# 2011 Women's World Floorball Championships

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.

## 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 |
* December 4, 2011 13.30
| Netherlands | 2–5 | Poland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 4, 2011 15.30
| Switzerland | 21–1 | Russia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 5, 2011 13.30
| Poland | 7–1 | Russia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 5, 2011 19.30
| Netherlands | 1–19 | Switzerland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 7, 2011 19.30
| Russia | 7–2 | Netherlands |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 7, 2011 19.30
| Poland | 0–9 | Switzerland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### 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 |
* December 4, 2011 12.15
| Germany | 5–6 | Latvia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 4, 2011 19.30
| Australia | 1–13 | Finland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 5, 2011 16.30
| Finland | 4–0 | Latvia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 5, 2011 16.30
| Australia | 0–8 | Germany |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 6, 2011 16.30
| Latvia | 13–2 | Australia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 6, 2011 19.30
| Finland | 9–1 | Germany |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### 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 |
* December 4, 2011 16.30
| Slovakia | 10–4 | Hungary |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 4, 2011 18.30
| Czech Republic | 3–2 | Norway |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 6, 2011 13.30
| Norway | 5–2 | Slovakia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 6, 2011 13.30
| Hungary | 1–12 | Czech Republic |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 7, 2011 13.30
| Hungary | 0–5 | Norway |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 7, 2011 16.30
| Slovakia | 1–15 | Czech Republic |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 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 |
* December 5, 2011 13.30
| Japan | 0–23 | Sweden |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 5, 2011 19.30
| United States | 5–6 | Denmark |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 6, 2011 16.30
| Sweden | 30–0 | United States |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 6, 2011 19.30
| Denmark | 7–2 | Japan |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 7, 2011 13.30
| Japan | 3–7 | United States |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 7, 2011 16.30
| Sweden | 15–1 | Denmark |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

### Playoff round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Switzerland | 12 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Latvia | 1 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Latvia | 1 | Q1 | Switzerland | 2 | | | |
| | | | Q4 | Sweden | 11 | | | |
| D1 | Sweden | 19 | Q4 | Sweden | 11 | | | |
| C2 | Norway | 0 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Norway | 0 | | | | W1 | Sweden | 4 |
| | | | | | | W2 | Finland | 2 |
| C1 | Czech Republic | 5 | | | | | | | W2 | Finland | 2 |
| D2 | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| D2 | Denmark | 1 | Q2 | Czech Republic | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Q3 | Finland | 6 |
| B1 | Finland | 13 | Q3 | Finland | 6 | L1 | Switzerland | 2 |
| A2 | Poland | 2 | | | | L2 | Czech Republic | 3 |

#### Quarter finals

* December 8, 2011 16.30
| Sweden | 19:0 | Norway |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 8, 2011 19.30
| Switzerland | 12–1 | Latvia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 9, 2011 16.30
| Finland | 13–2 | Poland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 9, 2011 19.30
| Czech Republic | 5–1 | Denmark |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### Semi-finals

* December 10, 2011 16.10
| Switzerland | 2–11 | Sweden |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 10, 2011 19.10
| Czech Republic | 0–6 | Finland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### Bronze medal game

* December 11, 2011 12.00
| Switzerland | 2–3 | Czech Republic |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### Gold medal game

* December 11, 2011 15.00
| Sweden | 4–2 | Finland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

### Placement round
#### 13-16

* December 8, 2011 13.30
| Netherlands | 2–1 (OT) | Australia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle
* December 8, 2011 16.30
| Hungary | 5–3 | Japan |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 9-12

* December 8, 2011 13.30
| Slovakia | 3–6 | United States |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 8, 2011 19.30
| Russia | 7–6 (OT) | Germany |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 15th Place match

* December 9, 2011 13.30
| Australia | 5–2 | Japan |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 13th Place match

* December 9, 2011 16.30
| Netherlands | 5–3 | Hungary |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 11th Place match

* December 9, 2011 19.30
| Germany | 4–3 (OT) | Slovakia |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Kreuzbleichhalle

#### 9th Place match

* December 9, 2011 13.30
| Russia | 2–4 | United States |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### 5-8

* December 10, 2011 10.00
| Latvia | 3–4 | Norway |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum
* December 10, 2011 13.00
| Denmark | 1–4 | Poland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

#### 5th Place match

* December 11, 2011 9.00
| Norway | 5–4 (PS) | Poland |
* St. Gallen, Switzerland Athletik Zentrum

## Leading scorers

| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Emelie Lindström | 6 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 2 |
| Sara Kristoffersson | 6 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 2 |
| Therese Karlsson | 6 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 |
| Julia Suter | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| Mirca Anderegg | 6 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| Amanda Larsson | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Josefina Eiremo | 6 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| Emelie Wibron | 6 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Victoria Wikström | 6 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
| Corin Rüttimann | 6 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 |

## All-Star team

* Goalkeeper: Jana Christianová
* Defense: Emelie Wibron, Tia Ukkonen
* Forward: Emelie Lindström, Corin Rüttimann, Sara Kristoffersson
* ASICS Golden Floorball Shoe MVP Trophy: Sara Kristoffersson

## Ranking

* 2011 Women's World Floorball Championship winners
* Sweden 5th World title
Official 2011 Rankings according to the IFF
| Rk. | Team |
| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | 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 |