2025 Women's World Floorball Championships
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Czech Republic |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 6 December – 14 December |
| Teams | 16 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 48 |
The 2025 Women's World Floorball Championships will be the 15th edition of this competition. It will be held from 6 to 14 December 2025 in Brno and Ostrava in the Czech Republic. It will be the second time that the Czech Republic hosts the Women's World Floorball Championships. The first time was in 2013, in the same cities.[1][2][3]
Sweden are the nine-time defending champions.
Host selection
In late 2019, the Czech Floorball Federation announced they were considering bidding for either the 2023 or 2025 edition. They ended up choosing to bid for 2025 after Singapore and Thailand stated they wanted to bid for 2023 as they wanted to give a country outside of Europe a chance to host (Singapore hosted the 2023 event).[4][5]
The Czechs were given the hosting rights unopposed on 24 May 2023.[1][6] The Moravian-Silesian Region has given its financial support to this tournament.[2]
Qualification
The final tournament will feature 16 national teams. The Czech Republic has secured its participation in advance as the host country. The remaining spots will be determined among the registered teams through regional qualifiers.
Two European qualifiers took place between January 29 and February 2, 2025, in Valmiera, Latvia, and Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. The Latvian qualifier included ten teams divided into two groups, with the top three teams from each group advancing. In Lignano Sabbiadoro, where the qualification tournament for the 2025 Men's U19 World Championships was also held, eight teams competed, divided also into two groups. The top two teams from each group qualified, along with the winner of the playoff match between the third-placed teams. For the first time since 2015, the Netherlands qualified for the championship.[7]
The American qualifier will take place from 8 to 10 March in Austin, USA.[8]
The Asia-Oceania qualifier will be held from 18 to 23 March in Singapore. Eight national teams will compete for three spots. The top two teams will also qualify for the 2025 World Games.[8]
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 24 May 2023 | 1 | Czech Republic
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| European Qualification 1 (10) | 28 January–2 February 2025 |  Valmiera |
11 |  Sweden Finland Latvia Norway Germany Estonia |
| European Qualification 2 (8) | 29 January–2 February 2025 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro |
 Switzerland Slovakia Poland Netherlands Denmark
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| Americas Qualification (2) | 8–10 March 2025 |  Austin |
1 | |
| Asia-Oceania Qualification (8) | 18–23 March 2025 |  Singapore |
3 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
Venues
The group stage matches will take place in Brno at the Vodova Sports Hall. For the play-offs, the tournament will move to Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava. The same venues hosted the championship in 2013.
In previous years, the Brno hall also hosted the 2021 Men's U19 World championships, while the Ostrava arena hosted the Czech floorball Superfinals in 2018 and 2019.[1][3]
| Brno | Ostrava | |
|---|---|---|
| Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,000 |
Sportovní hala Vodova Capacity: 2,900 | |
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Preparations
Chairman of the Czech National Sports Agency, Ondřej Šebek, went to Singapore during the 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships to speak at a meeting with the International Floorball Federation.[9]
Marketing
On 4 April 2024, the logo was was publicly disclosed, showcasing a W that stands for women. The logo is about how women have limitless power and was developed for many in cooperation with Czech national team players and players from the Czech league.[10][11] A website was also created at the same time.[12]
References
- ^ a b c "IFF CB Meeting News 2/2023: WFC hosts awarded, Future of Floorball status and upcoming events". IFF Main Site. 24 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Tisková zpráva – Mistrovství světa žen ve florbale 2025 se uskuteční za podpory Moravskoslezského kraje i města Ostrava". www.msk.cz (in Czech).
- ^ a b Muzika, Rudolf (24 May 2023). "Český florbal se raduje. Získal pořadatelství dalšího světového šampionátu". Deník.cz (in Czech) – via www.denik.cz.
- ^ "Český florbal chce získat další MS žen nejpozději do roku 2025". www.sport.cz (in Czech). 12 December 2019.
- ^ "MS florbalistek znovu v Česku? Reálné jsou roky 2023 a 2025". iSport.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Ostrava bude roku 2025 hostit ženské mistrovství světa ve florbale" (in Czech). 14 December 2023.
- ^ "European Teams qualify for the WFC 2025!". IFF Main Site. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Women's WFC 2025 AMER and AOFC Qualifications confirmed". IFF Main Site. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ Machova, Eliska (10 December 2023). "Předseda NSA vystoupil na asociačním meetingu IFF v Singapuru". Národní sportovní agentura (in Czech).
- ^ "No power like women power! Visual identity of WFC 2025 revealed". IFF Main Site. 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Žádná síla není jako ta ženská! Představujeme identitu MS 2025". www.ceskyflorbal.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "MS žen ve florbale 2025". wfc2025.cz (in Czech).