Finland national bandy team

Finland
Association	Finland's Bandy Association (Suomen Jääpalloliitto) ; (Finlands Bandyförbund)
Head coach	Antti Parviainen
Team colors
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Finland 1 – 12 Sweden ; Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907
Biggest win
	Finland 23 – 0 Belarus ; Haparanda, 25 March 2001
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 15 – 2 Finland ; Trollhättan, 22 November 1998
Bandy World Championship
Appearances	38 (first in 1957)
Best result	Gold: (2004)

The Finnish national bandy team (Finnish: Suomen jääpallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands herrlandslag i bandy) has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was launched for the first time in 1957. Finland won the championship title in 2004.^[1]^[2] They have always finished in the top four, and have won 28 medals in 36 championships.

Finland in the final of the 2016 World Championship

The team is controlled by Finland's Bandy Association.

HistoryEdit

Finland was represented by the club Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (PUS) in the winter games in Helsinki in 1907, but the team was beaten by a team from Sweden.^[3]

When Finland had become independent, Finland's first international was against Sweden in Helsinki on February 23, 1919, and Finland won 4-1 in front of 6000 spectators. One of the spectators was Gustaf Mannerheim, regent of Finland.^[3]

Finland, Norway and Sweden played bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.^[4]

The first ever World Championships of bandy were organised in 1957 in association with the 50th anniversary of the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body of bandy in Finland. It was played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972.^[3]

World Championship recordEdit

Games	Finish
Finland 1957, Helsinki	Silver
Norway 1961, N/A	Bronze
Sweden 1963, N/A	Silver
Soviet Union 1965, N/A	4th place
Finland 1967, N/A	Silver
Sweden 1969, N/A	Bronze
Sweden 1971, N/A	Bronze
Soviet Union 1973, Moscow / N/A	Bronze
Finland 1975, N/A	Bronze
Norway 1977, N/A	Bronze
Sweden 1979, N/A	Bronze
Soviet Union 1981, Habarovsk	Bronze
Finland 1983, Helsinki / Porvoo	Bronze
Norway 1985, Oslo / N/A	Bronze
Sweden 1987, Stockholm / N/A	Silver
Soviet Union 1989, Moscow	Silver
Finland 1991, Helsinki / Porvoo	Bronze
Norway 1993, Hamar	4th place
United States 1995, Roseville, Minnesota	Bronze
Sweden 1997, Västerås / N/A	Bronze
Russia 1999, Arkhangelsk	Silver
Finland and Sweden 2001, Oulu / Haparanda	Bronze
Russia 2003, Arkhangelsk	4th place
Sweden and Hungary 2004, Västerås / Budapest	Gold
Russia 2005, Kazan	4th place
Sweden 2006, Stockholm / N/A	Bronze
Russia 2007, Kemerovo	Bronze
Russia 2008, Moscow	Bronze
Sweden 2009, Västerås / N/A	Bronze
Russia 2010, Moscow	Bronze
Russia 2011, Kazan	Silver
Kazakhstan 2012, Almaty	4th place
Sweden and Norway 2013, Vänersborg / N/A	4th place
Russia 2014, Irkutsk / Shelekhov	4th place
Russia 2015, Khabarovsk	4th place
Russia 2016, Ulyanovsk	Silver
Sweden 2017, Sandviken	Bronze
Russia and China 2018, Khabarovsk / Harbin	Bronze
Sweden 2019, Vänersborg

Russian Government CupEdit

Games	Finish
Rossiya Tournament 1972, Ulyanovsk	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1974, Arkhangelsk	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1976, Khabarovsk	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1978, Kemerovo	Silver
Rossiya Tournament 1980, Syktyvkar	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1982, Syktyvkar	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1984, Kemerovo	4th place
Rossiya Tournament 1986, Irkutsk	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1988, Abakan	Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1990, Novosibirsk	Silver
Russian Government Cup 1992, Krasnojarsk	4th place
Russian Government Cup 1994, Novosibirsk	4th place
Russian Government Cup 1996, Arkhangelsk \ Moscow	4th place
Russian Government Cup 1998, Nizhny Novgorod	Bronze
Russian Government Cup 2000, Kazan	4th place
Russian Government Cup 2002, Arkhangelsk	Bronze
Russian Government Cup 2003, Krasnogorsk	5th place
Russian Government Cup 2006, Krasnogorsk	5th place
Russian Government Cup 2008, Novosibirsk	4th place
Russian Government Cup 2010, Kirov	5th place
Russian Government Cup 2012, Abakan	Silver

Current squadEdit

Finnish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.^[5]

Pos.	Age	Name	Club
GK	37	Timo Oksanen	Bollnäs GIF
GK	30	Kimmo Kyllönen	IK Sirius
DF	28	Ilari Moisala	Brobergs IF
DF	35	Pekka Hiltunen	HT-Bandy
DF	31	Antti Ekman	HT-Bandy
MF	22	Samuli Helavuori	Bollnäs GIF
MF	39	Kimmo Huotelin	Kampparit
MF	28	Ville-Veikko Angeria	Akilles
MF	34	Ville Aaltonen	Bollnäs GIF
MF	29	Juho Liukkonen	Bollnäs GIF
MF	27	Tomi Hauska	Vetlanda BK
MF	26	Anssi Hänninen	JPS Jyväskylä
MF	26	Samuli Koivuniemi	OLS Oulu
FW	31	Mikko Rytkönen	JPS Jyväskylä
FW	31	Tomi Tukiainen	Akilles
FW	27	Mikko Lukkarila	IFK Kungälv
FW	26	Markus Kumpuoja	Hammarby IF
FW	39	Sami Laakkonen	Dynamo Kazan

ReferencesEdit

^ The entire final
^ The decisive goal
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Federation. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
^ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Tässä Suomen jääpallojoukkue MM-kisoihin" (in Finnish). Yle Urheilu. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External linksEdit

Finnish Bandy Federation

[1] The entire final

[2] The decisive goal

[fib-3] "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Federation. Retrieved February 12, 2014.

[4] Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[5] "Tässä Suomen jääpallojoukkue MM-kisoihin" (in Finnish). Yle Urheilu. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

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