Bandy World Championship

Bandy World Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Bandy World Championship
SportBandy
First season1957
No. of teams11 (2023)
CountriesWorldwide
Most recent
champion(s)		 Sweden
(13th title)
Most titles Soviet Union
(14 titles)
Official websiteworldbandy.com
A record twenty countries participated in the World Championships of 2019. Blue means Division A countries, red Division B countries and green the other FIB members. Latvia, which was relegated from Division A in 2016, made a late cancellation in 2017.
The old outdoor arena in Västerås, Sweden, where Finland won in 2004 for the first and only time.
Zinkensdamms IP, Stockholm, Sweden. Venue for the final at the XXVIth championships in 2006
ABB Arena Syd in Västerås, Sweden, host for the XXIXth championships in 2009

The Bandy World Championship is a competition for the men's teams of bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Women's Bandy World Championship. A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories.

The 2020 Bandy World Championship for Division A was scheduled to be played in Irkutsk, Russia in 2020 but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 Bandy World Championship for Division A and B was initially scheduled to be played in Syktyvkar, Russia, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was rescheduled for Division B to 8–13 March 2022 and for Division A to 27 March–3 April 2022. However, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden withdrew from the tournament,[1] which was then postponed indefinitely.[2]

  1. ^ "Sweden and Finland boycott World Bandy Championships in Russia".
  2. ^ "FIB - World Championships in Russia postponed!".