Most recent season or competition: 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships | |
Sport | Floorball |
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Founded | 1997 |
No. of teams | 16 (finals) |
Continent | International (IFF) |
Most recent champion(s) | Sweden (2023, 11th title) |
Most titles | Sweden (11 titles, the last in 2023) |
Official website | floorball.sport |
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), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct from the Men's World Floorball Championship. Originally played in May-June, the IFF decided in 2007 to move the tournament to early-December starting in 2008. [1]
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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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 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Team | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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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 | 14 |
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | 8th | 11th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 8th | 9 | |
Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 14th | 13th | 13th | 4 | |
Finland | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 14 | |
France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 1 | |
Germany | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | 11th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 7th | 10th | 10th | 11 | |
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 | 14 | |
Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
Norway | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 11th | 14 | |
Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 8 | |
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 | 7 | |
South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Sweden | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 14 | |
Switzerland | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 14 | |
Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 15th | 15th | – | 3 | |
United States | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 10th | 9th | – | 13th | 12th | 16th | 12th | 14th | 7 |
Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | No. | Cum. | ||
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 | 2 | 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 |
Year | Final venue | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||
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2004 Details | Tampere | Sweden | 6–5 | Finland | Switzerland | 4–3 | Latvia | ||
2006 Details | Leipzig | Sweden | 7–3 | Finland | Switzerland | 4–3 | Czech Republic | ||
2008 Details | Zbąszyń | Switzerland | 8–7 SD | Sweden | Finland | 4–3 | Poland | ||
2010 Details | Olomouc | Sweden | 6–4 | Finland | Czech Republic | 7–3 | Switzerland | ||
2012 Details | Nitra | Finland | 3–1 | Switzerland | Sweden | 6–3 | Czech Republic | ||
2014 Details | Zbąszyń | Sweden | 6–4 | Finland | Czech Republic | 5–2 | Switzerland | ||
2016 Details | Belleville | Sweden | 6–3 | Finland | Switzerland | 3–2 | Czech Republic | ||
2018 Details | St. Gallen | Sweden | 7–2 | Finland | Czech Republic | 3–1 | Poland | ||
2020 Details | Uppsala | Finland | 5–4 OT | Sweden | Czech Republic | 6–2 | Switzerland | ||
2022 Details | Katowice | Sweden | 5–4 OT | Czech Republic | Finland | 8–3 | Switzerland | ||
2024 Details | Lahti | Sweden | 4–2 | Finland | Czech Republic | 5–1 | Switzerland | ||
2026 Details [3] | Lignano Sabbiadoro |
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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1 | Sweden | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
2 | Finland | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
3 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Team | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
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Australia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 15 | 2 |
Austria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | – | 1 |
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 16 | 2 |
Czech Republic | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 7 | 2 |
Finland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Germany | 7 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
Hungary | 8 | 11 | – | – | 7 | 8 | – | – | – | 10 | 14 | 6 |
Italy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 12 | 2 |
Latvia | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | – | 7 | 8 | – | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 13 | 2 |
Norway | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Poland | – | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Russia | – | 9 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | – | – | 3 |
Singapore | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 1 |
Slovakia | – | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Sweden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
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