2025 Women's World Floorball Championships
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Czech Republic |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 5 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 held from 5 to 14 December 2025 in Brno and Ostrava in the Czech Republic.[1][2][3] Sweden are the 7-time defending champions.
Host selection[edit]
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 had also considered bidding for the 2026 Men's World Floorball Championships although this never materialised.[6]
The Czechs were given the hosting rights unopposed on 24 May 2023.[1][7][8] The Moravian-Silesian Region has given its financial support to this tournament.[2] Czech Floorball Federation president, Daniel Novák, said:[9]
"We are happy that the championship will return to a place where we all know it very well. In Ostrava they also hosted the Women's World Championship in 2013, and we also played here the men's World Championship group stage in 2008 and two great editions of the Superfinal and we must not forget the final tournament of the Champions Cup. All of these events that took place enjoyed great interest from fans and I believe that we will be able to build on them in terms of quality organization, and a great spectator backdrop".
Qualification[edit]
Qualification will be held in early 2025.
| Date | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | May 24, 2023 | 1 | Czech Republic
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| European Qualification 1 | 29 January–2 February 2025 | 11 | ||
| European Qualification 2 | 29 January–2 February 2025 | |||
| European Qualification 3 | 29 January–2 February 2025 | |||
| Americas Qualification | 2025 | 1 | ||
| Asia-Oceania Qualification | 2025 | 3 | ||
| Total | 16 | |||
Venues[edit]
Similar to 2013, Brno and Ostrava are the Czech venues.[1] The Czech Floorball Federation had considered using different arenas for the competition, but decided to choose the same facilities that held the 2013 edition.[5]
| Brno | Ostrava | |
|---|---|---|
| Vodova Aréna Capacity: 2,900 |
Ostravar Aréna Capacity: 10,000 | |
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Preparations[edit]
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.[10]
Marketing[edit]
On 4 April 2024, the logo was announced, 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.[11][12] A website was also created at the same time.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "IFF CB Meeting News 2/2023: WFC hosts awarded, Future of Floorball status and upcoming events". IFF Main Site. May 24, 2023.
- ^ a b "Tisková zpráva – Mistrovství světa žen ve florbale 2025 se uskuteční za podpory Moravskoslezského kraje i města Ostrava | Moravskoslezský kraj |". www.msk.cz.
- ^ Muzika, Rudolf (May 24, 2023). "Český florbal se raduje. Získal pořadatelství dalšího světového šampionátu". Deník.cz – via www.denik.cz.
- ^ "Český florbal chce získat další MS žen nejpozději do roku 2025 - Sport.cz". www.sport.cz. 12 December 2019.
- ^ a b "MS florbalistek znovu v Česku? Reálné jsou roky 2023 a 2025". iSport.cz.
- ^ https://dltaw1vhj9zy5.cloudfront.net/2022/11/Minutes-for-IFF-CB-meeting-11.11_final.pdf
- ^ "Events and Organisers 2023-2026". IFF Main Site.
- ^ "Ostrava bude roku 2025 hostit ženské mistrovství světa ve florbale". 14 December 2023.
- ^ s.r.o, Český florbal & eSports cz. "MS žen ve florbale 2025 proběhne za podpory Moravskoslezského kraje i města Ostrava | Český florbal". www.ceskyflorbal.cz.
- ^ Machova, Eliska (December 10, 2023). "Předseda NSA vystoupil na asociačním meetingu IFF v Singapuru". Národní sportovní agentura.
- ^ "No power like women power! Visual identity of WFC 2025 revealed". IFF Main Site. April 4, 2024.
- ^ s.r.o, Český florbal & eSports cz. "Žádná síla není jako ta ženská! Představujeme identitu MS 2025 | Český florbal". www.ceskyflorbal.cz.
- ^ "MS žen ve florbale 2025". wfc2025.cz.