Floorball at the 2025 World Games

Floorball
at the 2025 World Games
VenueXindu Xiangcheng Sports Centre
Dates6–13 August 2025
No. of events2
Competitors16 teams from 11 nations

The floorball competition at the 2025 World Games will take place in Chengdu, China. Both a men's and women's tournaments will be held, with the women's tournament taking place for the first time.

Time

For the 2025 World Games, each floorball game consist of three 15-minute periods instead of the standard 20-minutes each (45 Min instead of 60 Min).[1][2][3][4][5]

Qualification

Qualification summary

Nation Men's Women's Athletes
 Canada Yes Yes
 China Yes
 Czech Republic Yes Yes
 Finland Yes Yes
 Latvia Yes
 Philippines Yes
 Singapore Yes
 Slovakia Yes
 Sweden Yes Yes
 Switzerland Yes Yes
 Thailand Yes
Total: 11 NOCs 8 8

Men's

Qualification for the men's floorball tournament was determined through the 2024 Men's World Floorball Championships. The China as host were given an outright berth for the men's tournament.[6]

Qualification method[6] Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation — — 1  China
2024 Men's World Floorball Championships Asia-Oceania[7] 7–15 December 2024 Sweden 1  Philippines
Europe[8] 5  Finland
 Sweden
 Czech Republic
 Latvia
  Switzerland
2024 Men's World Floorball Championships – Americas qualification 17–18 February Canada Toronto 1  Canada
Total 8

Women's

Qualification of European teams for the women's floorball tournament was determined through the 2023 Women's World Floorball Championships. There was separate Americas qualification in August 2024. Asian–Oceanian teams will qualify from the 2025 Championships qualification in March 2025.[9][10][11]

Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
European qualification –
2023 Women's World Floorball Championships		 2–10 December 2023 Singapore 5  Sweden
 Finland
 Czech Republic
  Switzerland
 Slovakia
Americas qualification 2–4 August 2024 Canada Fredericton 1  Canada
Asian–Oceanian qualification –
2025 Women's World Floorball Championships qualification		 18–23 March 2025 Singapore 2  Singapore
 Thailand
Total 8

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's tournament
  Sweden
    • Jon Hedlund
    • Filip Wramdemark
    • Malte Lundmark
    • Albin Sjögren
    • Oskar Weissbach
    • Hampus Nydenfeldt
    • Filip Eriksson
    • Sakarias Ulriksson
    • Linus Holmgren
    • Oscar Magnusson Lindholm
    • Niklas Ramirez
    • Oskar Hovlund
    • Emil Kalentun
    • Måns Parsjö
  Finland
    • Eemeli Salin
    • Oskari Heikkilä
    • Juho Repo
    • Eemeli Akola
    • Miska Mäkinen
    • Markus Laakso
    • Joona Rantala
    • Luukas Hyvärinen
    • Sami Johansson
    • Juuso Ahola
    • Otto Lehkosuo
    • Alpo Laitila
    • Waltteri Vesterinen
    • Oskari Fäldén
  Czech Republic
    • Lukáš Punčochář
    • Filip Zakonov
    • Adam Hemerka
    • Adam Zubek
    • Marek Benes
    • Matěj Havlas
    • Ondřej Němeček
    • Tomáš Hanák
    • Tomáš Jurco
    • Jakub Bursík
    • Adam Delong
    • Filip Langer
    • Josef Rypar
    • Lukáš Bauer
Women's tournament
  Finland
    • Alma Laitila
    • Daniela Westerlund
    • Suvi Hämäläinen
    • Ulla Valtola
    • Sofia Mittentag
    • Oona Kauppi
    • Veera Kauppi
    • Milla Nordlund
    • Emilia Pietilä
    • Natalia Pitkäkangas
    • Julia Saarinen
    • My Kippilä
    • Jenna Saario
    • Miia Maaranen
  Sweden
    • Ellen Rasmussen
    • Maja Viström
    • Wilma Johansson
    • Matilda Lindgren
    • Mira Markström
    • Nellie Ögren
    • Ida Sundberg
    • Emelie Wibron
    • Moa Andersson
    • Frida Görtz
    • Lisa Carlsson
    • Hanna Nordstrand
    • Lovisa Hedin
    • Ellen Lundin
   Switzerland
    • Ladina Tondury
    • Naja Ritter
    • Laila Ediz
    • Céline Stettler
    • Seraina Fitzi
    • Doris Berger
    • Isabelle Gerig
    • Norina Reusser
    • Nina Metzger
    • Marcia Wick
    • Linn Larsson
    • Anja Wyss
    • Lara Heini
    • Chiara Gredig

Source: 1, 2

Results

Men's tournament

Main article: Floorball at the 2025 World Games – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 26 3 +23 6 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 23 11 +12 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 16 13 +3 2 Fifth place game
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 3 41 −38 0 Seventh place game
Source: TWG 2025
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 74 3 +71 6 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 67 9 +58 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 17 54 −37 2 Fifth place game
4  China (H) 3 0 0 3 1 93 −92 0 Seventh place game
Source: TWG 2025
(H) Hosts

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 August
 
 
 Sweden (ET)5
 
13 August
 
 Czech Republic4
 
 Sweden2
 
11 August
 
 Finland1
 
 Finland4
 
 
  Switzerland0
 
Third place
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Czech Republic7
 
 
  Switzerland2

Women's tournament

Main article: Floorball at the 2025 World Games – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 43 9 +34 6 Semifinals
2   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 30 10 +20 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 20 23 −3 2 Fifth place game
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 3 54 −51 0 Seventh place game
Source: TWG 2025
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 59 2 +57 6 Semifinals
2  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 39 3 +36 4
3  Singapore 3 1 0 2 14 42 −28 2 Fifth place game
4  Canada 3 0 0 3 1 66 −65 0 Seventh place game
Source: TWG 2025

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 August
 
 
 Sweden3
 
13 August
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Sweden2
 
11 August
 
 Finland3
 
 Finland5
 
 
  Switzerland1
 
Third place
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 
  Switzerland4

Ranking

Men

Rank Team M GF GA GD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden 5–0 33 8 +25
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland 4–1 79 5 +74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czech Republic 3–2 78 16 +61
4   Switzerland 2–3 25 22 +3
5  Latvia 2–2 28 16 +12
6  Canada 1–3 20 66 -46
7  Philippines 1–3 17 41 -24
8  China 0–4 1 107 -106

Women

Rank Team M GF GA GD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Finland 5–0 67 5 +62
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 4–1 54 13 +41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland 3–2 35 18 +17
4  Czech Republic 2–3 43 10 +33
5  Slovakia 2–2 33 25 +8
6  Singapore 1–3 16 55 -39
7  Thailand 1–3 10 58 -48
8  Canada 0–4 5 73 -68

References

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