2017 Ball Hockey World Championship

2017 Ball Hockey World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	1 – 10 June 2017
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The 2017 Ball Hockey World Championship will be the 12th ball hockey world championship, and will be held in Pardubice, Czech Republic. The tournament began on 1 June 2017, and the gold medal game was played on 10 June 2017. Slovakia entered the tournament as the defending champions. The Canadian women's national ball hockey team with the bronze medal in women's play, while the United States qualified for the gold medal game for the first time in tournament history.

Venue

Pardubice
Tipsport arena
Capacity: 10,300

Participants

Division A

Group A

Group B

Czech Republic
Italy
Portugal
Switzerland
USA

Division B

Group C

Group D

Armenia
Cayman Islands
Haiti
Hong Kong

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 20 January 2017.^[1]

Division A

Group A

Team advanced to quarter-finals

Team advanced to playoff round

Team advanced to 11th-18th place playoff

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 June 2017
14:00

Slovakia

3 – 1
(3–1, 0–0, 0–0)

India

1 June 2017
20:30

Canada

4 – 3
(1–0, 1–1, 1–2, 1-0)

Greece

2 June 2017
13:30

India

3 – 0

Greece

2 June 2017
16:00

Finland

1 – 3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

3 June 2017
14:00

Finland

1 – 7

Canada

3 June 2017
21:30

Slovakia

3 – 1

Greece

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 June 2017
18:00

Czech Republic

6 – 0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Division B

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 June 2017
14:00

France

4 – 3
(1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Great Britain

Group B

Team	Pld	W	Pts
Armenia	1	1	2
Hong Kong	0	0	0
Haiti	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

1 June 2017
18:20

Haiti

7 – 5
(3–2, 1–3, 3–0)

Cayman Islands

1 June 2017
20:40

Armenia

4 – 3
(2–0, 1–0, 0–3, 1-0)

Hong Kong

Final

Rank	Country
	Slovakia
	Canada
	Czech Republic
4	Greece
5	United States
6	Portugal
7	Switzerland
8	India
9	Finland
10	Italy
11	France
12	Haiti
13	Hong Kong
14	United Kingdom
15	Armenia
16	Cayman Islands
17	Lebanon
18	Bermuda

Awards and honors

Women’s tournament

Most Valuable Player: Kateřina Zechovská, Czech Republic^[2]
Leading Scorer: Jamie Lee Rattray, Canada
Best goalkeeper: Zuzana Tomčíková, Slovakia
Best defenseman: Kristen Cooze, Canada
Best forward: Denisa Křížová, Czech Republic
Tournament All-stars:
- Rachel Jackson (Great Britain)
- Veronika Volkova (Czech Republic)
- Stephanie Caban (USA)
- Taylor Stedman (USA)
- Lucie Manhartová (Czech Republic)
- Alicia Furletti Blomberg (Italia)
Fair-play award: Team Great Britain

References

^ "Schedule of the A-Pool and Women ISBHF World Ball Hockey Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic". isbhf.com. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ Kratochvíl, Marek (10 June 2017). "All-stars and individual awards of the 2017 World Championship". International Street and Ball Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.