The 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 14th edition of this

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. It was held from 2 to 10 December 2023 in

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, marking the first time that it was not in Europe since

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were the 8-time defending champion, and they made it nine with a 6–4 win over

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in the final.

Host selection

* * * (withdrew)

and

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stated they wanted to bid for 2023, while Czech Republic chose to focus on a bid for

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after initially confirming an in bid for 2023. Singapore was awarded the hosting rights on 11 December 2020.

Qualification

Thirteen nations returned from

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and

both failed to qualify after receiving wildcards for

, while

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is currently banned from taking part due to the

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. Those returning are

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and

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after withdrawing from

, while

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is making their World Championship debut.

Venues

Two arenas are used, OCBC Arena and Singapore Indoor stadium, both within the

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Draw

The draw took place on 6 April 2023 in the Park Royal in

. The pots was based on the

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rankings.

Preliminary round

Times are

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(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

Awards

Golden shoe

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Team of the tournament

* Moa Andersson * My Kippilä * Lara Heini *

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* Oona Kauppi

References

External links

Official websiteQualification report
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International sports competitions hosted by Singapore

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