The Asia Oceania qualification event is set to begin tomorrow at the Huamark Indoor Stadium in the Thai capital Bangkok.

It will be Philippines debut appearance, with the country competing against Australia, Thailand and New Zealand in Group A.

Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia are in Group B. 

The group stage will take place until Wednesday (January 30), with the knockout rounds then determining the four teams that will appear at this year's IFF Women's World Floorball Championships in Switzerland. 

The teams who finish first in Group A and Group B progress straight to to the final and qualify directly for the World Championships.  

Second place teams will play a semi-final against the third place team from the other group, with the winners of those matches then qualifying for the tournament in Switzerland.

Australia are the highest ranked team at the qualifying event, followed by Japan, Singapore and then Thailand. 

Thailand were the highest placing team from Asia Oceania at the 2017 World Championships, finishing in 13th place. 

This year's edition is due to be held from December 7 to 15 in Neuchâtel, with 16 teams appearing in total. 

Switzerland automatically qualify, joining 10 other teams from Europe and one from the Americas. 

European qualifying is scheduled to take place in Gdansk in Poland from January 30 to February 3, while the event in the Americas is being held in Detroit from February 8 to 9. 

The 16 teams will then be divided into four groups, decided by a draw taking place on February 14.

Winners of the last tournament in 2017 in Bratislava were Sweden, who beat Finland 6-5 in the final in a shootout.