2020 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships
Floorball competition
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The 2020 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 9th world championships in women's under-19 floorball and held on 1 to 5 September 2021 in Uppsala, Sweden. Originally scheduled to take place on 6 to 10 May 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was rescheduled to 2021.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Sweden |
| Dates | 1–5 September 2021 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Finland |
Runners-up  | Sweden |
Third place  |  Czech Republic |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
Finland won their second World Championship ever and the first World Championship since 9 years. In the final Finland won host team Sweden on overtime 5–4. Czech Republic won bronze medal over Switzerland with numbers 6–2.
Venues
| Uppsala |
|---|
| IFU Arena |
Qualification
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Sweden | ||
| 2018 U-19 World Championship Div. A–B | 2–6 May 2018 |  St. Gallen, Herisau | 7 | Finland Germany Switzerland Czech Republic Poland Slovakia Latvia |
| European Qualification | 11–15 September 2019 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro | 1 |  Russia |
Tournament groups
After the group ballot, 9 teams are divided into 2 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches. The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the semi-final.[2]
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 6 | +24 | 6 | |
| 3 | Poland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Russia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | 7th–9th place game |
| 5 | Germany |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 1 |
Source: IFF Archived 18 March 2025 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 1 September 2021 9:00 | Finland | 9–0 (4–0, 3–0, 2–0) | Russia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 37 |
| 1 September 2021 11:30 | Poland | 1–6 (0–1, 0–2, 1–3) | Switzerland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 48 |
| 1 September 2021 16:45 | Germany | 1–13 (0–6, 1–4, 0–3) | Finland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 68 |
| 1 September 2021 19:45 | Russia | 2–6 (2–1, 0–4, 0–1) | Switzerland | IFU Arena B, Uppsala Attendance: 30 |
| 2 September 2021 9:00 | Poland | 4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0) | Germany | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 28 |
| 2 September 2021 11:30 | Switzerland | 4–3 (2–2, 2–0, 0–1) | Finland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 93 |
| 2 September 2021 16:45 | Russia | 0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) | Poland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 82 |
| 3 September 2021 9:00 | Switzerland | 1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) | Germany | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 68 |
| 3 September 2021 11:30 | Finland | 5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0) | Poland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 38 |
| 3 September 2021 16:45 | Germany | 0–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) | Russia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 73 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 4 | |
| 3 | Latvia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 36 | −28 | 2 | Fifth place game |
| 4 | Slovakia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 0 | 7th–9th place game |
Source: IFF Archived 20 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference;
All times are local (UTC+2).
| 1 September 2021 14:00 | Czech Republic | 16–0 (4–0, 6–0, 6–0) | Latvia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 27 |
| 1 September 2021 19:15 | Slovakia | 2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) | Sweden | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 122 |
| 2 September 2021 14:00 | Czech Republic | 10–2 (4–1, 3–0, 3–1) | Slovakia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 38 |
| 2 September 2021 19:15 | Latvia | 1–14 (1–2, 0–5, 0–7) | Sweden | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 79 |
| 3 September 2021 14:00 | Latvia | 7–6 (3–2, 3–2, 1–2) | Slovakia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 34 |
| 3 September 2021 19:15 | Sweden | 3–4 (2–0, 0–3, 1–1) | Czech Republic | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 300 |
Placement round
7th–9th place game
Seventh place game
Russia vs Slovakia
| 4 September 2021 10:30 | Russia | 2–3 (1–1, 0–1, 1–1) | Slovakia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 38 |
Eighth place game
Russia vs Germany
| 5 September 2021 9:30 | Russia | 3–4 (2–1, 0–0, 1–3) | Germany | IFU Arena A, Uppsala |
Fifth place game
Poland vs Latvia
| 4 September 2021 19:30 | Poland | 3–7 (1–0, 1–2, 1–5) | Latvia | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 37 |
Knock-out stage
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
A1 Switzerland | 5 | |||||
| 5 September | ||||||
B2 Sweden | 9 | |||||
W1 Sweden | 4 | |||||
| 4 September | ||||||
W2 Finland | 5 | |||||
B1 Czech Republic | 2 | |||||
A2 Finland | 5 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 September | ||||||
L1 Switzerland | 2 | |||||
L2 Czech Republic | 6 | |||||
Semifinals
Czech Republic vs Finland
| 4 September 2021 13:30 | Czech Republic | 2–5 (0–2, 1–0, 1–3) | Finland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 214 |
Switzerland vs Sweden
| 4 September 2021 16:30 | Switzerland | 5–9 (1–2, 1–5, 3–2) | Sweden | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 300 |
Bronze medal game
| 5 September 2021 12:30 | Switzerland | 2–6 (1–0, 0–3, 1–3) | Czech Republic | IFU Arena A, Uppsala |
Gold medal game
| 5 September 2021 15:30 | Sweden | 4–5 OT (1–1, 1–1, 2–2, 0–1) | Finland | IFU Arena A, Uppsala Attendance: 300 |
Final standings
 | Finland |
 | Sweden |
 | Czech Republic |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Latvia |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Germany |
| 9 | Russia |
Team of the tournament
- Goalkeeper
Viktorie Karasová
- Defender
Ulla Valtola- Vanessa Rebecca Keprtová
- Centre
Nellie Öhgren
- Forward
- Suvi Hämäläinen
- Maja Viström
Source:[3]