2019 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification

Last updated September 13, 2021

The 2019 IFF Women's World Floorball Championships qualification is a series of tournaments to decide teams which will play in the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships. The 2019 World Championship will feature 16 teams. 1 place were allocated to the hosts, Switzerland. The remaining 15 places will be determined by a qualification process, in which entrants from among the other teams from the five IFF confederations will compete.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Appearance			Previous best performance
Team	Qualified as	Qualification date	Last	Total	Streak	Previous best performance
Switzerland	Hosts	24 September 2017	2017	12	12	Champions (2005)
Australia	Asia-Oceania qualification winner	30 January 2019	2017	5	5	12th place (2013, 2015)
Japan	Asia-Oceania qualification runner-up	30 January 2019	2017	7	5	8th place (2005)
Thailand	Asia-Oceania qualification 3rd place	31 January 2019	2017	2	2	13th place (2017)
Singapore	Asia-Oceania qualification 4th place	31 January 2019	2017	4	3	10th place (2007)
Sweden	European qualification Group 1 winner	1 February 2019	2017	12	12	Champions (1997, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Finland	European qualification Group 2 winner	2 February 2019	2017	12	12	Champions (1999, 2001)
Czech Republic	European qualification Group 3 winner	2 February 2019	2017	12	12	3rd place (2011)
Poland	European qualification Group 3 runner-up	2 February 2019	2017	6	6	6th place (2011)
Slovakia	European qualification Group 4 winner	2 February 2019	2017	5	5	5th place (2017)
Latvia	European qualification Group 4 runner-up	2 February 2019	2017	12	12	4th place (2007)
Norway	European qualification Group 1 runner-up	3 February 2019	2017	12	12	3rd place (1997, 2001)
Germany	European qualification Group 2 runner-up	3 February 2019	2017	9	5	6th place (1999, 2015)
Denmark	European qualification best third-ranked team	3 February 2019	2017	7	7	6th place (2007)
Estonia	European qualification second-best third-ranked team	3 February 2019	2017	2	2	11th place (2017)
United States	American qualification winner	9 February 2019	2017	6	6	9th place (2007, 2011)

Qualification process

The distribution by confederation for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships will be:

Asia and Oceania (AOFC): 4 places
Europe (no continental confederation but organized by IFF): 10 places (Switzerland qualified automatically as host nations for a total of 11 places)
Americas (no continental confederation but organized by IFF): 1 place

Summary

Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships as winners, top two or top three

Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships as play-off winners

Other teams were eliminated

Group AMER	Group AOFC–A	Group AOFC–B	Group EUR1	Group EUR2	Group EUR3	Group EUR4
United States	Australia	Japan	Sweden Norway Denmark	Finland Germany	Czech Republic Poland Estonia	Slovakia Latvia
	Thailand	Singapore
Canada	New Zealand Philippines	Malaysia South Korea	France	Russia Spain Austria	Italy Belgium	Hungary Netherlands

American qualification

The American qualification were played between 8 and 9 February 2019 in Detroit, United States.

Group composition

Group AMER
United States (11) (H) Canada (21)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts

Group AMER

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	2	2	0	0	21	3	+18	4	IFF World Championships
2	Canada	2	0	0	2	3	21	−18	0

Source: IFF
(H) Host

8 February 2019
19:10

United States

14–2
(4–0, 3–1, 7–1)

Canada

Brownstown Sports Center, Detroit

Game reference

9 February 2019
19:10

Canada

1–7
(0–3, 1–2, 0–2)

United States

Brownstown Sports Center, Detroit

Game reference

Asia-Oceania qualification

The Asia-Oceania qualification were played between 27 January to 1 February 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Group composition

Group A	Group B
Australia (12) Thailand (19) (H) New Zealand (20) Philippines (32)	Japan (14) Singapore (15) South Korea (24) Malaysia (26)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	25	2	+23	6	Final and IFF World Championships	—	8–2	7–0	10–0
2	Thailand (H)	3	2	1	19	9	+10	4	Semifinals	2–8	—	6–1	11–0
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	5	15	−10	2	Semifinals	0–7	1–6	—	4–2
4	Philippines	3	0	3	2	25	−23	0	7th place game	0–10	0–11	2–4	—

Source: IFF
(H) Host

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	18	7	+11	5	Final and IFF World Championships	—	4–2	4–4	10–1
2	Singapore	3	2	0	1	17	8	+9	4	Semifinals	2–4	—	5–2	10–2
3	Malaysia	3	1	1	1	14	15	−1	3	Semifinals	4–4	2–5	—	8–6
4	South Korea	3	0	0	3	9	28	−19	0	7th place game	1–10	2–10	6–8	—

Source: IFF

Final round

All times are local (UTC+7).

Seventh place game

31 January 2019
12:00

South Korea

4–3
(3–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Philippines

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

Semifinals

31 January 2019
15:00

Thailand

2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Malaysia

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

31 January 2019
18:00

Singapore

10–4
(1–0, 4–0, 5–4)

New Zealand

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

Fifth place game

1 February 2019
12:00

Malaysia

5–4
(2–3, 3–0, 0–1)

New Zealand

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

Third place game

1 February 2019
12:00

Thailand

5–4
(3–0, 2–2, 0–2)

Singapore

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

Final

1 February 2019
12:00

Australia

5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Japan

Indoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Game reference

Final ranking

	Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships

Rank	Team
1	Australia
2	Japan
3	Thailand
4	Singapore
5	Malaysia
6	New Zealand
7	South Korea
8	Philippines

European qualification

Group composition

Group EUR1	Group EUR2	Group EUR3	Group EUR4
Sweden (1) Norway (9) Denmark (10) France (27)	Czech Republic (4) Poland (7) (H) Estonia (16) Italy (21) Belgium (–)	Finland (2) Germany (8) Russia (13) Spain (23) Austria (29)	Latvia (5) Slovakia (6) (H) Hungary (17) Netherlands (18)

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts

Group EUR1

The European qualification group EUR1 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Gdańsk, Poland.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	91	2	+89	6	IFF World Championships	—	17–1	13–1	61–0
2	Norway	3	2	1	19	18	+1	4		1–17	—	4–1	14–0
3	Denmark	3	1	2	21	17	+4	2		1–13	1–4	—	19–0
4	France	3	0	3	0	94	−94	0		0–61	0–14	0–19	—

Source: IFF

Group EUR2

The European qualification group EUR2 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Trencin, Slovakia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	4	4	0	0	92	4	+88	8	IFF World Championships	—	16–2	18–1	21–1	37–0
2	Germany	4	3	0	1	33	24	+9	6	IFF World Championships	2–16	—	8–4	6–3	17–1
3	Russia	4	2	0	2	28	33	−5	4		1–18	4–8	—	10–3	13–4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	12	42	−30	1		1–21	3–6	3–10	—	5–5
5	Austria	4	0	1	3	10	72	−62	1		0–37	1–17	4–13	5–5	—

Source: IFF

Group EUR3

The European qualification group EUR3 were played between 30 January to 3 February 2019 in Gdańsk, Poland.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	4	4	0	75	6	+69	8	IFF World Championships	—	5–2	10–3	34–1	26–0
2	Poland (H)	4	3	1	36	7	+29	6		2–5	—	7–1	18–1	9–0
3	Estonia	4	2	2	26	19	+7	4		3–10	1–7	—	13–1	9–1
4	Italy	4	1	3	7	68	−61	2		1–34	1–18	1–13	—	4–3
5	Belgium	4	0	4	4	48	−44	0		0–26	0–9	1–9	3–4	—

Source: IFF
(H) Host

Group EUR4

The European qualification group EUR4 were played between 31 January to 3 February 2019 in Trencin, Slovakia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	3	3	0	25	6	+19	6	IFF World Championships	—	5–3	12–1	8–2
2	Latvia	3	2	1	20	8	+12	4	IFF World Championships	3–5	—	6–1	11–2
3	Hungary	3	1	2	6	19	−13	2		1–12	1–6	—	4–1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	5	23	−18	0		2–8	2–11	1–4	—

Source: IFF
(H) Host

Ranking of third-placed teams

The two best third-placed teams from the groups qualified for the final tournament. Matches against the fifth-placed team are not included in this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	1	Denmark	3	1	2	21	17	+4	2	IFF World Championships
2	3	Estonia	3	1	2	17	18	−1	2	IFF World Championships
3	4	Hungary	3	1	2	6	19	−13	2
4	2	Russia	3	1	2	15	29	−14	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) drawing of lots.

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2019 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification

Contents

Qualified teams

Qualification process

Summary

American qualification

Group composition

Group AMER

Asia-Oceania qualification

Group composition

Group A

Group B

Final round

Seventh place game

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final ranking

European qualification

Group composition

Group EUR1

Group EUR2

Group EUR3

Group EUR4

Ranking of third-placed teams

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