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NewsWomen´s WFCQ 2017 EUR 2 - MVPsIn the Women´s WFCQ European Groups no All Star Teams were elected. Instead, a Most Valued Player (MVP) was ... — 5.2.2017 Women´s WFCQ 2017 EUR 2 - Final dayPoland secured their place in the WFC final round by winning against Russia. Home crowd cheered as Italy won their f... — 5.2.2017 Women´s WFCQ EUR 3 - Final dayEstonia and Germany both took strong wins during the last day of WFCQ 2017 EUR 3. Germany ensured their place in the WFC... — 5.2.2017 Women´s WFC 2017 Qualifications - EUR2 & 3 - Italy1st - 5th February 2017 |
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 | Finland (2) |  | Switzerland (3) |
 | Poland (7) |  | Germany (6) |
 | Russia (11) |  | Netherlands (14) |
 | Italy (22) |  | Estonia (20) |
 | Great Britain (26) |  | Austria (27) |
*Numbers in brackets show the current ranking based on the results from the last two WFC events.
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of each team in EUR2:
FIN: #21 Nina Rantala
POL: #88 Malgorzata Pazio
RUS: #8 Vera Pelevina
ITA: #13 Linda Pedrazzoli
GBR: #1 Laura Hunter
The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of each team in EUR3:
SUI: #21 Corin Ruttimann
GER: #25 Anne-Marie Mitz
NED: #22 Faybienne Kollau
EST: #22 Kati Kutisaar
AUT: #16 Vera Gebert
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A total of 32 teams have registered for the 11th Women´s World Floorball Championships 2017 - a new record. Four countries will make their debut at this level - Ukraine, Iran, Thailand & China. For Ukraine, Iran and China this will be the first-ever international appearance for their women´s team, while Thailand will be hoping to follow up from their strong international start at the 2015 SEA Games, where they finished second to Singapore. Slovenia, Austria, Korea & Malaysia are all returning after a break of several years from competing at this level.
All teams, apart from the host country (Slovakia), will have to qualify for the Final Round via the qualifications. After being exempt from the qualifications in 2015 due to their hosting of the final event, this will be the first time that the Finnish women´s team have ever participated in a qualification round for WFC.
In Europe, there will be four qualification groups with two event locations - EUR 1 & EUR 4 will play in Madrid, Spain, while EUR 2 & EUR 3 will be hosted by Celano, Italy. Other regional qualifications will be held in the Americas and Asia-Oceania.
Qualification System
In Europe, each team will play once against each of the other teams in their group. Based on the results from these group matches, a total of 10 teams will qualify according to the following:
- The two best teams from each qualification group will qualify; and
- The the two best 3rd placed teams will qualify.
The calculation of the best 3rd teams will follow this order: 1. Average number of points 2. Average goal difference 3. Average scored goals 4. Lottery drawing
From Americas 1 team will qualify and from AOFC the top 4 teams will qualify.
Final Round
Slovakia will for the first time host an adult World Championship final round event. They are experienced IFF event organisers, having hosted the Women´s U19 WFC, WFC Qualifications for both men & women, and several EuroFloorball Cup events.
WFC 2017 will be played in Bratislava in two arenas - Arena Ondreja Nepelu & Hant Arena, which are located 500m from each other in central Bratislava. The main arena, renovated in 2011, can seat 10,000 spectators and is used mainly for ice hockey and concerts.
