The 2015 Women's

World Floorball Championships The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF). It is held regularly in even years since 1996. In off y ...

is the tenth World Championships in women's

floorball Floorball (also known by other names) is a sport played with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. It is played indoors with sticks and a hollow plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three periods. The sport of bandy also playe ...

. The tournament took place in

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

in December 2015. Sixteen teams participated. Sweden won the tournament defeating Finland, 5-4, in the final game following a penalty shootout.

Qualification

All teams, apart from the host country (Finland), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications, and there will be a total of 5 qualification groups - one in the Americas, one in Asia-Oceania and three in Europe. For Sweden, this will be the first time that they have ever had to participate in any qualification event in any age group. France and New Zealand will be participating in the women's event for the first-ever time, while Great Britain are making a return after a 14-year absence.

Venues

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Playoff round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Placement round

13th–16th place

9th–12th place

5th–8th place

15th place

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Statistics

Final ranking

External links

Official site

References

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