States |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Australia |
| 9 | Hungary |
| 10 | Malaysia |

## All-star team

Goalkeeper: Kari Hånsnar Rinne (NOR) Defender: Simone Berner (SUI) Defender: Jenny Magnusson (SWE) Centre: Marisa Mazzarelli (SUI) Forward: Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) Forward: Suvi Saukko (FIN)
MVP: Anne Suomalainen (FIN) MVP: Johanna Ekeroth (SWE)