# 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships

The 2017 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 11th World Championships in women's floorball. The tournament took place in Bratislava in Slovakia between 1–9 December 2017. Sixteen teams participated and the competition was won by Sweden.

## Qualification

All teams, apart from the host country (Slovakia), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications, and there will be a total of 6 qualification groups - one in the Americas, one in Asia-Oceania and four in Europe. Thailand participated in the women's event for the first-ever time.
| | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| European Qualification 1 | 1–5 February 2017 | Madrid | 3 | Sweden Norway Denmark |
| European Qualification 2 | 1–5 February 2017 | Celano | 2 | Finland Poland |
| European Qualification 3 | 1–5 February 2017 | Celano | 3 | Switzerland Germany Estonia |
| European Qualification 4 | 1–5 February 2017 | Madrid | 2 | Czech Republic Latvia |
| Asia and Oceania Qualification | 31 January – 5 February 2017 | Wellington | 4 | Australia Singapore Thailand Japan |
| Americas Qualification | 3–4 February 2017 | Markham | 1 | United States |
| Total | | | 15 | |

## Venues

The games of the 2017 Floorball World Championship will take place in Bratislava in the Ondrej Nepela Arena and in HANT Arena.
| Bratislava | Bratislava |
| Ondrej Nepela Arena Capacity: 10,055 | HANT Arena Capacity: 4,500 |

## Preliminary round

* Team advanced to quarter-finals
* Team advanced to playoff round
* Team advanced to 13th-16th place playoff

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Finland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 4 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 2 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 7 | +45 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 4 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 31 | −23 | 2 |
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 6 |
| Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 27 | −16 | 1 |
| Australia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 36 | −26 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 6 |
| United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 2 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Playoff round 5 December | Playoff round 5 December | Playoff round 5 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Quarterfinals 6–7 December | Semifinals 8 December | Semifinals 8 December | Semifinals 8 December | Final 9 December | Final 9 December | Final 9 December |
| | | | Sweden | Sweden | 21 | | | | | | |
| Latvia | Latvia | 4 | Latvia | Latvia | 0 | | | | | | |
| Denmark | Denmark | 1 | | | | Sweden | Sweden | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 1 | | | |
| | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 10 | | | | | | |
| Poland | Poland | 6 | Poland | Poland | 4 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | Estonia | 1 | | | | | | | Sweden (p.s.o.) | Sweden (p.s.o.) | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | Finland | Finland | 5 |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 6 | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | Slovakia | Slovakia | 2 | | | |
| Slovakia | Slovakia | 7 | | | | Finland | Finland | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 1 |
| | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 10 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Norway | Norway | 5 | Norway | Norway | 1 | | | | Switzerland | Switzerland | 3 |
| United States | United States | 4 | | | | | | | | | |

### Final
## Placement round
### 5th-place game
## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | Paulína Hudáková | Slovakia | 7 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 2 |
| 2 | Emelie Wibron | Sweden | 6 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 2 |
| 3 | Michelle Linhart | United States | 6 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
| 4 | Marie Haggstrom | United States | 6 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | Denisa Ferenčíková | Slovakia | 7 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 | Veera Kauppi | Finland | 6 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | Michaela Šponiarová | Slovakia | 7 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
| 8 | Moa Tschöp | Sweden | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 2 |
| 9 | Lucia Košturiaková | Slovakia | 7 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | Amanda Delgado Johansson | Sweden | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties In Minutes Source: IFF

## Tournament awards

* MVP: Emelie Wibron
* Best goalkeeper: Tiltu Siltanen
* Best defender: Moa Tschöp
* Best defender: My Kippilä
* Best forward: Emelie Wibron
* Best centre: Corin Rüttimann
* Best forward: Paulína Hudáková

## Final ranking

| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | Switzerland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Latvia |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Norway |
| 9 | Denmark |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Estonia |
| 12 | United States |
| 13 | Thailand |
| 14 | Japan |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Singapore |