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2003 Women's World Floorball Championships

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2003 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates17–25 May
Teams18
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (2nd title)
Runner-up   Switzerland
Third place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played45
Goals scored395 (8.78 per match)
Attendance19,404 (431 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Anne Suomalainen (FIN)
 Johanna Ekeroth (SWE)
 Jonna Kettunen (FIN) (8 points)
MVP Anne Suomalainen (FIN)
 Johanna Ekeroth (SWE)
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The 2003 Women's World Floorball Championships was the fourth world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Bern, Gümligen and Wünnewil in Switzerland 17–24 May 2003. Sweden won the tournament, their second title defeating Switzerland, 8–1, in the final-game.[1]

Italy, Malaysia and USA made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

Division A

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The two groups consists of the seven best placed teams in the previous world championships plus Russia who won the B-division in that tournament. With Norway beating Sweden in the first round of the groupstage, Sweden received their first loss against another team than Finland. Despite this, Sweden ended up winning the tournament. With Germany losing the 7th place match to the Czech Republic, Germany were relegated to division B for the next tournament.

The two best placed teams of each group advances to semifinals while the two lower placed teams plays placement matches for 5th and 7th place respectively.

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Finland 3 3 0 0 23 3 +20 6
  Switzerland 3 2 0 1 17 6 +11 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 6 25 −19 2
 Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 6 22 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
18 May 2003
15:00

Finland 

3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

  Switzerland

Gümlingen

19 May 2003
14:00

Czech Republic 

2–5
(0–2, 1–2, 1–1)

 Russia

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
20:00

Switzerland 

8–2
(3–1, 1–0, 4–1)

 Czech Republic

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
20:00

Russia 

0–15
(0–5, 0–5, 0–5)

 Finland

Wünnewil

21 May 2003
17:00

Finland 

9–2
(3–1, 3–1, 3–0)

 Czech Republic

Gümlingen

21 May 2003
20:00

Switzerland 

8–1
(2–0, 2–1, 4–0)

 Russia

Gümlingen

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Norway 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 6
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 29 6 +23 4
 Latvia 3 1 0 2 8 24 −16 2
 Germany 3 0 0 3 8 29 −21 0
Source: [citation needed]
19 May 2003
17:00

Latvia 

5–4
(1–3, 2–0, 2–1)

 Germany

Gümlingen

19 May 2003
20:00

Sweden 

1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

 Norway

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
14:00

Norway 

10–1
(2–1, 3–0, 5–0)

 Germany

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
17:00

Sweden 

14–1
(4–0, 6–0, 4–1)

 Latvia

Wünnewil

21 May 2003
14:00

Norway 

6–2
(2–1, 3–0, 1–1)

 Latvia

Gümlingen

21 May 2003
20:00

Germany 

3–14
(0–5, 2–5, 1–4)

 Sweden

Wünnewil

Final stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
A1  Finland 4
B2  Sweden 5
B2  Sweden 8
A2   Switzerland 1
B1  Norway 3
A2   Switzerland 7 Third place
A1  Finland 4
B2  Norway 2
23 May 2003
17:00

Finland 

4–5
(3–0, 1–2, 0–3)

 Sweden

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

23 May 2003
20:00

Norway 

3–7
(0–1, 1–4, 2–2)

  Switzerland

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

24 May 2003
11:00

Latvia 

2–9
(0–3, 1–2, 1–4)

 Russia

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

24 May 2003
14:00

Czech Republic 

4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

 Germany

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

24 May 2003
17:00

Finland 

4–2
(2–0, 2–0, 0–2)

 Norway

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

24 May 2003
20:00

Sweden 

8–1
(1–5, 0–2, 0–1)

  Switzerland

Wankdorfhalle, Bern

Statistics

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Top scorers

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  Player G A P
1  Anne Suomalainen (FIN)
 Johanna Ekeroth (SWE)
8 1 9
3  Jonna Kettunen (FIN) 8 0 8
4  Lidiia Varshavskaia (RUS) 5 2 7
5  Hermine Dahlerus (SWE) 4 3 7
6  Petra Mäntynen (FIN) 0 7 7
7  Martina Metzäner (SUI) 4 2 6
8  Suvi Saukko (FIN)
 Baiba Jurusa (LAT)
 Satu Schilcher (FIN)
3 3 6

Division B

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The second division consists of all the teams from the same division in the previous tournament minus Russia who were promoted and Great Britain who didn't attend to the tournament. Austria, who were relegated from first division in the previous tournament and the three new teams: Italy, Malaysia and USA also played in the second division. Japan ended up winning the B-final versus Poland and became promoted to the first division for the next tournament.

The two best placed teams in each group advances to play B-semifinals while the lower placed teams plays placement matches versus the corresponding team from the other group.

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 4 4 0 0 27 11 +16 8
 Poland 4 3 0 1 24 15 +9 6
 United States 4 2 0 2 21 19 +2 4
 Austria 4 1 0 3 16 16 0 2
 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 8 35 −27 0
Source: [citation needed]
18 May 2003
10:00

Austria 

3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

 Poland

Gümlingen

18 May 2003
18:00

Malaysia 

1–8
(0–2, 0–2, 1–4)

 Austria

Gümlingen

18 May 2003
10:00

Japan 

8–4
(1–4, 5–0, 2–0)

 United States

Wünnewil


19 May 2003
11:00

United States 

7–4
(0–1, 5–3, 2–0)

 Austria

Wünnewil

19 May 2003
11:00

Poland 

5–6
(0–2, 2–1, 3–3)

 Japan

Gümlingen

19 May 2003
20:00

Poland 

9–5
(3–1, 4–3, 2–1)

 Malaysia

Wünnewil


20 May 2003
11:00

Austria 

1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

 Japan

Wünnewil

20 May 2003
17:00

Malaysia 

1–9
(0–5, 0–1, 1–3)

 United States

Wünnewil


20 May 2003
11:00

United States 

1–6
(1–1, 0–2, 0–3)

 Poland

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
17:00

Japan 

9–1
(2–0, 3–1, 4–0)

 Malaysia

Wünnewil

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Denmark 4 4 0 0 27 10 +17 8
 Italy 4 2 0 2 12 12 0 4
 Singapore 4 1 1 2 23 23 0 3
 Australia 4 1 1 2 16 21 −5 3
 Hungary 4 1 0 3 9 21 −12 2
Source: [citation needed]
18 May 2003
10:00

Denmark 

8–4
(4–1, 2–1, 2–2)

 Singapore

Wünnewil

18 May 2003
13:00

Australia 

2–3
(1–2, 0–1, 1–0)

 Hungary

Wünnewil

18 May 2003
21:00

Singapore 

8–8 (a.e.t)
(1–3, 4–4, 3–1, 0–0)

 Australia

Wünnewil

18 May 2003
21:00

Italy 

2–4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

 Denmark

Gümlingen


19 May 2003
14:00

Hungary 

2–6
(1–1, 1–3, 0–2)

 Denmark

Wünnewil

19 May 2003
17:00

Singapore 

3–4
(2–3, 1–0, 0–1)

 Italy

Wünnewil


20 May 2003
11:00

Denmark 

9–2
(3–0, 3–0, 3–2)

 Australia

Gümlingen

20 May 2003
14:00

Italy 

5–1
(1–0, 3–0, 1–1)

 Hungary

Wünnewil


21 May 2003
11:00

Hungary 

3–8
(0–2, 1–4, 2–2)

 Singapore

Wünnewil

21 May 2003
14:00

Australia 

4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

 Italy

Wünnewil

Final stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
C1  Japan 5
D2  Italy 4
C1  Japan 7
C2  Poland 6
D1  Denmark 3(0)
C2  Poland 3(1) Third place
D2  Italy 2
D1  Denmark 8

B-Semifinals

22 May 2003
18:00

Japan 

5–4
(0–1, 3–1, 2–2)

 Italy

Gümlingen

22 May 2003
21:00

Denmark 

3–3 (a.e.t)
(1–1, 2–0, 0–2, 0–0)
Pen: 0–1

 Poland

Gümlingen

17th place match

22 May 2003
09:00

Hungary 

4–2
(1–0, 1–1, 2–1)

 Malaysia

Gümlingen

15th place match

22 May 2003
12:00

Austria 

7–3
(2–1, 2–2, 3–0)

 Australia

Gümlingen

13th place match

22 May 2003
15:00

Singapore 

5–3
(1–1, 2–0, 2–2)

 United States

Gümlingen


11th place match

23 May 2003
21:00

Italy 

2–8
(0–3, 1–1, 1–4)

 Denmark

Gümlingen

9th place match

23 May 2003
14:00

Japan 

7–6 (a.e.t)
(2–2, 2–3, 2–1, 1–0)

 Poland

Gümlingen

Top scorers

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  Player G A P
1  Miho Koike (JPN) 11 5 16
2  Sachi Yokoe (JPN) 8 7 15
3  Chikae Ogawa (JPN) 6 8 14
4  Monika Waksmundzka (POL) 10 3 13
5  Ayako Takahashi (JPN) 10 2 12
6  Carmen Wastl (AUT)
 Jill Quek (SIN)
7 5 12
8  Karina Madsen (DEN) 10 1 11
9  Annukka Muuri (USA) 7 4 11
10  Johanna Breiding (USA) 6 4 10

Final standings

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All-star team

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Goalkeeper:  Kari Hånsnar Rinne (NOR)
Defender:  Simone Berner (SUI)
Defender:  Jenny Magnusson (SWE)
Centre:  Marisa Mazzarelli (SUI)
Forward:  Hermine Dahlerus (SWE)
Forward:  Suvi Saukko (FIN)

MVP:  Anne Suomalainen (FIN)
MVP:  Johanna Ekeroth (SWE)

References

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  1. ^ "Svenskt guld i damernas innebandy-VM". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 24 May 2003. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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