Bandy World Championship Y-21

The Bandy World Championship Y-21 is a Youth Bandy World Championship up to the age of 21 years. Usually, only the core bandy playing nations take part. The designation is sometimes given as U-21 instead of Y-23 or U-23, probably as a way to compare it to the U-21 competitions in association football (indeed, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship was originally for under-23 teams).

Bandy World Championship Y-21
Russia vs. Finland,
World Championship Y23, 2011
StatusActive
GenreSports event
FrequencyBiannually
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Organized byFIB

History

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The first two Bandy World Championships Y-23 were held in 1990 and 1992, but after this initial period, a long period existed whereby the Y-23 championship wasn't held. It was taken up again in 2011 and has been held biannually ever since.

The Russian Y23 team won the 2013 World Championship Y23, which was held in Obukhovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The competition ran from December 6–8. Russia defeated Sweden in the final and Finland beat Norway for the bronze medals. Kazakhstan also participated.[1][2][3]

Results

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Under-23 championships

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1990   Sweden   Soviet Union Round robin   Sweden   Finland Round robin   Norway
1992   Berezniki   Sweden Round robin   CIS   Finland
2011   Obukhovo   Russia 5–4 (OT)   Sweden   Finland 7–4   Kazakhstan
2013   Obukhovo   Russia 11–2   Sweden   Finland 5–2   Norway

Under-21 championships

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2016   Varkaus   Sweden 3–2   Russia   Finland
2017   Söderhamn   Sweden 6–5 (OT)   Russia   Finland
2019   Arkhangelsk   Russia 7–1   Sweden   Finland 6–0   Kazakhstan

Medal table

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Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze
1.   Russia,   Soviet Union and   CIS 4 3 0
  Russia 3 2 0
  Soviet Union 1 0 0
  CIS 0 1 0
2.   Sweden 3 4 0
3.   Finland 0 0 7

References

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  1. ^ Anastasia Prokopyeva (11 December 2013). "Russia wins gold at Y-23 FIB Bandy World Championship". In Kuzbass. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Чемпионат мира среди молодёжных команд (U-23) - 2013". rusbandy.ru. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  3. ^ "World Championship U23". FlashScore. Retrieved 6 May 2014.