The 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be an international sports tournament between men's national teams among
bandy playing nations. It was to be the fortieth
Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wom ...
. While the Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020,
the Division A tournament was postponed a number of times and finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.
The Division A tournament was supposed to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020. The FIB later announced that the 2020 Division A tournament in
Irkutsk would be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship in
Syktyvkar would be played in 2022. On 24 August 2021, Sweden announced its withdrawals from the competition, due to the continued threat of COVID-19. Finland and Norway had already made the same decisions earlier. Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022, which would be the
2022 Bandy World Championship.
Host selection
The 2019 tournament was originally supposed to be held in
Irkutsk in Russia, but the decision was reconsidered
due to a failure to meet the demands on an arena accepted for international play and the tournament was held in
Vänersborg in Sweden instead.
For 2020, the new
Arena Baikal will be ready for play, and therefore, this year's world championship will be held in Irkutsk. Some games will probably be played in surrounding cities too.
The last time the World Championship was held in Irkutsk, was in
2014
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Venues
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Syktyvkar – Ice Palace Arena
Qualified nations
Based on the nations taking part in the
last world championship tournament and the qualification made there, the following nations were foreseen to participate.
Division A
Pool A
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Pool B
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Division B
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Division A
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Division B
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Ninth place game
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''Switzerland won 14–1 on aggregate.''
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
References
External links
Official website
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2020-21
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World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
World Championships,2020
Sport in Irkutsk
2020 in Russian sport
2022 in Russian sport
March 2020 sports events in Russia
October 2021 sports events in Russia
Sports events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sports events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Sports events affected by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine