Bandy World Championship

Recurring international bandy tournament for men's national teams

Bandy World ChampionshipCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 Bandy World Championship

Sport| Bandy
First season| 1957
No. of teams| 10 (2025)
Countries| Worldwide
Most recent
champion(s)|  Sweden
(14th title)
Most titles|  Soviet Union
Sweden
(14 titles each)
Official website| worldbandy.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 cancelled completely.[2] Subsequent tournaments have taken place without the participation of Russia.

## History

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Although bandy has been played since the 19th century, the first men's world championships were only played as recently as 1957, and the first women's championships not until 2004.

Before this, friendlies had been played regularly between the Nordic countries. A film from British Pathé created in 1935 called "Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)"[3] shows an international bandy match between women bandy players from Finland and women bandy players from Sweden being played outdoors at Helsingfors Ice Stadium (Helsinki) in Finland where the narrator corrects the misconception that it is an international women's ice hockey game. Helsingfors is the Swedish name for Helsinki and comes from the name of the surrounding parish, Helsinge (etymological origin of the Finnish name Helsinki) and the rapids (in Swedish: fors), which flowed through the original town.

A bandy tournament for men was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but this had no world championship status. A four-nation tournament in 1954 for men was played in Moscow, this was the first time the Soviet Union met teams from other countries and the first time the new, jointly agreed rules were used, however this was not called a world championship. The international federation was founded in 1955 by the four countries which had men's national bandy teams who had played in Moscow.

The first ever men's Bandy World Championship was 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.[4]

From 1961 to 2003, the men's championships were played every two years, but since then has been played annually. (During the period 1972–1990, the Rossiya Tournament was held for national teams in the years when there was no world championship. This was always played in the Soviet Union and arranged by newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya. It was affectionately called "the small world championship".)

## Participating nations

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For a long time, only four countries competed at the world championships: the Soviet Union, Sweden, Finland and Norway, with the Soviet Union dominating. More countries have joined the tournaments in recent decades, starting with the United States in 1985. The interest in the sport has spread to other parts of Europe, North America and Asia, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 also opened the way for separate national teams from the former Soviet republics. Somalia became the first team from Africa to compete, in the 2014 tournament in Irkutsk.[5] The record number of participants is 20, set in 2019.

Denmark, Switzerland, Armenia and Poland are countries that a few years ago expressed interest in participating in future tournaments.[6] Denmark and Poland have left FIB, while Switzerland debuted in the 2019 edition, as did Great Britain.[7] Armenia wished to participate in the 2011,[8] but was not allowed to, as the tournament format at the time only allowed twelve teams and several more wanted to come. Of the countries which still have not taken part, India was also denied in 2011.[9] Most probably also Lithuania.[10][11] The reason for the 2011 tournament having only eleven teams, was a late cancellation from Australia,[12] another country no longer an FIB member.

With more nations competing, Group B was created in 1991. In 2012 there was a Group C for the first time as 14 countries participated. Group C was abolished in 2013, when instead two sub-groups of Group B were created. In 2014 there were two sub-groups also in Group A, increasing the number of teams in that division from six to eight. The number of groups is not fixed, it is changed from year to year and there are discussions about reinstating a Group C.[13] Japan and Kyrgyzstan attended their first World Championships in 2012, Ukraine joined in 2013, Germany and Somalia made their debuts in 2014, China in 2015, and the Czech Republic in 2016. Russia, Finland, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Norway, USA and Belarus usually play in group A. Until 2011, the best team in group B Went into a playoff match with the team which came bottom of the A-group, replacing them if they won. In 2004 the B-pool was played in a location separate from group A for the first time, at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest. In 2013 this happened again as Vetlanda hosted the B-pool, whereas Vänersborg was the main venue of the A-pool with three matches played at other locations, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Oslo. In 2015 and 2016 the tournaments were separated in time while in the same cities. The Division B matches are shorter in time, except for the end matches.

* Medeu was the main arena for the XXXIInd championships in 2012. Here the final of the 2011 Asian Winter Games.

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

* Arena Vänersborg in Sweden, the main venue of the XXXIIIrd championship, held in 2013

* Arena Yerofey, the final of the XXXVth championship in 2015

* Trud Stadium, the final of the XXXVIth championship in 2016

### Participation details

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1957-2001
Team | 57 | 61 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 89 | 91 | 93 | 95 | 97 | 99 | 01

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Belarus | part of Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | 7th
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | –
Finland | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | –
Kazakhstan | part of Soviet Union | – | 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th
Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 8th | – | 9th | – | –
Norway | – | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th
Russia | see Soviet Union | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st
Soviet Union | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | defunct
Sweden | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd
United States | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th
Total teams | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7

2003-2025
Team | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | Total

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Belarus | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | – | 7th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15
Canada | – | 9th | 8th | 8th | – | 8th | 8th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 8th | 8th | – | – | 9th | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | 16
China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 16th | 17th | 12th | 18th | – | – | – | – | 5
Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 16th | – | 15th | 16th  | – | 10th  | – | 5
Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 12th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 7th | x  | – | 7th  | 7th | 8
Estonia | 8th | 10th | 10th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 9th | – | – | 12th | 11th | 10th | 9th | DSQ | 14th | 11th | 9th | x  | – | – | – | 15
Finland | 4th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | x  | – | 2nd | 2nd | 41
Great Britain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 8th | 2
Hungary | – | 8th | 11th | 9th | 10th | 13th | 13th | 10th | 10th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 10th | 8th | 11th | 9th  | – | 6th  | 5th | 23
Japan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 13th | 12th | 13th | 13th | 12th | 10th | 12th | 15th  | – | – | – | 9
Kazakhstan | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4th | x  | – | 4th  | x | 22
Kyrgyzstan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1
Latvia | – | – | – | – | 8th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 7th | 8th | – | – | 13th | 14th  | – | – | – | 12
Mongolia | – | – | – | 11th | 11th | 12th | 12th | 11th | – | – | – | 14th | 14th | 12th | 11th | 13th | – | 12th  | – | – | – | 11
Netherlands | 9th | 11th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 11th | 14th | 15th | 9th | 8th | 13th  | – | 8th  | 6th | 23
Norway | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | x  | – | 3rd | 3rd | 39
Russia | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | x  | – | – | – | 22
Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 16th | 11th  | – | 9th  | 10th | 5
Somalia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 16th | 20th | 18th  | – | – | – | 7
Sweden | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | x  | – | 1st | 1st | 41
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19th | 17th  | – | 11th  | 9th | 3
Ukraine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 16th | – | 11th | 13th | 14th | 17th | 10th  | – | – | – | 7
United States | 7th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 6th | x  | – | 5th  | 4th | 28
Total teams | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 10 (18*)  | –  | 11  | 10 |

*18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate (teams marked with "x" could not participate).

## Debut of national teams

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1957 |  Finland,  Soviet Union,  Sweden | 3  | 3  |
1961 |  Norway | 1  | 4  |
1963 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1965 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1967 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1969 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1971 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1973 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1975 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1977 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1979 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1981 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1983 | \-  | 0  | 4  |
1985 |  United States | 1  | 5  |
1987 | \-  | 0  | 5  |
1989 | \-  | 0  | 5  |
1991 |  Canada,  Hungary,  Netherlands | 3  | 8  |
1993 |  Russia | 0  | 8  |  Soviet Union
1995 |  Kazakhstan | 1  | 9  |
1997 | \-  | 0  | 9  |
1999 | \-  | 0  | 9  |
2001 |  Belarus | 1  | 10  |
2003 |  Estonia | 1  | 11  |
2004 | \-  | 0  | 11  |
2005 | \-  | 0  | 11  |
2006 |  Mongolia | 1  | 12  |
2007 |  Latvia | 1  | 13  |
2008 | \-  | 0  | 13  |
2009 | \-  | 0  | 13  |
2010 | \-  | 0  | 13  |
2011 | \-  | 0  | 13  |
2012 |  Japan,  Kyrgyzstan | 2  | 15  |
2013 |  Ukraine | 1  | 16  |
2014 |  Somalia,  Germany | 2  | 18  |
2015 |  China | 1  | 19  |
2016 |  Czech Republic | 1  | 20  |
2017 | \-  | 0  | 20  |
2018 |  Slovakia | 1  | 21  |
2019 |  Great Britain,   Switzerland | 2  | 23  |
2020-2022 | \-  | 0  | 23  |
2023 | \-  | 0  | 23  |
2025 | \-  | 0  | 23  |

## Competition format

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Originally, the competition was played as an all-meet-all round-robin tournament. Starting in 1983, semifinals and a final was added to follow the round-robin stage.

When the number of participating nations increased, the championship was split up in two groups from 2003 onwards, A and B, with the better teams in Group A. The winner of Group B for some years played a game against the least successful team of Group A to determine qualification for Group A for next year, but in 2016, 2017, and 2018 winning Group B has been directly qualifying for group A for the following year while the last placed team of Group A is automatically relegated to Group B.

## Broadcasting

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The interest is biggest in Sweden, Finland and Russia.[14] On several occasions it was shown on Eurosport 2.

The games are also viewable via online streaming.

## Results

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No.  | Year  | Host
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I  | 1957
Details |  Finland | Olympic Stadium (Helsinki) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
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Sweden | Round-robin | Only three teams participated | 3
II  | 1961
Details |  Norway | Bislett Stadium (Oslo) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(2–1) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(4–3) |
Norway | 4
III  | 1963
Details |  Sweden | Skogsvallen (Nässjö) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(6–1) |
Finland |
Sweden | Round-robin
(12–0) |
Norway | 4
IV  | 1965
Details |  Soviet Union | Central Stadium (Sverdlovsk) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(4–0) |
Norway |
Sweden | Round-robin
(1–2) |
Finland | 4
V  | 1967
Details |  Finland | Raatti Stadium (Oulu) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(1–1) |
Finland |
Sweden | Round-robin
(2–1) |
Norway | 4
VI  | 1969
Details |  Sweden | Vinterstadion (Örebro) and Studenternas IP (Uppsala) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(4–2, 2–1) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin | Only three teams participated | 3
VII  | 1971
Details |  Sweden | Vinterstadion (Örebro) and Söderstadion (Stockholm) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(2–2, 2–1) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(6–1, 7–1) |
Norway | 4
VIII  | 1973
Details |  Soviet Union | Central Dynamo Stadium (Moscow) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(5–1, 1–0) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(3–2, 3–4) |
Norway | 4
IX  | 1975
Details |  Finland | Pohjan stadion (Tornio) and Hänninhauta (Mikkeli) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(1–3, 7–2) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(2–1, 2–2) |
Norway | 4
X  | 1977
Details |  Norway | Valle Hovin (Oslo) and Marienlyst Stadion (Drammen) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(2–3, 3–2) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(5–1, 2–4) |
Norway | 4
XI  | 1979
Details |  Sweden | Vänersborgs isstadion (Vänersborg) and Spånga IP (Stockholm) |
Soviet Union | Round-robin
(4–3, 4–2) |
Sweden |
Finland | Round-robin
(8–2, 6–2) |
Norway | 4
XII  | 1981
Details |  Soviet Union | Central Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk) |
Sweden | Round-robin
(6–1, 1–3) |
Soviet Union |
Finland | Round-robin
(6–1, 5–1) |
Norway | 4
XIII  | 1983
Details |  Finland | Oulunkylä Ice Rink (Helsinki)  |
Sweden | 9–3 |
Soviet Union |
Finland | 4–1 |
Norway | 4
XIV  | 1985
Details |  Norway | Valle Hovin (Oslo)  |
Soviet Union | 5–4
(a.e.t.)  |
Sweden |
Finland | 6–2 |
Norway | 5
XV  | 1987
Details |  Sweden | Söderstadion (Stockholm)  |
Sweden | 7–2 |
Finland |
Soviet Union | 11–3 |
Norway | 5
XVI  | 1989
Details |  Soviet Union | Olympic Stadium (Moscow)  |
Soviet Union | 12–2 |
Finland |
Sweden | 6–0 |
Norway | 5
XVII  | 1991
Details |  Finland | Oulunkylä Ice Rink (Helsinki)  |
Soviet Union | 4–3 |
Sweden |
Finland | 8–0 |
Norway | 8
XVIII  | 1993
Details |  Norway | Hamar Olympic Hall (Hamar)  |
Sweden | 8–0 |
Russia |
Norway | 5–3 |
Finland | 8
XIX  | 1995
Details |  United States | John Rose Minnesota Oval (Roseville)  |
Sweden | 6–4 |
Russia |
Finland | 3–2 |
Kazakhstan | 8
XX  | 1997
Details |  Sweden | Rocklunda IP (Västerås)  |
Sweden | 10–5 |
Russia |
Finland | 9–3 |
Kazakhstan | 9
XXI  | 1999
Details |  Russia | Trud Stadium (Arkhangelsk)  |
Russia | 5–0 |
Finland |
Sweden | 9–1 |
Norway | 6
XXII  | 2001
Details |  Finland
Sweden | Raksila Ice Rink (Oulu)  |
Russia | 6–1 |
Sweden |
Finland | 3–2 |
Kazakhstan | 7
XXIII  | 2003
Details |  Russia | Trud Stadium (Arkhangelsk)  |
Sweden | 5–4 |
Russia |
Kazakhstan | 4–1 |
Finland | 9
XXIV  | 2004
Details |  Sweden
Hungary | Rocklunda IP (Västerås)  |
Finland | 5–4
(a.e.t.)  |
Sweden |
Russia | 5–2 |
Kazakhstan | 11
XXV  | 2005
Details |  Russia | Trudovye Rezervy Stadium (Kazan)  |
Sweden | 5–2 |
Russia |
Kazakhstan | 5–3 |
Finland | 11
XXVI  | 2006
Details |  Sweden | Zinkensdamms IP (Stockholm)  |
Russia | 3–2 |
Sweden |
Finland | 7–4 |
Kazakhstan | 12
XXVII  | 2007
Details |  Russia | Khimik Stadium (Kemerovo)  |
Russia | 3–1 |
Sweden |
Finland | 5–4
(a.e.t.)  |
Kazakhstan | 12
XXVIII  | 2008
Details |  Russia | Olympic Stadium (Moscow)  |
Russia | 6–1 |
Sweden |
Finland | 8–3 |
Kazakhstan | 13
XXIX  | 2009
Details |  Sweden | ABB Arena South (Västerås)  |
Sweden | 6–1 |
Russia |
Finland | 7–3 |
Kazakhstan | 13
XXX  | 2010
Details |  Russia | Ice Palace Krylatskoye (Moscow)  |
Sweden | 6–5
(a.e.t.)  |
Russia |
Finland | 4–3
(a.e.t.)  |
Kazakhstan | 11
XXXI  | 2011
Details |  Russia | Trudovye Rezervy Stadium (Kazan)  |
Russia | 6–1 |
Finland |
Sweden | 14–3 |
Kazakhstan | 11
XXXII  | 2012
Details |  Kazakhstan | Medeu (Almaty)  |
Sweden | 5–4 |
Russia |
Kazakhstan | 10–5 |
Finland | 14
XXXIII  | 2013
Details |  Sweden
Norway | Arena Vänersborg (Vänersborg)  |
Russia | 4–3 |
Sweden |
Kazakhstan | 6–3 |
Finland | 14
XXXIV  | 2014
Details |  Russia | Trud Stadium (Irkutsk)  |
Russia | 3–2 |
Sweden |
Kazakhstan | 5–3 |
Finland | 17
XXXV  | 2015
Details |  Russia | Arena Yerofey (Khabarovsk)  |
Russia | 5–3 |
Sweden |
Kazakhstan | 8–6 |
Finland | 16
XXXVI  | 2016
Details |  Russia | Trud Stadium (Ulyanovsk)  |
Russia | 6–1 |
Finland |
Sweden | 4–0 |
Kazakhstan | 18
XXXVII  | 2017
Details |  Sweden | Göransson Arena (Sandviken)  |
Sweden | 4–3 |
Russia |
Finland | 11–1 |
Norway | 18
XXXVIII  | 2018
Details |  Russia
China | Arena Yerofey (Khabarovsk)  |
Russia | 5–4 |
Sweden |
Finland | 8–4 |
Kazakhstan | 16
XXXIX  | 2019
Details |  Sweden | Arena Vänersborg (Vänersborg)  |
Russia | 6–5
(a.e.t.)  |
Sweden |
Finland | 8–2 |
Kazakhstan | 20
XL  | 2020
Details |  Russia | "A" Division cancelled  | 10 (18**)
XLI  | 2022
Details |  Russia | Cancelled  | \-
XLII  | 2023
Details |  Sweden | Eriksson Arena (Växjö)  |  |
Sweden | 3–1 |
Finland |  |
Norway | 5–1 |
Kazakhstan | 11
XLIII  | 2025
Details |  Sweden | Sparbanken Lidköping Arena (Lidköping)  |
Sweden | 5–3 |
Finland |
Norway | 12–1 |
United States | 10
XLIV  | 2026
Detalis |  Finland | Narukerä Ice Rink (Pori)[15] |  |  |  |  |  |  |

* For 1959–1981 championships, there are listed venues (host cities) of the decisive matches of round-robin tournaments (i.e. matches between champions and runners-up for each tournament), not final matches.
** 18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate.

Kyrgyzstan and Japan were the newcomers in 2012. Here, the Kyrgyzstan team defend their goal when Japan is about to make a corner stroke. Kyrgyzstan has yet to make another world championship appearance.

### Medal table

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Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.

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2|  Soviet Union| 14| 2| 1| 17
3|  Russia| 12| 9| 1| 22
4|  Finland| 1| 10| 22| 33
5|  Norway| 0| 1| 3| 4
6|  Kazakhstan| 0| 0| 6| 6
Totals (6 entries)| 41| 41| 41| 123

### Consecutive wins

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The most consecutive gold medals were won by the Soviet Union with 11. Russia has won four consecutive gold medals and Sweden has won three consecutive gold medals.

## Final arenas (since 1983)

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Until 1981, the championship was always decided by round-robin games, so only since 1983 there have been designated venues for the championship final game.

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1  | 2  |  Finland | Oulunkylä Ice Rink | Helsinki | 1983, 1991  |
1  | 2  |  Russia | Trud Stadium | Arkhangelsk | 1999, 2003  |
1  | 2  |  Sweden | Rocklunda IP | Västerås | 1997, 2004  |
1  | 2  |  Russia | Olympic Stadium | Moscow | 1989, 2008  | Indoor arena
1  | 2  |  Russia | Trudovye Rezervy Stadium | Kazan | 2005, 2011  |
1  | 2  |  Russia | Arena Yerofey | Khabarovsk | 2015, 2018  | Indoor arena
1  | 2  |  Sweden | Arena Vänersborg | Vänersborg | 2013, 2019  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  Norway | Valle Hovin | Oslo | 1985  |
8  | 1  |  Sweden | Söderstadion | Stockholm | 1987  |
8  | 1  |  Norway | Hamar Olympic Hall | Hamar | 1993  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  United States | John Rose Minnesota Oval | Roseville | 1995  |
8  | 1  |  Finland | Raksila Ice Rink | Oulu | 2001  |
8  | 1  |  Sweden | Zinkensdamms IP | Stockholm | 2006  |
8  | 1  |  Russia | Khimik Stadium | Kemerovo | 2007  |
8  | 1  |  Sweden | ABB Arena South | Västerås | 2009  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  Russia | Ice Palace Krylatskoye | Moscow | 2010  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  Kazakhstan | Medeu | Almaty | 2012  |
8  | 1  |  Russia | Trud Stadium | Irkutsk | 2014  |
8  | 1  |  Russia | Trud Stadium | Ulyanovsk | 2016  |
8  | 1  |  Sweden | Göransson Arena | Sandviken | 2017  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  Sweden | Eriksson Arena | Växjö | 2023  | Indoor arena
8  | 1  |  Sweden | Sparbanken Lidköping Arena | Lidköping | 2025  | Indoor arena

## References

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2. ^ "FIB - World Championships in Russia postponed!".
3. ^ Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)
4. ^ "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Federation. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
5. ^ "Somali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy", BBC-online, 3 January 2014.
6. ^ 35-й чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом стартовал в Хабаровске Archived 2020-12-01 at the Wayback Machine,(in Russian), Retrieved 5 February 2016
7. ^ "Венерсборг идёт на рекорд! - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
8. ^ "Армения готова участвовать в чемпионате мира - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
9. ^ "Борис Скрынник: Хоккей с мячом – третий по посещаемости игровой вид спорта в России | BANDYNET.RU".
10. ^ "Армения готова участвовать в чемпионате мира - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
11. ^ "Литва и Беларусь могут принять участие в чемпионате мира | BANDYNET.RU".
12. ^ "A poster showing the flags of the registered teams for the 2011 tournament, including that of Australia, which in the end did not show up". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
13. ^ "ТАСС".
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15. ^ "World Championship for Men A and Women to Pori, Finland 2026!". World Bandy. Federation of International Bandy. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.

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| Team|

* American football
* men
* women
* Australian football
* Baseball5
* Ball hockey
* Bandy
* men
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* women
* women's club
* Cricket
* ODI (men)
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* Beach tennis
* Canoe polo
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* women
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* men
* women
* men's club
* women
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* Inline hockey
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* men
* women
* Roller hockey
* men
* women
* Rugby league
* men
* men's club
* women
* Sailing
* Yachts
* Dinghies
* Sepaktakraw
* Socca
* Synchronized skating
* Tchoukball
* Underwater hockey
* Underwater rugby

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Individual|

* Air sports
* ballooning
* gliding
* parachuting
* paragliding
* Aquatics
* water skiing
* Armwrestling
* Archery
* indoor
* 3D
* field
* Athletics
* cross country
* half marathon
* indoor
* women's decathlon
* relays
* 100 km
* mountain running
* long distance mountain running
* snowshoe running
* skyrunning
* trail running
* Bowling
* Tenpin
* Ninepin (singles, team)
* Bowls
* indoor
* outdoor
* Canoeing
* marathon
* ocean race
* wildwater
* SUP
* canoe sailing
* freestyle
* waveski
* Crokinole
* CrossFit
* Cycling
* cyclo-cross
* indoor
* mountain bike marathon
* trials
* Darts
* WDF
* PDC
* team
* Finswimming
* Fishing
* freshwater
* fly fishing
* Gymnastics
* acrobatic
* aerobic
* parkour
* Ice Climbing
* Modern pentathlon
* biathle
* triathle
* laser run
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* Orienteering
* foot
* ski
* mountain bike
* trail
* Pétanque
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball
* Roller Sports
* artistic skating
* inline alpine
* inline downhill
* inline speed skating
* roller freestyle
* scootering
* Rowing
* coastal
* indoor
* Shooting
* practical handgun
* practical rifle
* practical shotgun
* Skiing
* flying
* speed
* telemark
* Summer biathlon
* Strength athletics
* men
* women
* Surfing
* short board
* long board
* big wave
* SUP/paddleboard
* Swimming
* short course
* Teqball
* Triathlon
* Aquathlon
* Duathlon
* Ironman
* Ironman 70.3
* cross
* cross duathlon
* long distance
* long distance duathlon
* sprint
* winter
* Yo-yo

* See also: World cups

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