Floorball at the 2025 World Games – Women's tournament
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  China |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 6 – 13 August |
| Teams | 8 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Finland |
Runners-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland |
The women's floorball tournament at the 2025 World Games was women's floorball tournament at the World Games, held from 6 to 13 August 2025 as part of the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.[1] This marks the first time, a women's tournament was held since the floorball tournaments for the 2017 and 2022 World Games were only for men.[2]
Finland won the tournament after defeating Sweden in the final. It was the first time since the 2001 World Championships, where Finland also won, that Sweden did not win a major tournament. In the third-place match, Switzerland defeated the Czech Republic.[3]
As in the previous men's tournaments at World Games, team rosters were limited to 14 players. Matches were shortened to three 15-minute periods (instead of the standard 20 minutes).[4]
Qualification
Five European teams qualified for the women's tournament based on their results at the 2023 World Championships. The United States and Canada competed for qualification in a tournament held from 2 to 4 August 2024 in Fredericton, Canada. In addition, the top two teams from the Asia–Oceania qualification for the 2025 World Championships, held from 18 to 22 March 2025, advanced to the World Games. Thailand also qualified for the World Games through the World Championship qualification, although it had withdrawn from the championship itself.[5][6][7]
| Qualification method | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified team |
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| European qualification – 2023 World Championships |
2–10 December 2023 |  Singapore |
5 | Sweden
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| Finland
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 Czech Republic
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| Switzerland
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 Slovakia
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| Americas qualification | 2–4 August 2024 | .svg.png){kind=small} Fredericton |
1 | Canada
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| Asian–Oceanian qualification – 2025 World Championships qualification |
18–23 March 2025 | Singapore |
2 | Singapore Thailand
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| Total | 8 | |||
Tournament format
In the group stage, teams played each other from 6 to 10 August 2025. The top two teams from each group advanced to a two-round play-off held between 11 and 13 August, while the remaining teams played for placement.
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | +34 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Switzerland
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 4 | |
| 3 | Slovakia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Thailand
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 54 | −51 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 6 August 2025 09:00 | Thailand | 2–21 (1–6, 0–9, 1–6) | Sweden | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| Alexandra Muller, Supasuta Thiptha | Goalies | Frida Görtz | Referees: Christian Friemel Erik Hesselberg | |
| 7 August 2025 11:15 | Switzerland | 8–2 (2–0, 2–1, 4–1) | Slovakia | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 8 August 2025 15:00 | Switzerland | 19–1 (9–0, 4–1, 6–0) | Thailand | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 9 August 2025 09:30 | Slovakia | 14–0 (6–0, 6–0, 2–0) | Thailand | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 9 August 2025 15:00 | Sweden | 7–3 (3–2, 0–0, 4–1) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 10 August 2025 11:45 | Sweden | 15–4 (5–0, 2–1, 8–3) | Slovakia | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Finland
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 2 | +57 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 4 | |
| 3 | Singapore
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Canada
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 66 | −65 | 0 | Seventh place game |
| 6 August 2025 15:45 | Finland | 36–0 (14–0, 12–0, 10–0) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 6 August 2025 20:15 | Czech Republic | 21–0 (5–0, 8–0, 8–0) | Singapore | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 8 August 2025 09:30 | Czech Republic | 16–0 (7–0, 8–0, 1–0) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 8 August 2025 19:30 | Singapore | 0–20 (0–5, 0–11, 0–4) | Finland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 9 August 2025 17:15 | Finland | 3–2 (0–1, 1–1, 2–0) | Czech Republic | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 10 August 2025 09:30 | Canada | 1–14 (0–4, 0–3, 1–7) | Singapore | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Final round
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 11 August | ||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||
| 13 August | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| Sweden | 2 | |||||
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| Finland | 3 | |||||
| Finland | 5 | |||||
| Switzerland | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 13 August | ||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||||
| Switzerland | 4 | |||||
Semifinals
| 11 August 2025 10:30 | Sweden | 3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Czech Republic | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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| 11 August 2025 16:30 | Finland | 5–1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Seventh place game
| 12 August 2025 13:00 | Thailand | 7–4 (2–1, 2–2, 3–1) | Canada | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Fifth place game
| 12 August 2025 16:30 | Slovakia | 13–2 (2–0, 8–1, 3–1) | Singapore | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Bronze medal game
| 13 August 2025 11:30 | Czech Republic | 3–4 (1–1, 0–3, 2–0) | Switzerland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Gold medal game
| 13 August 2025 17:45 | Sweden | 2–3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–2) | Finland | Xindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre, Chengdu |
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Final ranking
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Finland
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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| 4 | Czech Republic
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| 5 | Slovakia
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| 6 | Singapore
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| 7 | Thailand
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| 8 | Canada
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All-star team
Tournament all-star team:[8]
- Best goalkeeper: Miia Maaranen
- Best defenders: Moa Andersson, Jenna Saario
- Best forwards: Wilma Johansson, Veera Kauppi
- Best center: Vanessa Rebecca Keprtová
See also
References
- ^ "How to follow Floorball at The World Games 2025!". Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ s.r.o, Český florbal & eSports cz. "Světové hry 2025 v Číně: Premiéru si na nich odbude kategorie žen, Češi budou obhajovat bronz". www.ceskyflorbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "World Games: Chengdu 2025 Floorball gold goes to Sweden Men and Finland Women". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "World Games: Finland beat China 42-0 to set Floorball world record win". www.flashscore.com.
- ^ iDNES.cz, ČTK (10 December 2023). "Drama s bronzovou tečkou. České florbalistky na MS přehrály Švýcarsko". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Canada do the double and qualify for the 2025 Men's U19 WFC and their Women's team for TWG 2025". IFF Main Site. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "IFF CB Meeting News 4/2024 - General Assembly and ATC elections approaching". IFF Main Site. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "The World Games 2025 All-Star Teams". Retrieved 19 August 2025.