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2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships

The 2024 Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships was the 11th edition of the championship. The tournament was played in Lahti, Finland, from 8–12 May.

Sweden defended their title, beating Finland 4–2 in the final.

This edition broke the record for the most attended Women's U-19 World Floorball Championships. The single game record was also broken, with the final attracting 1,965 spectators.

Bidding process

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Finland were the only bidders. The Finns were given the hosting rights on 23 February 2021.

Qualification tournament

The European qualification tournament decided the final three places at the championships. The tournament was played in Besançon, France, from 25–27 August 2023.

There were originally two spots on the line at this event but that increased to three after the United States (who had originally qualified automatically for the world championship) withdrew. France made their debut at women's U19 level.

The venue for the qualifying tournament was the Montboucons Gymnasium. The schedule was announced on 23 June 2023.



Qualified teams

Venues

The venues for the tournament are in Lahti at the . The facility has two arenas.

Squads

On 12 April 2024, the team lists were announced.

Draw

The draw took place on 2 September 2023 at 17:15 EET at the Energia Areena in Vantaa during the Nordic Challenge event in Finland.

Referees

Eight referee pairs were selected on 20 February 2024.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 6 October 2023. The times of some of the Arena B games were changed on 11 November 2023. Times are EEST (UTC+3).

Group A



Group B



Group C



Group D



Placement round

15th place game

Australia vs Canada

13th place game

New Zealand vs Hungary

11th place game

Singapore vs Italy

7th–10th placement bracket

Bracket

Latvia vs Denmark

Norway vs Germany

9th place game

Latvia vs Germany

7th place game

Denmark vs Norway

5th place game

Slovakia vs Poland

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

Czech Republic vs Finland

Sweden vs Switzerland

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standings

Awards

Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper
Defender
Centre
Forward

Source:

Preparations

Tickets

Ticket sales started on 19 October 2023, but tickets sold slowly. On 24 April 2024, previously sold tournament passes were put back on sale. But on 30 April, 200 tournament passes for the tournament were sold and a new batch of day passes were released.

Volunteers

The recruitment of volunteers started on 22 November 2023 and ended on 31 January 2024. Although, applications on volunteering for different roles was also announced on 4 April 2024. The organising committee have recruited 150 volunteers.

Televising rights

Finnish channel, YLE, has greed to televise the matches involving Finland in the tournament.

Postponement

The tournament was to take place from 1–5 May, but the event dates changed to 8–12 May after a booking problem with the venue delayed the event by a week.

3v3 World Championship

The event included the first 3v3 World Floorball Championships 2024, contested by both men's and women's teams. The competitions were held during the final weekend, on 11 and 12 May 2024.

In the men's tournament, 30 teams from 16 European countries, as well as Burkina Faso, India, New Zealand, Ivory Coast, and the United States, took part. The Latvian team won the tournament after defeating Sweden in the final.

In the women's tournament, 14 teams from 12 European countries and India competed. One of the Finnish teams won the tournament, also after defeating Sweden in the final.

References

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