The 2025 Women's World Floorball Championships was the 15th edition of Women's World Floorball Championship, the biennial international floorball championship organised under the auspices of the IFF for the women's national teams across the world. It was held from 6 to 14 December 2025 in Brno and Ostrava in the Czech Republic. The final was in Ostrava. It was the second time that the Czech Republic hosted the Women's World Floorball Championships. The first time was in 2013, in the same cities.
Switzerland emerged victorious after defeating the Czech Republic in the final. For the Swiss team, it was the second victory in their history, having previously won in 2005. The Czech team reached the gold-medal match for the first time after defeating Finland for the first time at a World Championship in the semifinals. The Swedish team failed to win the tournament for the first time since 2005. It also lost its streak of 54 consecutive unbeaten matches at World Championships. In addition, Sweden lost the bronze-medal match against Finland and finished a World Championship without a medal for the first time.
The tournament set a record attendance of 67,736 spectators, surpassing the previous record from the 2019 championship. The final match also saw a record crowd of 8,844 spectators, exceeding the attendance of the 2015 tournament final.
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).
The Czechs were given the hosting rights unopposed on 24 May 2023. The Moravian-Silesian Region has given its financial support to this tournament. 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.
Qualification The final tournament features 16 national teams. The Czech Republic has secured its participation in advance as the host country. The remaining spots were determined among the registered teams through regional qualifiers.
Slot allocation Host country: 1 spot Americas: 1 spots Asia and Oceania: 3 spots Europe: 11 spots
Two European qualifiers took place between January 28 and February 1, 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 Italian qualification, held in conjunction with qualification tournament for the 2025 Men's U19 World Championships, 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 after a 10 year absence, replacing France.
The American qualifier took place from 8 to 10 March in Austin, USA, and the home team qualified.
The Asia-Oceania qualifier was held from 18 to 22 March in Singapore. Eight national teams divided into two groups competed for three spots. The top two teams also qualified for the 2025 World Games. The qualifying teams were to be determined in the play-offs, which included the top two teams from each group. Thailand, which had advanced to the final, withdrew from the championship in advance due to a scheduling conflict with the SEA Games, which it is hosting. As a result, the remaining three play-off participants automatically qualified for the championship. The knockout stage of the tournament then only served to determine the qualifiers for the World Games.https://archive.floorball.sport/2025/03/17/permission-for-thailand-to-not-participate-at-the-wfc-2025-even-if-they-qualify-for-said-event/
Qualified teams
Slots Qualified Appearance(s) Previous best performance Host nation 1 3rd 3rd 15 15 2023 3rd place (2011, 2023) European Qualification A 3 1st 1st 15 15 2023 Champions (eleven times) 9th 11th 15 15 2023 3rd place (1997, 2001) 10th 10th 12 8 2023 6th place (1999, 2015) European Qualification B 3 2nd 2nd 15 15 2023 Champions (1999, 2001) 7th 7th 15 15 2023 4th place (2007) 13th 13th 5 5 2023 11th place (2017) European Qualification C 2+1 4th 4th 15 15 2023 Champions (2005) 21st – 3 1 2015 13th place (2011) 8th 8th 10 10 2023 6th place (2007) European Qualification D 2 5th 5th 8 8 2023 5th place (2017, 2023) 6th 6th 9 9 2023 5th place (2019, 2021) Americas Qualification 1 14th 14th 9 6 2023 9th place (2007, 2011) Asia-Oceania Qualification 3 11th 9th 9 2 2023 8th place (2005) 15th 16th 7 2 2023 11th place (2019) 12th 12th 7 6 2023 10th place (2007)
Venues The group stage matches take place in Brno at the STAREZ Aréna Vodova. For the play-offs, the tournament will move to Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava. The same venues hosted the championship in 2013. Both venues will use two halls for the tournament.
+Tournament venues information Venue Ostravar Aréna Ranking brackets, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final 20 STAREZ Aréna Vodova Preliminary round, Play-off round 28
Overview of venues The Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava is the main venue for the tournament. The venue has played host to the Ice Hockey World Championships three times: in 2005, 2015 and 2024. Other notable events at the venue include the 1986 FIVB Women's Volleyball World Championship, 2005 UEFA Futsal Championship, 2008 Men's World Floorball Championships, 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women the Czech floorball Superfinals in 2018 and 2019. The STAREZ Aréna Vodova was used as the secondary arena for the event. The venue previously hosted the 1998 Men's World Floorball Championships, 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women, 2021 Men's U-19 World Floorball Championships and EuroBasket Women 2025. The venue has also hosted numerous basketball, floorball, handball and volleyball youth championships.
Ostrava Brno Ostravar ArénaCapacity: 10,000 STAREZ Aréna VodovaCapacity: 2,900
Draw
The draw took place at 14:55 CET on 20 March 2025 at the Lower Vítkovice Hall in Ostrava. The guests were Local Organising Committee General Secretary, Petr Chvojka, former Czech captain, Eliška Krupnová, Deputy Governor of the Moravian-Silesian Region, Jiří Veřmiřovský, President of the sports department in Brno, Martin Jelínek, Mayor of Ostrava, Jan Dohnal and IFF Secretary General John Liljelund, whom all assisted with the draw. The draw started with, in order, teams from pots 4 and 3 being placed into groups C and D, while the teams from pots 2 and 1 later being drawn into groups A and B.
Seeding The pots were based on the IFF rankings.
+ Pot 1Team12 (H)34 + Pot 2Team5678 + Pot 3Team9101112 + Pot 4Team13141521
Draw results + Group A TeamA1 A2 A3 A4 + Group B TeamB1 B2 B3 B4 + Group C TeamC1 C2 C3 C4 + Group D TeamD1 D2 D3 D4
Schedule
ScheduleRoundMatchdayDatePreliminary roundMatchday 1 6 December 2025Matchday 2 7 December 2025Matchday 3 8 December 2025Knockout stagePlay-off round 9 December 2025Quarter-finals 11–12 December 2025Semi-finals 13 December 2025Final 14 December 2025
Referees Eight referee pairs were selected on 15 September 2025.
Referees Nikola HusákováVáclav Patera Barbora BeranováLucie Hejnová Henrik SnellmanMona Vänskä Toni NergAnssi Saarinen Carmen TeoBinbin Lin Daniel HultbergEdo Sabanovic Jörgen AnderssonKevin Cardell Christian FriemelErik Hasselberg
Tournament format
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 quarter-finals. Teams placed third and fourth in group A and B and the teams placed first and second in group C and D go into the first play-off round (played before the quarter-finals).
Because the tournament is held in two cities, the schedule is slightly different from usual. The group stage is played over three days instead of the usual four. The play-off qualification round will already take place on the fourth day. On the fifth day, the teams advancing to the quarterfinals will have a rest day to transfer from Brno to Ostrava.
Preliminary round The schedule was announced on 24 June 2025. Times are CET (UTC+1)
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:
Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches.
If the ranking of one of these teams is determined, the above criteria are consecutively followed until the ranking of all teams is determined. If no ranking can be determined, a drawing of lots will decide the outcome.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Play-off round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze-medal game
Final
Placement round
13th place Bracket
13–16th-place semifinals
15th-place game
13th-place game
9th place Bracket
9–12th-place semifinals
11th-place game
9th-place game
5th place Bracket
5–8th-place game
7th-place game
5th-place game
Final ranking 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Awards
For the first time, the Most Valuable Player award was won by a member of the Czech team. For the first time, the All-Star Team included three Czech players and no Swedish players.
Golden shoe
Team of the tournament Goalkeeper: Defenders: , Center: Veera Kauppi Forwards: ,
Preparations Chairman of the , , went to Singapore during the 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships to speak at a meeting with the International Floorball Federation. On 12 December 2023, the Moravian-Silesian Region and city of Ostrava announced their support for the tournament, with 3 million Czech koruna. On 28 November 2024, KFC was announced as a sponsor for the tournament. On 24 January 2025, president of the Czech Floorball Federation, Daniel Novák said their aim is to fill out stands plus reaching out and positively addressing the widest possible public, even outside of floorball or sports in general. On 17 April 2025, in connection with the tournament, the Czech Floorball Federation announced the project FLOORBALL POWER, aiming to help individuals and floorball clubs across the country to be active. On 22 October 2025, the mascots duo was shown for the first time, with one named Florian and the other one's name being decided by a vote. On 10 November 2025, the name, Floora, was announced as the name of the mascot. Floora was chosen after receiving the highest number of votes among four potential options.
Tickets On 4 December 2024, a pre-sale priority phase for people with a Czech floorball ID account was opened. On 11 December 2024, the first set of tickets were put out. On 26 June 2025, a second batch of tickets were put on sale. The third wave of tickets were released on 9 September 2025, with single-game tickets now available.
Official tickets website Official tickets website
Marketing On 4 April 2024, the logo 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. A website was also created at the same time.
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References
External links
Official website Official results