Bandy World Championship for men
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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[change | change source]
- 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