SLICK SLOVAKIAN STEAMROLLER
The Straits Times|December 07, 2023
After a good first period, I3th-ranked Singapore crash II-2 to world No. 6 side
- Melvyn Teoh
SLICK SLOVAKIAN STEAMROLLER

Despite putting up a valiant fight in their quarter-final play-off against Slovakia, the gulf in standards was simply too wide for hosts Singapore to overcome at the Women’s World Floorball Championship.

The world No. 6 Slovaks, who were held 2-2 in the first period, pulled away to eventually seal an I-2 victory against 13th-ranked Singapore at the OCBC Arena on Dec 6.

But, while the Republic did not make the quarter-finals, Singapore coach Lim Jin Quan has another target to aim for.

He said: In many interviews before, the players said they want to reach the top eight, but personally I have always been looking at top 10 and I also hope to finish off as the top Asian team.”

That remains an achievable target when they face world No. 12 Japan in the 9th-12th place play-offs on Dec 7. The Japanese lost 8-5 to Latvia in another quarter-final play-off on Dec 6.

Singapore can yet record their best finish in the current format of the biennial tournament, which came in 2019 when they were 12th out of 16 teams.

In 2021, they placed 14th, while Slovakia finished sixth.

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