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

Preliminary round

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

Division A

Group A

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

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

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

1 June 2017 14:00

France

4 – 3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Great Britain

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Armenia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Haiti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

External links

• Official website