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2001 Women's World Floorball Championships
The 2001 Women's World Floorball Championships was the third world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Riga, Latvia 20–27 May 2001. Finland ended up as champions, thus they became the first team to win their second title. In the final-game Finland defeated Sweden, 2–0. Great Britain, Hungary & Poland made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships. Division A The 8 teams of the first division consists of the 7 best placed teams from the highest division the previous tournament plus , the winner of division B the previous tournament. As with both the earlier world championships, the top four positions were taken by , , and with Finland as the champions. Austria lost the 7th place match versus and was then relegated back to division B for the next tournament. The two best placed teams in each group advances to the semifinals. The lower placed teams face up against the corresponding team from the other group for placement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birgitte Lersbryggen
Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget (given name), Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit (other), Birgit and Britta became common names in Scandinavia because of St. Bridget of Sweden.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. (1990). A dictionary of first names. Oxford University Press. People named Birgitta *Birgitta Dahl (1937–2024), Swedish politician *Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 – 23 July 1373), Swedish Roman Catholic saint *Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937–2024), elder sister of Carl XVI Gustaf, King Carl XVI Gustaf *Birgitta Durell (1619–1683), Swedish industrialist *Birgitta Jónsdóttir (born 1967), Icelandic politician *Birgithe Kühle (1762–1832), Dano-Norwegian editor *Birgitta Moran Farmer (1881–1939), American miniature painter *Birgitta Haukdal (born 1979), Icelandic singer *Birgitte Winther (1751–1809), Danish o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |