The 2022 Bandy World Championship was to be held from 27 March to 3 April 2022 in Syktyvkar, Russia.[1]
| 2022 World Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location |  Syktyvkar, Russia |
| Dates | 27 March – 3 April (Division A)[a] |
History edit
The championship was originally scheduled to take place from 30 March to 4 April 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) had announced that the 2020 Division A tournament in Irkutsk would be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship in Syktyvkar (originally scheduled for 2021) would instead be played in 2022. On 24 August 2021, Sweden announced its withdrawals from the competition in Irkutsk, due to the continued threat of COVID-19; Finland and Norway had already made the same decisions earlier.[3] Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022.[4]
On 24 February 2022, the Finland's Bandy Association announced that they would not take part in the competition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that day.[5] Later on the same day, Sweden, Norway, and the United States also pulled out of the tournament.[6] The FIB then announced on 1 March 2022 that the tournament would be cancelled altogether due to so few countries wanting to participate.[7]
Notes edit
- ^ Cancelled
References edit
- ^ "Decisions on tournaments 2021–2022". FIB. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Vitaly Savilov: We will be ready to welcome the championship on other dates". komi-bandy2021.ru. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Sweden and Finland refrain from participating in Irkutsk". Federation of International Bandy. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ FIB-decisions regarding upcoming international tournaments!
- ^ "Suomi ei osallistu jääpallon MM-kisoihin Venäjällä – "Vastuullamme on turvata Suomen kansalaisten turvallisuus"" [Finland won't join the Bandy World Championship in Russia: "It's our responsibility to secure the safety of Finnish nationals"]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Bekräftat: Sverige drar sig ur bandy-VM". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
- ^ "Herrarnas bandy-VM i Ryssland ställs in - ryssarna stängs av från mästerskap i Sverige". March 2022.
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