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Bandy World Championship for men
2026-11-15 01:58:54 · The Daily Ledger
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 19612003, 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
1958 no world championship
1959 no world championship
1960 no world championship
1961 Soviet Union
1962 no world championship
1963 Soviet Union
1964 no world championship
1965 Soviet Union
1966 no world championship
1967 Soviet Union
1968 no world championship
1969 Soviet Union
1970 no world championship
1971 Soviet Union
1972 no world championship
1973 Soviet Union
1974 no world championship
1975 Soviet Union
1976 no world championship
1977 Soviet Union
1978 no world championship
1979 Soviet Union
1980 no world championship
1981 Sweden
1982 no world championship
1983 Sweden
1984 no world championship
1985 Soviet Union
1986 no world championship
1987 Sweden
1988 no world championship
1989 Soviet Union
1990 no world championship
1991 Soviet Union
1992 no world championship
1993 Sweden
1994 no world championship
1995 Sweden
1996 no world championship
1997 Sweden
1998 no world championship
1999 Russia
2000 no world championship
2001 Russia
2002 no world championship
2003 Sweden
2004 Finland
2005 Sweden
2006 Russia
2007 Russia
2008 Russia
2009 Sweden
2010 Sweden
2011 Russia
2012 Sweden
2013 Russia
2014 Russia
2015 Russia
2016 Russia
2017 Sweden
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