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Finland national bandy team

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Finland national bandy team
Summary

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(Finlands Bandyförbund) Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907 (Haparanda, Sweden; 25 March 2001) (Trollhättan, Sweden; 22 November 1998)

Bandy match between Finland and Sweden in Oulu 1947
Finland national bandy team in 1959
Finland and Sweden Bandy match in [[Kimpinen Sports Centre]] 1962
2016 World Championship

The Finnish national bandy team (, ) has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was first launched in 1957. Finland won the championship title in 2004. They have always finished in the top four, and have won 28 medals in 36 championships.

The team is controlled by Finland's Bandy Association.

History

Finland was represented by the club Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (PUS) in the winter games in Helsinki in 1907, but the team was beaten by a team from Sweden.

The first international bandy game after Finland became independent was held during the 1919 Finnish Winter Games in Helsinki, which were the first international sporting event organized by the recently independent nation. The national team's roster was dominated by players from Viipurin Sudet and included only three players representing other domestic clubs, Harald Nyström from HIFK, Lars Schybergson from Kiffen, and Niilo Tammisalo from HJK. The national team's match against the Swedish club IFK Uppsala was held on 23 February at Töölön Pallokenttä before a crowd of 5,000 spectators, including the State Regent of Finland, C.G.E. Mannerheim. The Finns won the match 4–1 in a victory that was described in the press as “one of the most amazing achievements of Finnish athletes.”

In the 1920s and 1930s, Finland regularly played friendly games against Sweden and against Estonia.

Finland, Norway, and Sweden played bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.

The first ever World Championships of bandy were 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.

Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972.

Tournament records

Olympics

GamesFinish
NOR Norway 1952, Oslo

Nordic Games

Main article: Nordic Games

GamesFinish
SWE Sweden 1922, Stockholm

Unofficial tournament

GamesFinish
URS Soviet Union 1954, Moscow
FIN Finland 2020, Porvoo / Lappeenranta
SWE Sweden 2024, Karlstad

World Championship record

GamesFinish
FIN Finland 1957, Helsinki
NOR Norway 1961, N/A
SWE Sweden 1963, N/A
URS Soviet Union 1965, N/A4th place
FIN Finland 1967, N/A
SWE Sweden 1969, N/A
SWE Sweden 1971, N/A
URS Soviet Union 1973, Moscow / N/A
FIN Finland 1975, N/A
NOR Norway 1977, N/A
SWE Sweden 1979, N/A
URS Soviet Union 1981, Habarovsk
FIN Finland 1983, Helsinki / Porvoo
NOR Norway 1985, Oslo / N/A
SWE Sweden 1987, Stockholm / N/A
URS Soviet Union 1989, Moscow
FIN Finland 1991, Helsinki / Porvoo
NOR Norway 1993, Hamar4th place
USA United States 1995, Roseville, Minnesota
SWE Sweden 1997, Västerås / N/A
RUS Russia 1999, Arkhangelsk
FIN SWE Finland and Sweden 2001, Oulu / Haparanda
RUS Russia 2003, Arkhangelsk4th place
SWEHUN Sweden and Hungary 2004, Västerås / Budapest
RUS Russia 2005, Kazan4th place
SWE Sweden 2006, Stockholm / N/A
RUS Russia 2007, Kemerovo
RUS Russia 2008, Moscow
SWE Sweden 2009, Västerås / N/A
RUS Russia 2010, Moscow
RUS Russia 2011, Kazan
KAZ Kazakhstan 2012, Almaty4th place
SWENOR Sweden and Norway 2013, Vänersborg / N/A4th place
RUS Russia 2014, Irkutsk / Shelekhov4th place
RUS Russia 2015, Khabarovsk4th place
RUS Russia 2016, Ulyanovsk
SWE Sweden 2017, Sandviken
RUSPRC Russia and China 2018, Khabarovsk / Harbin
SWE Sweden 2019, Vänersborg
RUS Russia 2020, IrkutskCOVID-19 pandemic.
RUS Russia 2022, SyktyvkarRussian invasion of Ukraine
SWE Sweden 2023, Växjö
SWE Sweden 2025, Lidköping
FIN Finland 2026, Pori

Russian Government Cup

Main article: Russian Government Cup

GamesFinish
URS Rossiya Tournament 1972, Ulyanovsk
URS Rossiya Tournament 1974, Arkhangelsk
URS Rossiya Tournament 1976, Khabarovsk
URS Rossiya Tournament 1978, Kemerovo
URS Rossiya Tournament 1980, Syktyvkar
URS Rossiya Tournament 1982, Syktyvkar
URS Rossiya Tournament 1984, Kemerovo4th place
URS Rossiya Tournament 1986, Irkutsk
URS Rossiya Tournament 1988, Abakan
URS Rossiya Tournament 1990, Novosibirsk
RUS Russian Government Cup 1992, Krasnojarsk4th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 1994, Novosibirsk4th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 1996, Arkhangelsk \ Moscow4th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 1998, Nizhny Novgorod
RUS Russian Government Cup 2000, Kazan4th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 2002, Arkhangelsk
RUS Russian Government Cup 2003, Krasnogorsk5th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 2006, Krasnogorsk5th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 2008, Novosibirsk4th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 2010, Kirov5th place
RUS Russian Government Cup 2012, Abakan

Youth World Championship

Main article: Youth Bandy World Championship

ChampionsY15 ClassY17 Class
1996, 2004
1979, 2013, 2024

Current squad

Finnish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.

Pos.AgeNameClub
GK37Timo OksanenSweden Bollnäs GIF
GK30Kimmo KyllönenSweden IK Sirius
DF28Ilari MoisalaSweden Brobergs IF
DF35Pekka HiltunenSweden HT-Bandy
DF31Antti EkmanSweden HT-Bandy
MF22Samuli HelavuoriSweden Bollnäs GIF
MF39Kimmo HuotelinFinland Kampparit
MF28Ville-Veikko AngeriaFinland Akilles
MF34Ville AaltonenSweden Bollnäs GIF
MF29Juho LiukkonenSweden Bollnäs GIF
MF27Tomi HauskaSweden Vetlanda BK
MF26Anssi HänninenFinland JPS Jyväskylä
MF26Samuli KoivuniemiFinland OLS Oulu
FW31Mikko RytkönenFinland JPS Jyväskylä
FW31Tomi TukiainenFinland Akilles
FW27Mikko LukkarilaSweden IFK Kungälv
FW26Markus KumpuojaSweden Hammarby IF
FW39Sami LaakkonenRussia Dynamo Kazan

References

References

  1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu3fR5hkPVo The entire final]
  2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcvxd9vgRQ The decisive goal]
  3. "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Federation.
  4. Lavikainen, Jouni. (2019-01-18). "Suomen talvikisat 1919 – itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäiset suurkilpailut". [[Sports Museum of Finland]].
  5. Koskinen, Jukka. (2019-01-28). "Suomi-Ruotsi -maaotteluita jo 100-vuotta". [[Finland's Bandy Association.
  6. Claes-G Bengtsson. (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn".
  7. (11 March 2020). "World Championship moves to October!". [[Federation of International Bandy.
  8. (16 January 2014). "Tässä Suomen jääpallojoukkue MM-kisoihin". Yle Urheilu.
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