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The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy.

Bandy has been played since the 19th century, but the first world championship for men were only played in 1957, and the first world championship for women were only played in 2004.

Bandy was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. This Olympic bandy tournament had no world championship status.

The first ever Bandy World Championship was organised in 1957. It was played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland.

From 1961–2003, the bandy world championship for men were played once every two years, but since 2003 the bandy world championship for men has been played once every year.

Past champions

  • 1957 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1958 no world championship
  • 1959 no world championship
  • 1960 no world championship
  • 1961 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1962 no world championship
  • 1963 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1964 no world championship
  • 1965 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1966 no world championship
  • 1967 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1968 no world championship
  • 1969 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1970 no world championship
  • 1971 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1972 no world championship
  • 1973 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1974 no world championship
  • 1975 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1976 no world championship
  • 1977 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1978 no world championship
  • 1979 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1980 no world championship
  • 1981 Sweden Sweden
  • 1982 no world championship
  • 1983 Sweden Sweden
  • 1984 no world championship
  • 1985 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1986 no world championship
  • 1987 Sweden Sweden
  • 1988 no world championship
  • 1989 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1990 no world championship
  • 1991 Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • 1992 no world championship
  • 1993 Sweden Sweden
  • 1994 no world championship
  • 1995 Sweden Sweden
  • 1996 no world championship
  • 1997 Sweden Sweden
  • 1998 no world championship
  • 1999 Russia Russia
  • 2000 no world championship
  • 2001 Russia Russia
  • 2002 no world championship
  • 2003 Sweden Sweden
  • 2004 Finland Finland
  • 2005 Sweden Sweden
  • 2006 Russia Russia
  • 2007 Russia Russia
  • 2008 Russia Russia
  • 2009 Sweden Sweden
  • 2010 Sweden Sweden
  • 2011 Russia Russia
  • 2012 Sweden Sweden
  • 2013 Russia Russia
  • 2014 Russia Russia
  • 2015 Russia Russia
  • 2016 Russia Russia
  • 2017 Sweden Sweden

Images for kids

  • BandyCountriesWC2017

    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.

  • Zinkensdamms IP February 2012

    Zinkensdamms IP, venue for the final at the XXVIth championships in 2006

  • Canada national bandy team

    The reserve field of Almaty Central Stadium was the venue for Division B and C in 2012. Here Canada.

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