US men's national bandy team

The United States men's national bandy team presents the United States in international bandy games .

history

The American Bandy Association was founded in 1981 and became part of the International Bandy Federation . On November 5, 1983, the selection played their first international match against Norway. The United States lost the game played in Oslo 6-1. In 1985 the Americans made their World Cup debut in Norway. But it was not until 1991 that they won the first World Cup, when all three newcomers - Canada, Hungary and the Netherlands - were defeated. The team ranked sixth or seventh place at world championships in the following years, which means that the team repeatedly played in the A group. In 2009 the Americans lost the relegation game for promotion to the A group against Belarus, but since Belarus did not participate in the World Cup in 2010, the United States played again in the House of Lords until 2012. In 2012 there was no more relegation game and the team was relegated sixth and last in the A-World Cup. In 2014, the United States returned to top notch due to a reform of the mode of play. In addition, a 5-5 win against Norway in the group stage won a point against one of the classic bandynations (Russia, Finland, Norway, Sweden) for the first time. In the final game for fifth place, the Americans lost 3: 6 against Norway.

Performing at world championships

WM	host	placement	group	Group games	Placement games
1985	Norway Drammen , Mjøndalen , Solbergelva , Ullern , Stabekk , Røa , Oslo	5th place (5 participants)		1: 5 Norway 1:12 Sweden 1: 6 Finland 0: 8 Soviet Union
1987	Sweden Vänersborg , Gothenburg , Lidköping , Skövde , Kungälv , Trollhättan , Örebro , Motala , Köping , Katrineholm , Stockholm	5th place (5 participants)		0:12 Sweden 1:21 Soviet Union 1: 4 Norway 0:10 Finland
1989	Soviet Union Moscow , Krasnogorsk	5th place (5 participants)		1: 7 Norway 0:13 Finland 1:14 Soviet Union 0:19 Sweden
1991	Finland Porvoo , Helsinki	5th place (8 participants)	B-WM	10-0 Canada 20-0 Hungary 8-1 Netherlands	1:21 Norway (quarter-finals) 13-0 Canada (play-off for 5th place)
1993	Norway Hamar	5th place (8 participants)	B-WM	8-0 Canada 4-0 Hungary 9-1 Netherlands	0: 7 Norway (quarter-finals) 5: 3 Canada (play for 5th place)
1995	United States Roseville	6th place (8 participants)	B-WM	4: 1 Canada 11: 3 Hungary 1: 5 Kazakhstan	1: 6 Finland (quarter-finals) 1: 4 Norway (game for 5th place)
1997	Sweden Fagersta , Grängesberg , Katrineholm , Köping , Otterbäcken , Sandviken , Skövde , Slottsbron , Stockholm , Trollhättan , Vänersborg , Västerås	6th place (9 participants)	B-WM	12-0 Hungary 13-1 Netherlands 5-2 Canada	0:13 Finland (quarter-finals) 1: 7 Norway 5: 1 Canada (game for 6th place)
1999	Russia Arkhangelsk	6th place (6 participants)		0: 5 Kazakhstan 0:11 Sweden 1:12 Russia 1:11 Finland 0: 7 Norway	3: 5 Kazakhstan (game for 5th place)
2001	Sweden and Finland Haparanda , Oulu	6th place (7 participants)		1: 4 Norway 1:12 Finland 14: 0 Belarus 1:14 Kazakhstan 3:11 Russia 1:18 Sweden	3:18 Norway (game for 5th place)
2003	Russia Arkhangelsk	7th place (9 participants)	B-WM	18: 0 Netherlands 4: 6 Belarus 15: 0 Estonia	9: 3 Estonia (game for 7th place)
2004	Hungary Budapest	6th place (11 participants)	B-WM	4: 3 Canada 10: 1 Hungary 12: 0 Netherlands 10: 0 Estonia 6: 1 Belarus	7-0 Belarus (B-WM final)
2005	Russia Kazan	6th place (11 participants)	A-WM	1:19 Russia 2:20 Sweden 0:15 Finland 1:17 Kazakhstan 2: 7 Norway	3: 6 Belarus (relegation)
2006	Sweden Eskilstuna , Gustavsberg , Katrineholm , Linköping , Oxelösund , Stockholm , Västerås	7th place (12 participants)	B-WM	10: 1 Hungary 8: 0 Estonia 14: 0 Mongolia 14: 0 Netherlands 4: 1 Canada	2: 3 Belarus (relegation)
2007	Russia Kemerovo	7th place (12 participants)	B-WM	11-0 Netherlands 8-0 Mongolia 12-2 Hungary 6-1 Latvia 14-2 Estonia	6: 2 Latvia (first leg for 7th place) 5: 0 Latvia (second leg for 7th place) 1: 9 Belarus (relegation)
2008	Russia Moscow	7th place (13 participants)	B-WM	9: 0 Hungary 11: 0 Estonia 11: 1 Latvia 17: 1 Mongolia 10: 0 Netherlands 7: 1 Canada	4: 6 Belarus (relegation)
2009	Sweden Eskilstuna , Solna , Stockholm , Västerås , Uppsala	7th place (13 participants)	B-WM	17: 0 Hungary 12: 0 Estonia 9: 0 Latvia 9: 1 Netherlands 16: 1 Mongolia 9: 1 Canada	1: 3 Belarus (relegation)
2010	Russia Moscow	6th place (11 participants)	A-WM	5:10 Norway 6:14 Sweden 2:13 Finland 5:19 Russia 4: 9 Kazakhstan	9: 6 Canada (relegation)
2011	Russia Kazan	6th place (11 participants)	A-WM	0:17 Russia 2: 7 Kazakhstan 2:13 Finland 1: 8 Sweden 3: 7 Norway	5: 2 Belarus (relegation)
2012	Kazakhstan Almaty	6th place (14 participants)	A-WM	3:19 Russia 3:13 Kazakhstan 1: 7 Finland 0:15 Sweden 3: 6 Norway
2013	Sweden Vetlanda	7th place (14 participants)	B-WM A group	10: 1 Canada 11: 0 Hungary 14: 0 Latvia	8: 1 Latvia (semifinals B-WM) 4: 2 Canada (final B-WM)
2014	Russia Irkutsk	6th place (17 participants)	A-WM B group	7: 4 Belarus 7: 1 Canada 5: 5 Norway	3:11 Kazakhstan (quarter-finals) 3: 2 Belarus 3: 6 Norway (play for 5th place)

World Cup balance sheets

Status after the 2014 World Cup

country	Sp.	S.	SnV	U	NnV	N	TV	TD	comment
Estonia	7th	7th	0	0	0	0	79: 5	+74
Finland	11	0	0	0	0	11	9: 119	−110
Canada	15th	15th	0	0	0	0	104: 23	+81
Kazakhstan	9	0	0	0	0	9	18:86	−68
Latvia	7th	7th	0	0	0	0	59: 5	+54
Mongolia	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	55: 2	+53
Netherlands	9	9	0	0	0	0	104: 3	+101
Norway	16	0	0	1	0	15th	31: 125	−94
Russia	6th	0	0	0	0	6th	13:97	−84
Sweden	9	0	0	0	0	9	11: 129	−118
Soviet Union	3	0	0	0	0	3	2:43	−41
Hungary	10	10	0	0	0	0	116: 7	+109
Belarus	12	6th	0	0	0	6th	57:42	+15