2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals
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The 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup Finals took place in Winterthur
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...

, Switzerland from 8 to 12 October 2008.

The 2008 EuroFloorball Cup marks the second year in which the new name for the tournament was used (previously known as the European Cup). The tournament also marks its 16th year.

The IFF
International Floorball Federation
The International Floorball Federation is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded in 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. As of March 2011, it had 52 member associations, with 3,983 clubs and 277,752...

 decided that the tournament will revert back to its original format, and will take place during one calendar year, instead of two.

Qualification Format

Since the top 4 nations at the 2007–08 Women's EuroFloorball Cup were from Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway, the top team in that country automatically qualifies, as well as the reigning champion. 5 teams in total receive automatic qualification.

Since 5 of the 8 spots are filled, the other 3 need to be decided using regional qualification. In Group C, the runners-up to the top team in Switzerland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Norway play for a spot in the finals. In Groups A and B, the teams are split into regions: West Europe and East Europe, respectively. The winning team in each group advances to the finals, making the total number of teams eight.

To be eligible to take part in the 2008 Women's EuroFloorball Cup, teams that take place in regional qualification must capture the national title in floorball in their country. If that team does not register, then the second-place team can register, and so forth.

Qualifying Venues

Group A qualifications for Western Europe took place in Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn
This article is about a Danish town. For the German town, see Friedrichshafen, and for the Finnish town, see Fredrikshamn .Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to...

, Denmark from 14 to 16 August 2008

Group B qualifications for Eastern Europe took place in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Slovakia from 27 to 31 August 2008.

Group C qualifications took place in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland from 22 to 24 August 2008.

Conference A

Team
  UHC Dietlikon 3 3 0 0 29 4
25
6
  Děkanka Tigers    3 2 0 1 20 7
13
4
  Holmlia SK 3 1 0 2 13 24 −11 2
  FC Outlaws 3 0 0 3 10 36 −26 0


Conference B

Team
  Balrog IK
Balrog Botkyrka/Södertälje IK
Balrog B/S IK is a Swedish floorball team from Botkyrka, a suburb of Stockholm. Balrog B/S is currently playing in the highest Swedish floorball league, Swedish Super League. They debuted in SSL in the 1990/91 season and this is their 9th season in the super league...

3 3 0 0 20 7
13
6
  IKSU Innebandy    3 2 0 1 20 10
10
4
  SC Classic 3 1 0 2 12 12 0 2
  Rubene
Rubene (floorball club)
Rubene is a Men's Highest Floorball League of Latvia team based in Rubene, Latvia.-Goaltenders:*  1 Jānis Sīka*22 Ingus Denovs*73 Artūrs Vilkaitis-Defencemen:*  5 Kaspars Ločmelis*  7 Uģis Ulmanis*  9 Gatis Akūlovs...

3 0 0 3 7 30 −23 0


Playoffs

Semi-Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Championship Match

7th Place Match

5th Place Match

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