Women's Bandy World Championship

The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy among bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy.

Women's Bandy World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Women's Bandy World Championship
Finland and Norway competing at the
2004 Women's World Championships in Lappeenranta
SportBandy
First season2004; 20 years ago (2004)
No. of teams8
CountriesWorldwide
Most recent
champion(s)
 Sweden
(11th title)
Most titles Sweden
(11 titles)
Official websiteworldbandy.com

It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup Women which is a women's club competition, the Bandy World Cup which is a club competition for men, and from the Bandy World Championship which is the premier international bandy competition for men's teams.

A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the women's senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories, with the F17 WC tournament representing the youth World Championship in bandy for girls up to 17 years of age.

Although the sport of bandy has been played by both men and women since the 19th century, the first men's world championship didn't take place until 1957, and the first official women's international bandy tournament only began in 2004. However, an international match between women's bandy teams from Sweden and Finland took place in Helsinki, Finland in 1935 at the Helsinki Ice Stadium, where a portion of the match was captured by British Pathé. The archival short film has been uploaded and published on the video sharing site, YouTube.[1]

In 2023, the tournament will for the first time take place at the same time in the same arena as the equivalent among men.[2]

Participating nations

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Until 2020, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Norway and USA have participated in every tournament, Canada in most of them, Hungary in two and China debuted in 2016.[3] The record number of participants were 8, in 2018 and 2020. Estonia and Switzerland debuted in 2018,[4] and Japan in 2020.[5] Ukraine is scheduled to make its debut in 2023.[6]

Participation details

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Team 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 Total
  Canada 6th 4th 5th 4th 4th 5th 4th 7
  China 7th 6th 2
  Estonia 7th 7th 7th 3
  Finland 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 12
  Great Britain 6th 1
  Hungary 7th 7th 2
  Japan 6th 1
  Netherlands 5th 4th 2
  Norway 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 11
  Russia 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 10
  Sweden 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 12
   Switzerland 8th 8th 8th 5th 4
  Ukraine 6th 1
  United States 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 12
Total teams 5 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 6

Results

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Year Final Venue (host city) Gold Result Silver Bronze Result Fourth place
2004[7]
Details
 
Kisapuiston tekojäärata (Lappeenranta)
 
Sweden
7–0  
Russia
 
Finland
8–1  
Norway
2006[8]
Details
 
Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval (Roseville)
 
Sweden
3–1  
Russia
 
Norway
2–1  
Finland
2007[9]
Details
 
City Park Ice Rink (Budapest)
 
Sweden
3–2  
Russia
 
Norway
4–3 (ps)  
Canada
2008[10]
Details
 
Tunets IP (Borlänge)
 
Sweden
5–2  
Russia
 
Finland
5–3  
Norway
2010[11]
Details
 
(Drammen)
 
Sweden
3–2 (OT)  
Russia
 
Norway
3–2  
Canada
2012[12]
Details
 
Rekord Stadium (Irkutsk)
 
Sweden
5–3  
Russia
 
Finland
4–1  
Canada
2014
Details
 
Kisapuiston tekojäärata (Lappeenranta)
 
Russia
3–1  
Sweden
 
Finland
3–2 (OT)  
Norway
2016
Details
 
Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval (Roseville)
 
Sweden
1–0  
Russia
 
Norway
3–2 (OT)  
Canada
2018
Details
 
Chengde Mountain Resort (Chengde)
 
Sweden
1–0  
Russia
 
Norway
5–2  
Finland
2020
Details
 
Frogner stadion (Oslo)
 
Sweden
3–1  
Russia
 
Norway
6–1  
Finland
2022
Details
 
Eriksson Arena (Växjö)
 
Sweden
12–0  
Norway
 
Finland
5–2  
United States
2023
Details
 
Eriksson Arena (Växjö)
 
Sweden
15–0  
Finland
 
United States
4–0  
Netherlands

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (-)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden111012
2  Russia19010
3  Norway0167
4  Finland0156
5  United States0011
Totals (5 entries)12121236

Bandy World Championship G-17

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The Bandy World Championship G-17 or U17 (under 17) world championship in bandy for women, known as F17 WC and U17-världsmästerskapet i bandy för damer in Sweden, is the youth world championship in bandy for girls up to 17 years of age. The competition is held separately from the World Bandy Women's Championship which is for adults. G17 is sometimes written as F17 and the Y designations may also be written with a U.

The Youth Bandy World Championship is a tournament for girls' teams up to the age of 17 years. FC 17 is the only age group for which the world championship in bandy for young female players is held. The first tournament was held in 2009 and has since been held every two years.

Normally only teams from the main bandy countries of Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden participate, but the United States has participated a few times and at the tournament in Irkutsk 2017, a China U17 team made its debut.[13]

U17 medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden5016
2  Russia1326
3  Finland0336
Totals (3 entries)66618
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See also

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Women's Bandy World Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)". Youtube. British Pathé.
  2. ^ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BACK IN 2023 – FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN!
  3. ^ http://www.bandyvesti.ru/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/12745881_1684006601817246_6802152532821459731_n.jpg Bandyvesti
  4. ^ "Календарь женского ЧМ-2018 - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
  5. ^ http://www.worldbandy.com/2019/12/17/preparation-for-wcs-women-in-norway-in-full-swing/ PREPARATION FOR WCS WOMEN IN NORWAY IN FULL SWING!
  6. ^ The teams ready for the World Championships this spring!
  7. ^ "bandysidan.nu - World Championships Women". bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ^ "bandysidan.nu - World Championships Women". bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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  10. ^ "bandysidan.nu - World Championships Women". bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  11. ^ "bandysidan.nu - World Championships Women". bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  12. ^ "bandysidan.nu - World Championships Women". bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Rättvikstjejer till F17 landslaget – IFK Rättvik Bandy".