2019 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification

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
Last Total Streak
  SwitzerlandHosts24 September 201720171212Champions (2005)
 AustraliaAsia-Oceania qualification winner30 January 201920175512th place (2013, 2015)
 JapanAsia-Oceania qualification runner-up30 January 20192017758th place (2005)
 ThailandAsia-Oceania qualification 3rd place31 January 201920172213th place (2017)
 SingaporeAsia-Oceania qualification 4th place31 January 201920174310th place (2007)
 SwedenEuropean qualification Group 1 winner1 February 201920171212Champions (1997, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 FinlandEuropean qualification Group 2 winner2 February 201920171212Champions (1999, 2001)
 Czech RepublicEuropean qualification Group 3 winner2 February 2019201712123rd place (2011)
 PolandEuropean qualification Group 3 runner-up2 February 20192017666th place (2011)
 SlovakiaEuropean qualification Group 4 winner2 February 20192017555th place (2017)
 LatviaEuropean qualification Group 4 runner-up2 February 2019201712124th place (2007)
 NorwayEuropean qualification Group 1 runner-up3 February 2019201712123rd place (1997, 2001)
 GermanyEuropean qualification Group 2 runner-up3 February 20192017956th place (1999, 2015)
 DenmarkEuropean qualification best third-ranked team3 February 20192017776th place (2007)
 EstoniaEuropean qualification second-best third-ranked team3 February 201920172211th place (2017)
 United StatesAmerican qualification winner9 February 20192017669th 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)		 CanadaBrownstown Sports Center, Detroit
9 February 2019
19:10		Canada 1–7
(0–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 United StatesBrownstown Sports Center, Detroit

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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 25 2 +23 6 Final and IFF World Championships — 8–2 7–0 10–0
2  Thailand (H) 3 2 0 1 19 9 +10 4 Semifinals 2–8 — 6–1 11–0
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 5 15 −10 2 0–7 1–6 — 4–2
4  Philippines 3 0 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 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)		 PhilippinesIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Semifinals
31 January 2019
15:00		Thailand 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1, 1–0)		 MalaysiaIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok
31 January 2019
18:00		Singapore 10–4
(1–0, 4–0, 5–4)		 New ZealandIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Fifth place game
1 February 2019
12:00		Malaysia 5–4
(2–3, 3–0, 0–1)		 New ZealandIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Third place game
1 February 2019
12:00		Thailand 5–4
(3–0, 2–2, 0–2)		 SingaporeIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Final
1 February 2019
12:00		Australia 5–4 OT
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 1–0)		 JapanIndoor Stadium Huamark, Bangkok

Final ranking
Qualified for the 2019 Women's World Floorball Championships
RankTeam
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 Gdansk, Poland.

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 4 4 0 0 75 6 +69 8 IFF World Championships — 5–2 10–3 34–1 26–0
2  Poland (H) 4 3 0 1 36 7 +29 6 2–5 — 7–1 18–1 9–0
3  Estonia 4 2 0 2 26 19 +7 4 3–10 1–7 — 13–1 9–1
4  Italy 4 1 0 3 7 68 −61 2 1–34 1–18 1–13 — 4–3
5  Belgium 4 0 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 25 6 +19 6 IFF World Championships — 5–3 12–1 8–2
2  Latvia 3 2 0 1 20 8 +12 4 3–5 — 6–1 11–2
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2 1–12 1–6 — 4–1
4  Netherlands 3 0 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 D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 1  Denmark 3 1 0 2 21 17 +4 2 IFF World Championships
2 3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 17 18 −1 2
3 4  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 19 −13 2
4 2  Russia 3 1 0 2 15 29 −14 2
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) drawing of lots.
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