# 2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships

The 2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships will be the 11th edition of the championship. The tournament will be played in Lahti, Finland, and was to take place from 1–5 May, but the event dates changed to 8–12 May after a booking problem with the venue delayed the event by a week. Sweden are the reigning champions.
Sweden won the tournament, beating Finland 4–2 in the final.
This edition broke the record for the most attended Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships. The single game record was also broken, with the final attracting 1,965 spectators.

## Bidding process

* Australia (withdrew)
* Finland
* Italy (withdrew)
Finland were the only bidders. The Finns were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021.

## Qualified teams

Eighteen teams entered the tournament but United States withdrew, bringing the number down to seventeen. A qualifier in Besançon, France was organised between Denmark, France, Hungary and Italy to decide the final three spots.
| | Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Automatically qualified | | | 13 | Australia Canada Czech Republic Germany Finland Latvia New Zealand Norway Poland Singapore Slovakia Sweden Switzerland |
| European qualification tournament | 25–27 August 2023 | Besançon | 3 | Denmark Hungary Italy |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Venues

The venues for the tournament are in Lahti at the Lahti Sports and Fair Centre. The facility boasts two arenas.
| Lahti | Lahti |
| Lahti Sports Hall Capacity: 2,500 (in total) | Lahti |
* ↑ Lahti Sports Hall used two arenas during the tournament. Arena A has a capacity of 2,000, while Arena B has a capacity of 500.

## Squads

On 12 April 2024, the team lists were announced.

## Draw

The draw took place on 2 September 2023 at 17:15 EET at the Energia Areena in Vantaa during the Nordic Challenge event in Finland.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Sweden (1)  Czech Republic (2)  Finland (3)  Switzerland (4) | Slovakia (5)  Poland (6)  Norway (7)  Latvia (8) | Germany (9)  Hungary (10)  Denmark (11)  New Zealand (12) | Italy (13)  Australia (15)  Canada (16)  Singapore (20) |

## Referees

Eight referee pairs were selected on 20 February 2024.
Referees :
| Czech Republic | Barbora Beranová Lucie Hejnová |
| Finland | Henrik Snellman Mona Vänskä |
| Finland | Jyrki Sirkka Tom Kirjonen |
| Singapore | Carmen Teo Bin Bin Lin |
| Sweden | Daniel Hultberg Edo Sabanovic |
| Switzerland | Erik Hasselberg Christian Friemel |
| Switzerland | Davide Rampoldi Christian Crivelli |
| Ukraine | Danylo Abelyeashev Igor Ivanchenko |

## Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 6 October 2023. The times of some of the Arena B games were changed on 11 November 2023. Times are EEST (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4 | +32 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 2 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 32 | −26 | 0 | Quarterfinal 1 |
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 0 PN = 9
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 17 N2 = 0 PN = 17
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 11 PN = 11
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 5 PN = 5
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 4 PN = 7
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 18 PN = 18

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 2 | 5th place game |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 0 | Quarterfinal 1 |
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 17 N2 = 0 PN = 17
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 10 N2 = 1 PN = 10
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 9 PN = 12
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 0 PN = 11
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 11 PN = 11
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 3 PN = 3

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 6 | Quarterfinal 1 |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 4 | 11th place game |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 2 | 13th place game |
| 4 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | −21 | 0 | 15th place game |
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 13 N2 = 0 PN = 13
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 8 PN = 8
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 8 PN = 11
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 0 PN = 4
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 13 PN = 13
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 10 PN = 10

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 8 | +27 | 6 | Quarterfinal 1 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 3 | 11th place game |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 3 | 13th place game |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 34 | −28 | 0 | 15th place game |
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 10 PN = 10
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 11 PN = 14
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 11 N2 = 0 PN = 14
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 13 N2 = 0 PN = 13
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 2 N2 = 0 PN = 6
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 16 N2 = 0 PN = 16

## Placement round
### 15th place game

| 15th place game | 15th place game |
| May 11 | May 11 |
| Australia | 9 |
| Canada | 6 |

#### Australia vs Canada

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 1 PN = 15

### 13th place game

| 13th place game | 13th place game |
| May 11 | May 11 |
| Hungary | 6 |
| New Zealand | 8 |

#### New Zealand vs Hungary

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 14 N2 = 4 PN = 14

### 11th place game

| 11th place game | 11th place game |
| 11 May | 11 May |
| Singapore | 8 |
| Italy | 7 |

#### Singapore vs Italy

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 6 PN = 15

### Bracket

| 7th–10th semifinals | 7th–10th semifinals | 7th place | 7th place |
| 11 May | 11 May |
| Latvia | 4 |
| Latvia | 4 | 12 May | 12 May |
| Denmark | 5 | 12 May | 12 May |
| Denmark | 5 | Denmark | 9 |
| 11 May | 11 May | | Denmark | 9 |
| 11 May | 11 May | Norway | 5 |
| Norway | 3 (PSO) | Norway | 5 |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | 9th place | 9th place |
| | | 12 May | 12 May |
| | | Latvia | 6 |
| | | Germany | 2 |

#### Latvia vs Denmark

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 0 PN = 9

#### Norway vs Germany

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 0 PN = 4

### 9th place game
#### Latvia vs Germany

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 8 PN = 8

### 7th place game
#### Denmark vs Norway

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 10 PN = 14

### 5th place game

| 5th place game | 5th place game |
| May 11 | May 11 |
| Slovakia | 9 |
| Poland | 8 |

#### Slovakia vs Poland

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 8 PN = 17

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 11 May | 11 May |
| Sweden | 4 |
| Sweden | 4 | 12 May | 12 May |
| Switzerland | 3 | 12 May | 12 May |
| Switzerland | 3 | Sweden | 4 |
| 11 May | 11 May | | Sweden | 4 |
| 11 May | 11 May | Finland | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | Finland | 2 |
| Finland | 3 (PSO) | | |
| Finland | 3 (PSO) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 May | 12 May |
| | | Switzerland | 1 |
| | | Czech Republic | 5 |

### Semifinals
#### Czech Republic vs Finland

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 1 PN = 5

#### Sweden vs Switzerland

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 1 N2 = 4 PN = 7

### Bronze medal game

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 0 PN = 6

### Gold medal game

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 4 PN = 6

## Final standings

| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Denmark |
| 8 | Norway |
| 9 | Latvia |
| 10 | Germany |
| 11 | Singapore |
| 12 | Italy |
| 13 | New Zealand |
| 14 | Hungary |
| 15 | Australia |
| 16 | Canada |

## Awards
### Team of the tournament
#### Goalkeeper

* Louranna Jakobsson

#### Defender

* Mira Markstrom
* Laura Katajisto

#### Centre

* Ellen Lundin

#### Forward

* Elsa Holopainen
* Karolina Kubalova

## Preparations
### Tickets

Ticket sales started on 19 October 2023, but tickets have sold slowly. On 24 April 2024, previously sold tournament passes were put back on sale. But on 30 April, 200 tournament passes for the tournament were sold and a new batch of day passes were released. So far, the ticket revenue has total to around 38,000 Euros.

### Volunteers

The recruitment of volunteers started on 22 November 2023 and ended on 31 January 2024. Although, applications on volunteering for different roles was also announced on 4 April 2024. The organising committee have recruited 150 volunteers.

### Televising rights

Finnish channel, YLE, will televise the matches involving Finland in the tournament.

### 3v3 World Championship

The inaugural 3v3 World Championship will be held during the championship event. Registrations for the event were open on 9 February 2024. By 20 March, 44 teams (30 men's and 14 women's teams) had registered for the tournament. The schedule was announced on 8 April, while the team lists were confirmed on 2 May.
Finland's women's and Latvia's men won the inaugural 3v3 World Championship.