# Women's World Floorball Championship

The Women's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF). It is held regularly in odd years since 1997. In even years, the men's championship is played. The tournament takes place in December.
Sweden is the reigning champion and the most successful team, with eleven titles. Finland has won two times, and Switzerland once. The only other medalists are the Czech Republic and Norway, each with two bronze medals.
The most recent Women's World Championship in 2023 was held in Singapore, and the next one will take place in 2025 in the Czech Republic.

## Format

There are 16 teams participating in the tournament. The host country is automatically guaranteed a spot, while the remaining 15 spots are determined through regional qualifiers. These qualifiers, typically comprising several European tournaments and one each for the Americas and Asia-Oceania, are held about a year before the championship.
The teams are then drawn into four groups (A–D), each consisting of four teams. Groups A and B are drawn from the top-ranked teams according to the IFF rankings, while Groups C and D are drawn from the remaining teams. Within a group, teams play against each other. The top two teams from Groups A and B advance directly to the quarter-finals. The other two teams from Groups A and B and the top two teams from Groups C and D compete in a playoff preliminary round.
Next, the playoffs are played by elimination. The eliminated teams, including the teams that did not qualify for the playoffs, participate in additional placement matches.
The entire tournament spans nine days, from one weekend to another.

## Tournaments

| Year | Final venue | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1997 Details | Mariehamn | Sweden | 4–2 | Finland | Norway | 4–3 PSO | Switzerland |
| 1999 Details | Borlänge | Finland | 3–1 | Switzerland | Sweden | 5–1 | Norway |
| 2001 Details | Riga | Finland | 2–0 | Sweden | Norway | 4–3 | Switzerland |
| 2003 Details | Bern | Sweden | 8–1 | Switzerland | Finland | 4–2 | Norway |
| 2005 Details | Singapore | Switzerland | 4–3 | Finland | Sweden | 15–1 | Norway |
| 2007 Details | Frederikshavn | Sweden | 7–3 | Finland | Switzerland | 7–1 | Latvia |
| 2009 Details | Västerås | Sweden | 6–2 | Switzerland | Finland | 3–1 | Czech Republic |
| 2011 Details | St. Gallen | Sweden | 4–2 | Finland | Czech Republic | 3–2 | Switzerland |
| 2013 Details | Ostrava | Sweden | 5–1 | Finland | Switzerland | 4–3 OT | Czech Republic |
| 2015 Details | Tampere | Sweden | 5–4 (p) | Finland | Switzerland | 5–4 | Czech Republic |
| 2017 Details | Bratislava | Sweden | 6–5 (p) | Finland | Switzerland | 3–2 | Czech Republic |
| 2019 Details | Neuchâtel | Sweden | 3–2 OT | Switzerland | Finland | 5–4 OT | Czech Republic |
| 2021 Details | Uppsala | Sweden | 4–3 OT | Finland | Switzerland | 5–2 | Czech Republic |
| 2023 Details | Singapore | Sweden | 6–4 | Finland | Czech Republic | 5–4 | Switzerland |
| 2025 Details | Brno, Ostrava | | | | | | |
| 2027 Details | Turku | | | | | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
| 1 | Sweden | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Finland | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Participation details

| Team | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
| Australia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 12th | 12th | 15th | 11th | WD | 16th | | 7 |
| Austria | 9th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 6th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | q | 15 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 8th | q | 10 |
| Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 14th | 13th | 13th | q | 5 |
| Finland | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | q | 15 |
| France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | 1 |
| Germany | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | 11th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 10th | q | 12 |
| Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Italy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 1 |
| Japan | 10th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 16th | 15th | 15th | 14th | 13th | WD | 9th | | 8 |
| Latvia | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 7th | q | 15 |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | q | 3 |
| Norway | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 11th | q | 15 |
| Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | q | 9 |
| Russia | 5th | 8th | – | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 10th | 10th | 11th | – | – | 11th | – | – | 10 |
| Singapore | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 16th | 16th | 12th | 14th | 12th | | 6 |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 9th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 5th | q | 8 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Sweden | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | q | 15 |
| Switzerland | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | q | 15 |
| Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 15th | 15th | – | | 3 |
| United States | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 10th | 9th | – | 13th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 14th | q | 8 |

## Debut of national teams

| Year | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Debuting teams | Successor teams |
| Year | Teams | No. | Cum. | Successor teams |
| 1997 | Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland | 10 | 10 | |
| 1999 | - | 0 | 12 | |
| 2001 | - | 0 | 16 | |
| 2003 | - | 0 | 18 | |
| 2005 | - | 0 | 17 | |
| 2007 | Singapore | 1 | 23 | |
| 2009 | Denmark, Poland, United States | 3 | 20 | |
| 2011 | Australia, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia | 4 | 15 | |
| 2013 | Canada, South Korea | 2 | 18 | |
| 2015 | - | 0 | 23 | |
| 2017 | Thailand | 1 | 30 | |
| 2019 | Estonia | 1 | 28 | |
| 2021 | Italy | 1 | 25 | |
| 2023 | France | 1 | 28 | |