World Bandy Championship

This article describes the Men's Bandy World Championship; the women's world championship is located under the women's bandy world championship .

Men's World Championships in Bandy have been held by the FIB since 1957 .

After the second World Championship took place in Bandy four years after the first, the World Championship was played every two years from 1961 onwards. A world championship has been held every year since 2003.

Due to the increasing number of participants, a B group has also been played since 1991, and a C group for the first time in 2012. 2013 was played again in the mode with an A and a B world championship. In 2014, a higher-ranking A group and a B group were played in both the A and B world championships. A new record was set with 17 participating nations.

Participating Nations

In 1957, only three countries took part in the premiere in Helsinki, Finland. FIB founding member Norway boycotted the tournament due to the interference of the Soviet Union in the 1956 uprisings in Hungary . Norway boycotted the tournament again in 1969 due to the crackdown on the Prague Spring . Ukraine boycotted in 2015 because of the Russian annexation of Crimea .

The United States has been participating in the tournament since 1985. Various nations have participated in the tournament since 1991, including Kazakhstan, which has won five bronze medals since 2003.

nation	annotation
Soviet Union	1957-1991
Sweden	since 1957
Finland	since 1957
Norway	since 1961 (boycott 1957 and 1969)
United States	since 1985
Canada	1991–1997, 2004–2006, 2008–2014, 2017
Hungary	1991–1997, since 2004
Netherlands	1991–1993, 1997, since 2003
Russia	Since 1993
Kazakhstan	since 1995
Belarus	2001–2009, 2011–2017
Estonia	2003–2009, since 2012
Mongolia	2006–2010, since 2014
Latvia	2007-2016
Japan	since 2012
Kyrgyzstan	2012
Ukraine	since 2013 (boycott 2015)
Germany	since 2014
Somalia	since 2014
China	since 2015
Czech Republic	2016-2017
Slovakia	since 2018

Events & medal winners

year	venue	gold	silver	bronze
1957	Finland Helsinki	Soviet Union	Finland	Sweden
1961	Norway Oslo , Drammen , Porsgrunn , Stabekk , Mjøndalen	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1963	Sweden Nässjö , Karlstad , Katrineholm , Uppsala , Västerås , Stockholm	Soviet Union	Finland	Sweden
1965	Soviet Union Arkhangelsk , Ivanovo , Kursk , Moscow , Sverdlovsk	Soviet Union	Norway	Sweden
1967	Finland Helsinki , Mikkeli , Oulu , Varkaus , Lappeenranta	Soviet Union	Finland	Sweden
1969	Sweden Katrineholm , Lidköping , Nässjö , Uppsala , Vänersborg , Örebro	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1971	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Lidköping , Motala , Oxelösund , Skövde , Stockholm , Uppsala , Vänersborg , Västerås , Örebro	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1973	Soviet Union Krasnogorsk , Moscow	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1975	Finland Espoo , Imatra , Kemi , Lappeenranta , Mikkeli , Tornio , Oulu , Varkaus	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1977	Norway Drammen , Mjøndalen , Oslo , Stabekk	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1979	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Kungälv , Köping , Stockholm , Trollhättan	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1981	Soviet Union Khabarovsk	Sweden	Soviet Union	Finland
1983	Finland Helsinki , Porvoo	Sweden	Soviet Union	Finland
1985	Norway Drammen , Mjøndalen , Oslo , Røa , Solbergelva , Ullern	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1987	Sweden Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Kungälv , Köping , Lidköping , Motala , Skövde , Stockholm , Trollhättan , Vänersborg , Örebro	Sweden	Finland	Soviet Union
1989	Soviet Union Krasnogorsk , Moscow	Soviet Union	Finland	Sweden
1991	Finland Helsinki , Porvoo	Soviet Union	Sweden	Finland
1993	Norway Hamar	Sweden	Russia	Norway
1995	United States Roseville	Sweden	Russia	Finland
1997	Sweden Fagersta , Grängesberg , Katrineholm , Köping , Otterbäcken , Sandviken , Skövde , Slottsbron , Stockholm , Trollhättan , Vänersborg , Västerås	Sweden	Russia	Finland
1999	Russia Arkhangelsk	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2001	Sweden & Finland Haparanda , Oulu	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2003	Russia Arkhangelsk	Sweden	Russia	Kazakhstan
2004	Sweden Grängesberg , Sandviken , Stockholm , Uppsala , Västerås (only A-WM)	Finland	Sweden	Russia
2005	Russia Kazan	Sweden	Russia	Kazakhstan
2006	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gustavsberg , Katrineholm , Linköping , Oxelösund , Stockholm , Västerås	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2007	Russia Kemerovo	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2008	Russia Moscow	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2009	Sweden Eskilstuna , Solna , Stockholm , Uppsala , Västerås	Sweden	Russia	Finland
2010	Russia Moscow	Sweden	Russia	Finland
2011	Russia Kazan	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2012	Kazakhstan Almaty	Sweden	Russia	Kazakhstan
2013	Sweden & Norway Vänersborg , Trollhättan , Gothenburg , Oslo	Russia	Sweden	Kazakhstan
2014	Russia Irkutsk , Shelechov	Russia	Sweden	Kazakhstan
2015	Russia Khabarovsk	Russia	Sweden	Kazakhstan
2016	Russia Ulyanovsk , Dimitrovgrad	Russia	Finland	Sweden
2017	Sweden Sandwiken , Trollhättan	Sweden	Russia	Finland
2018	Russia & People's Republic of China Khabarovsk , Harbin	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2019	Sweden Vanersborg	Russia	Sweden	Finland

Statistics and top scorer

year	venue	Nations	Games	Goals / game	Top scorer / s
1957	Finland Helsinki	3	3	6.00	3 goals: Alpo Aho Valentin Atamanitschew Yevgeny Papugin
1961	Norway Oslo , Drammen , Porsgrunn , Stabekk , Mjøndalen	4th	6th	5.50	3 goals: Valery Maslow Mihail Osinzew
1963	Sweden Nässjö , Karlstad , Katrineholm , Uppsala , Västerås , Stockholm	4th	6th	6.83	5 goals: Valentin Atamanitschew Yevgeny Papugin
1965	Soviet Union Arkhangelsk , Ivanovo , Kursk , Moscow , Sverdlovsk	4th	6th	3.83	5 goals: Nikolai Durakov
1967	Finland Helsinki , Mikkeli , Oulu , Varkaus , Lappeenranta	4th	6th	4.00	4 goals: Seppo Rounaja
1969	Sweden Katrineholm , Lidköping , Nässjö , Uppsala , Vänersborg , Örebro	3	6th	6.66	5 goals: Anatoly Frolov
1971	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Lidköping , Motala , Oxelösund , Skövde , Stockholm , Uppsala , Vänersborg , Västerås , Örebro	4th	12	5.66	6 goals: Kalevi Pirkola
1973	Soviet Union Krasnogorsk , Moscow	4th	12	6.16	12 goals: Anatoly Frolov
1975	Finland Espoo , Imatra , Kemi , Lappeenranta , Mikkeli , Tornio , Oulu , Varkaus	4th	12	7.83
1977	Norway Drammen , Mjøndalen , Oslo , Stabekk	4th	12	6.91
1979	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Kungälv , Köping , Stockholm , Trollhättan	4th	12	8.00
1981	Soviet Union Khabarovsk	4th	12	7.50
1983	Finland Helsinki , Porvoo	4th	8th	8.00
1985	Norway Drammen , Mjøndalen , Oslo , Røa , Solbergelva , Ullern	5	12	7.58
1987	Sweden Gothenburg , Katrineholm , Kungälv , Köping , Lidköping , Motala , Skövde , Stockholm , Trollhättan , Vänersborg , Örebro	5	12	10.25
1989	Soviet Union Krasnogorsk , Moscow	5	12	9.41
1991	Finland Helsinki , Porvoo	8 (4 + 4)	19th	9.57
1993	Norway Hamar	8 (4 + 4)	19th	6.63
1995	United States Roseville	8 (4 + 4)	20th	9.65
1997	Sweden Fagersta , Grängesberg , Katrineholm , Köping , Otterbäcken , Sandviken , Skövde , Slottsbron , Stockholm , Trollhättan , Vänersborg , Västerås	9 (5 + 4)	25th	11.28
1999	Russia Arkhangelsk	6th	20th	8.45
2001	Sweden & Finland Haparanda , Oulu	7th	26th	14.84	20 goals: Michael Carlsson
2003	Russia Arkhangelsk	9 (5 + 4)	22nd	10.90
2004	Sweden Grängesberg , Sandviken , Stockholm , Uppsala , Västerås (only A-WM)	5	14th	9.57
2005	Russia Kazan	11 (6 + 5)	32	12.15	18 goals: Sergei Obukhov
2006	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gustavsberg , Katrineholm , Linköping , Oxelösund , Stockholm , Västerås	12 (6 + 6)	37	9.37	13 goals: Sergei Obukhov
2007	Russia Kemerovo	12 (6 + 6)	41	10.24	15 goals: David Karlsson
2008	Russia Moscow	13 (6 + 7)	44	9.84	15 goals: Yevgeny Ivanushkin
2009	Sweden Eskilstuna , Solna , Stockholm , Uppsala , Västerås	13 (6 + 7)	44	9.75	14 goals: Joakim Hedqvist Yevgeny Ivanushkin
2010	Russia Moscow	11 (6 + 5)	32	13.56	14 goals: Pavel Ryatsantsew Yevgeny Ivanushkin
2011	Russia Kazan	11 (6 + 5)	32	10.4
2012	Kazakhstan Almaty	14 (6 + 5 + 3)	38	10.97	12 goals: Yevgeny Ivanushkin
2013	Sweden & Norway Vänersborg , Trollhättan , Gothenburg , Oslo	14 (6 + 8)	41 (20 + 21)	10.6	16 goals: Patrik Nilsson
2014	Russia Irkutsk , Shelechov	17 (8 + 9)	41		11 goals: Christoffer Edlund (19 goals: Michael Dunajew )
2015	Russia Khabarovsk	16 (8 + 9)	47		11 goals: Andrei Kabanov (15 goals: Michael Dunayev )
2016	Russia Ulyanovsk , Dimitrovgrad	18 (8 + 10)	47 (20 + 29)		14 goals: Christoffer Edlund (18 goals: Michael Dunajew )
2017	Sweden Sandviken , Gävle	18 (8 + 10)	47 (20 + 29)
2018	Russia & People's Republic of China Khabarovsk , Harbin	16 (8 + 8)
2019	Sweden Vanersborg	20 (8 + 12)

Eternal medal table

If you add up the medals of the teams since the 1957 World Cup, the result is the following (status after the 2014 World Cup; note: the medals of the Soviet Union (14-2-1) were taken into account for Russia):

country	gold	silver	bronze
Russia	26th	11	2
Sweden	12	19th	8th
Finland	1	8th	22nd
Norway	-	1	1
Kazakhstan	-	-	6th

See also

• Women's World Bandy Championship
• U-19 World Bandy Championship 2012

Web links

• www.bandysidan.nu - Swedish-language bandy archive