Women's Bandy World Championship

The Women's Bandy World Championships are a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup Women, a club competition, and from the Bandy World Championship, which is for men's teams.

Bandy World Championship for women
Most recent season or competition:
2020 Women's Bandy World Championship
SportBandy
Inaugural season2004
No. of teamsDiffering
CountriesWorld
Most recent
champion(s)		 Sweden (9th title)
Most titles Sweden (9 titles)
Official websiteworldbandy.com
A bandy international between Finland and Norway in the 2004 Women's World Championships in Lappeenranta

Although bandy has been played since the 19th century and was played by both men and women from the start, the first men's world championship were only played in 1957, and the first women ones were only in 2004.

Participating nations

Sweden, Russia, Finland, Norway and USA have participated in every tournament, Canada in most of them, Hungary in two and China debuted in 2016.[1] The record number of participants were 7, in 2007, 2008 and 2016. Regarding the tournament in 2018, the organisers had thought out measures with the goal to attract 12 participating countries,[2] but in the end the calendar showed 8 teams, with debuts for Estonia and Switzerland.[3] In the 2020 tournament, Japan participated for the first time.[4]

Participation details
Team 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
 Canada6th4th5th4th4th5th4th
 China7th6th
 Estonia7th7th
 Finland3rd4th5th3rd5th3rd3rd6th4th4th
 Hungary7th7th
 Japan6th
 Norway4th3rd3rd4th3rd6th4th3rd3rd3rd
 Russia2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd
 Sweden1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st
  Switzerland8th8th
 United States5th5th6th6th6th5th6th5th5th5th

Top results year by year
Year Final Venue Gold medal Result Silver medal Bronze medal Result Fourth place
2004[5]
Details
Lappeenranta
Sweden		 7–0
Russia
Finland		 8–1
Norway
2006[6]
Details
Roseville
Sweden		 3–1
Russia
Norway		 2–1
Finland
2007[7]
Details
Budapest
Sweden		 3–2
Russia
Norway		 4–3 (ps)
Canada
2008[8]
Details
Borlänge
Sweden		 5–2
Russia
Finland		 5–3
Norway
2010[9]
Details
Drammen
Sweden		 3–2 (OT)
Russia
Norway		 3–2
Canada
2012[10]
Details
Irkutsk
Sweden		 5–3
Russia
Finland		 4–1
Canada
2014
Details
Lappeenranta
Russia		 3–1
Sweden
Finland		 3–2 (OT)
Norway
2016
Details
Roseville
Sweden		 1–0
Russia
Norway		 3–2 (OT)
Canada
2018
Details
Chengde
Sweden		 1–0
Russia
Norway		 5–2
Finland
2020
Details
Oslo
Sweden		 3–1
Russia
Norway		 6–1
Finland

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden91010
2 Russia19010
3 Norway0066
4 Finland0044
Totals (4 nations)10101030

References
  1. Bandyvesti
  4. PREPARATION FOR WCS WOMEN IN NORWAY IN FULL SWING!
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