The 2017 Ball Hockey World Championship was the 12th ball hockey world championship, held in Pardubice, Czech Republic. Pardubice was announced as the host city in January 2015. It was the third time the championship was held in the Czech Republic after the 1998 and 2009 championships, which took place in Litoměřice and Plzeň, respectively.
18 men's teams took part in the tournament, which began on 1 June 2017 with the opening match of Slovakia versus India. Slovakia entered the tournament as the defending champions, having won the last two world championships. The women's competition began two days later, on 3 June.
Venue Pardubice Tipsport arenaCapacity: 10,300
Participants
Division A Group A1 Canada Finland Greece India Slovakia Group A2 Czech Republic Italy Portugal Switzerland USA
Division B Group B1 Bermuda France Great Britain Lebanon Group B2 Armenia Cayman Islands Haiti Hong Kong
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 20 January 2017.
Division A Group A1
Group A2
Division B Group B1
Group B2
Group B3
Group B4
Knockout stage Seventeenth place game
13th to 16th playoff Semifinals
Fifteenth place game
Thirteenth place game
9th to 12th playoff Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Quarterfinals
5th to 8th playoff Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standings RankCountry 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Awards and honors Women’s tournament Most Valuable Player: Kateřina Zechovská, Czech Republic Leading Scorer: Jamie Lee Rattray, Canada Best goalkeeper: Zuzana Tomčíková, Slovakia Best defenseman: Kristen Cooze, Canada Best forward: Denisa Křížová, Czech Republic Tournament All-stars: Rachel Jackson (Great Britain) Veronika Volkova (Czech Republic) Stephanie Caban (USA) Taylor Stedman (USA) Lucie Manhartová (Czech Republic) Alicia Furletti Blomberg (Italia) Fair-play award: Team Great Britain
References
External links Official website