The 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 14th edition of Women's World Floorball Championship. It was held from 2 to 10 December 2023 in Singapore, marking the first time since the 2005 that the event was held outside Europe. Sweden were the eight-time defending champion, and they made it nine with a 6–4 win over Finland in the final.
The tournament was criticized by sports journalists outside the host country due a low local promotion and consequently a very low ticket sales. Despite this, it was considered a success by the IFF.
Host selection
(withdrew)
Singapore and Thailand stated they wanted to bid for 2023, while Czech Republic chose to focus on a bid for 2025 after initially confirming an interest for 2023. When the application window ended, only Singapore made an official bid.
Singapore was awarded the hosting rights on 11 December 2020.
Qualification Thirteen nations returned from 2021. Italy and Thailand both failed to qualify after receiving wildcards for 2021, while Russia was banned from taking part due to its invasion of Ukraine. Those returning were Australia and Japan after withdrawing from 2021, while France made their World Championship debut.
Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Host nation 1 European Qualification 1 31 January–4 February 2023 Kocēni 12 European Qualification 2 31 January–4 February 2023 Kocēni European Qualification 3 31 January–4 February 2023 Lignano Sabbiadoro European Qualification 4 31 January–4 February 2023 Lignano Sabbiadoro Americas Qualification 25–26 February 2023 Toronto 1 Asia-Oceania Qualification 31 January – 5 February 2023 Chonburi 2 Total 16
Venues Two arenas were used, OCBC Arena and Singapore Indoor stadium, both within the Singapore Sports Hub.
Singapore Singapore Singapore Indoor StadiumCapacity: 12,000 OCBC ArenaCapacity: 3,000
Draw The draw took place on 6 April 2023 in the Park Royal in Singapore. The pots were based on the IFF rankings.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (H) (14) (15) (27)
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 25 May 2023. Times are SGT (UTC+8).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Play-off round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze-medal game
Final
Placement round
13th place Bracket
13–16th-place semifinals
15th-place game
13th-place game
9th place Bracket
9–12th-place semifinals
11th-place game
9th-place game
5th place Bracket
5–8th-place game
7th-place game
5th-place game
Final ranking
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Qualification for the 2025 World Games
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Awards Golden shoe Veera Kauppi
Team of the tournament Moa Andersson My Kippilä Lara Heini Veera Kauppi Wilma Johansson Oona Kauppi
References
External links Official website Official results Qualification report