The decision was taken by the Swiss Floorball Federation with the European nation having already been confirmed as hosts.

The venues for the event, which is scheduled to take place from December 7 to 15, will be the Patinoire du Littoral ice rink and the Salle de la Riveraine hall.

The former will serve as the main arena, while the latter will be the side arena.

Both venues are located close to each other and together can hold up to 7,000 spectators.

The Local Organising Committee has been created under the patronage of the FSG Corcelles-Cormondrèche floorball club.

"The Neuchâtel application completely convinced us," Joerg Beer, a member of the Swiss Floorball Federation Executive Board, said.

"On the one hand, we were able to take into consideration a region where there is a growing interest for floorball, and on the other hand, the public from near and far will be offered an optimal infrastructure, with short distances from one venue to the other."

Laurent Schupbach, member of the Neuchâtel Candidature Committee and President of FSG Corcelles-Cormondrèche, expressed his happiness about Swiss Unihockey’s decision.

"The development of the floorball sport in western Switzerland was one of the main motivations to apply for the staging of the Women’s WFC," he said.

"An international event of this size will help to promote floorball in western Switzerland as well as set a positive image of the sport with the different partners."

The 2017 Women's WFC is due to be held in Slovakia's capital Bratislava from December 1 to 9.

The biennial event was last staged in Tampere, where hosts Finland were beaten by Sweden in the final after a penalty shoot-out.

Switzerland were the bronze medallists having defeated Czech Republic in the third-place play-off.

Sweden have won the Women's WFC on seven occasions, while Finland have triumphed twice and Switzerland once in 2005.