2001 Women's World Floorball Championships

2001 Women's World Floorball Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Latvia
Dates	20–27 May
Teams	16
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	280 (7.78 per match)
Attendance	7,671 (213 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR) (7+6)
MVP	Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)
← 1999 2003 →

The 2001 Women's World Floorball Championships was the third world championship in women's floorball. The games were played in Riga, Latvia 20–27 May 2001. Finland ended up as champions, thus they became the first team to win their second title. In the final-game Finland defeated Sweden, 2-0.^[1]

Great Britain, Hungary & Poland made their first appearances in the women's floorball world championships.

Division A

The 8 teams of the first division consists of the 7 best placed teams from the highest division the previous tournament plus Austria, the winner of division B the previous tournament. As with both the earlier world championships, the top four positions were taken by Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland with Finland as the champions. Austria lost the 7th place match versus Germany and was then relegated back to division B for the next tournament.

Results

The two best placed teams in each group advances to the semifinals. The lower placed teams face up against the corresponding team from the other group for placement matches.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Finland	3	3	0	26	2	+24	6
Norway	3	2	1	16	2	+14	4
Czech Republic	3	1	2	8	12	−4	2
Austria	3	0	3	1	35	−34	0


20 May 2001 18:15	Finland	2 - 1 (1-1, 0-0, 1-0)	Norway	Riga


20 May 2001 20:30	Czech Republic	7 - 1 (1-0, 1-0, 5-1)	Austria	Riga


22 May 2001 13:00	Norway	12 - 0 (3-0, 3-0, 6-0)	Austria	Riga


22 May 2001 15:30	Finland	8 - 1 (4-0, 1-0, 3-1)	Czech Republic	Riga


24 May 2001 13:00	Czech Republic	0 - 3 (0-1, 0-1, 0-1)	Norway	Riga


24 May 2001 15:30	Austria	0 - 16 (0-2, 0-6, 0-8)	Finland	Riga

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	30	2	+28	6
Switzerland	3	2	1	13	3	+10	4
Latvia	3	1	2	6	11	−5	2
Germany	3	0	3	1	34	−33	0


21 May 2001 18:15	Switzerland	1 - 2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)	Sweden	Riga


21 May 2001 20:30	Germany	0 - 5 (0-2, 0-1, 0-2)	Latvia	Riga


22 May 2001 18:00	Sweden	9 - 0 (1-0, 4-0, 4-0)	Latvia	Riga


22 May 2001 20:30	Switzerland	10 - 0 (2-0, 2-0, 6-0)	Germany	Riga


24 May 2001 18:00	Germany	1 - 19 (0-6, 1-8, 0-5)	Sweden	Riga


24 May 2001 20:30	Latvia	1 - 2 (0-0, 1-2, 0-0)	Switzerland	Riga

Final stage

Semifinals			Final

A1	Finland	3
B2	Switzerland	2
			A1	Finland	2
			B1	Sweden	0
B1	Sweden	4
A2	Norway	3	Third place

			B2	Switzerland	3
			A2	Norway	4


25 May 2001 18:00	Germany	2 - 1 (1-0, 0-1, 1-0)	Austria	Riga


26 May 2001 13:00	Finland	2 - 3 (2-0, 0-0, 1-2)	Switzerland	Riga


26 May 2001 16:00	Sweden	4 - 3 (2-1, 0-0, 2-2)	Norway	Riga


27 May 2001 10:00	Czech Republic	4 - 4 (a.e.t) (1-1, 2-1, 1-2, 0-0) Pen: 1-0	Latvia	Riga


27 May 2001 12:30	Switzerland	4 - 3 (1-1, 0-2, 3-0)	Norway	Riga


27 May 2001 15:00	Finland	2 - 0 (0-0, 1-0, 1-0)	Sweden	Riga

Statistics

Top scorers

	Player	G	A	P
1	Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)	7	6	13
2	Anna Gustafsson (SWE)	6	3	9
3	Hermine Dahlerus (SWE)	6	1	7
4	Jonna Kettunen (FIN)	5	2	7
5	Susann Simolin (FIN)	3	4	7
6	Mirca Anderegg (SUI)	3	3	6
7	Lena Birath (SWE)	1	5	6
8	Natalie Stadelmann (SUI) Ingrid Gigstad (NOR)	4	1	5
10	Camilla Granelid (SWE) Satu Schilcher (FIN)	3	2	5

Division B

The second division consisted of the 4 bottom placed teams from the last tournament plus three new teams Great Britain, Hungary, Poland and Russia who were relegated from the top division following their withdrawal from the previous tournament. Russia did however get promoted back to the top division for the next tournament after a clean sweep, beating Denmark in the division final with 14-1 and having a total goal difference by +60.

Results

The two best placed teams from each group advances to B-semifinals. The rest of the teams advances to play the corresponding team from the other group i placement matches.

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	36	4	+32	6
Singapore	3	2	1	8	19	−11	4
Japan	3	1	2	6	13	−7	2
Great Britain	3	0	3	2	16	−14	0


20 May 2001 09:00	Russia	10 - 2 (3-0, 4-1, 3-1)	Japan	Riga


20 May 2001 11:15	Singapore	4 - 1 (1-0, 1-1, 2-0)	Great Britain	Riga


21 May 2001 13:30	Japan	3 - 1 (2-0, 0-1, 1-0)	Great Britain	Riga


21 May 2001 15:45	Russia	17 - 2 (8-2, 4-0, 5-0)	Singapore	Riga


23 May 2001 13:00	Great Britain	0 - 9 (0-1, 0-4, 0-4)	Russia	Riga


23 May 2001 15:30	Singapore	2 - 1 (0-0, 1-0, 1-1)	Japan	Riga

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	14	5	+9	5
Poland	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	12	7	+5	3
Hungary	3	0	0	3	3	20	−17	0


20 May 2001 13:30	Australia	1 - 5 (0-2, 0-1, 1-2)	Denmark	Riga


20 May 2001 15:45	Poland	4 - 1 (2-1, 0-0, 2-0)	Hungary	Riga


21 May 2001 09:00	Denmark	7 - 2 (1-0, 4-1, 2-1)	Hungary	Riga


21 May 2001 11:15	Australia	2 - 2 (1-1, 1-1, 0-0)	Poland	Riga


23 May 2001 18:00	Hungary	0 - 9 (0-1, 0-3, 0-5)	Australia	Riga


23 May 2001 20:30	Poland	2 - 2 (1-0, 0-1, 1-1)	Denmark	Riga

Placement matches


25 May 2001 10:30	Hungary	4 - 1 (2-0, 1-1, 1-0)	Great Britain


25 May 2001 13:00	Russia	17 - 2 (7-1, 3-0, 7-1)	Poland


25 May 2001 15:30	Denmark	5 - 4 (2-0, 0-3, 3-1)	Singapore


25 May 2001 20:30	Japan	3 - 0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)	Australia


26 May 2001 10:00	Poland	2 - 4 (1-2, 0-1, 1-1)	Singapore


26 May 2001 19:00	Russia	14 - 1 (4-0, 6-0, 4-1)	Denmark

Statistics

Top scorers

	Player	G	A	P
1	Liubov Serebryakova (RUS)	16	4	20
2	Elena Mouravieva (RUS)	11	9	20
3	Olga Serebriakova (RUS)	7	9	16
4	Olga Makarova (RUS)	5	11	16
5	Olga Skvortsova (RUS)	4	7	11
6	Elena Makarova (RUS)	4	3	7
7	Yulia Sadretdinova (RUS) Jill Quek (SIN)	6	0	6
9	Svetlana Poukhova (RUS) Tina Jensen (DEN)	4	2	6

Final standings

Division A

01 !	Finland
02 !	Sweden
03 !	Norway
4	Switzerland
5	Czech Republic
6	Latvia
7	Germany
8	Austria

*Austria relegated to division B for 2003

Division B

1	Russia
2	Denmark
3	Singapore
4	Poland
5	Japan
6	Australia
7	Hungary
8	Great Britain

*Russia promoted to division A for 2003

All-star team

The pick of Latvian Rudite Danovska as the best goalkeeper in the tournament made her the first player outside of Sweden, Findland, Norway and Switzerland to be included in a world championship all-star team. Birgitte Lersbryggen was included in the all-star team for her second back-to-back tournament.

Goalkeeper: Rudite Danovska (LAT)
Defender: Paula Jouhten (FIN)
Defender: Jenny Wiklund (SWE)
Centre: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)
Forward: Hermine Dahlerus (SWE)
Forward: Anna Gustafsson (SWE)

MVP: Birgitte Lersbryggen (NOR)

References

↑ "VM-guld till Finland igen" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 4 February 2017.

Floorball World Championships

Men's

Division A	1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Division B	1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Division C	2004 2006 2008
Qualifying	2010 2012 2014 2016

Women's

Division A	1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Division B	1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
Qualifying	2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Men's U-19

Division A	2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Division B	2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
Qualifying	2007 2009 2011

Women's U-19

Division A	2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Division B	2008 2010

University

Men's	2002 2006 2008 2010
Women's	2008 2010

List of floorball world champions

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2001 Women's World Floorball Championships

Division A

Results

Group A

Group B

Final stage

Statistics

Top scorers

Division B

Results

Group C

Group D

Placement matches

Statistics

Top scorers

Final standings

All-star team

See also

References