Somali national bandy team of men
The Somali men's bandy national team presents Somalia at international games in a bandy . Somalia became the first African team to take part in the World Bandy Championship in 2014.
The team consists of Somali refugees who live in Borlänge , Sweden . In order to better integrate the refugees into society, the team was set up on the initiative of the citizen Patrik Andersson. The Swedish bandy legend Per Fosshaug has been the team's trainer since May 2013.
In the team's first international match at the 2014 Bandy World Cup in Irkutsk , Russia , Somalia lost 1:22 in front of around 700 spectators against the German national team, which was also making its debut . Hareo Anwar scored the meanwhile 1: 9 and thus the first goal for Somalia. Somalia finished 17th out of 17 participants.
Performing at world championships
| WM | host | placement | group | Group games | Placement games |
| 2014 |
 Russia Irkutsk |
17th place (17 participants) |
A-WM B group |
1:22 Germany 0:13 Ukraine 0:12 Japan 1:12 Mongolia   
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1:13 Ukraine (match for 16th place)
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World Cup balance sheets
Status after the 2014 World Cup
| country | Sp. | S. | SnV | U | NnV | N | TV | TD | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Germany
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:22 | −21 | highest World Cup defeat (1:22, 2014) |
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Japan
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:12 | −12 | |
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Mongolia
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1:12 | −11 | |
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Ukraine
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1:26 | −25 |
Web links
- Project website
- Article about the project at The Telegraph Sarah Crompton, The Telegraph , January 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ SOM-GER ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Score sheet
- ↑ Video with the first goal
