The 2022 tournament was originally to be held in Stockholm, and this was the logo created for it.
The 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship was an international
bandy tournament for women and the 11th (XI)
Women's Bandy World Championship organized by the
Federation of International Bandy (FIB). The event was contested from 23 to 27 March 2022 in
Åby,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...
.
Due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine,
Team Russia withdrew from the tournament and although the
Ukraine women's national bandy team was scheduled to participate, they had to withdraw.
Team Ukraine's appearance was meant to be the Ukrainian women's bandy world debut, almost a century after women's bandy teams were first recorded to have appeared in
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine. , Ukraine, in 1927.
The
Great Britain women's national bandy team made its first international appearance at the 2022 world championship after its initial attempt to compete at the
2014 Women's Bandy World Championship had failed to materialize.
History
According to the
Federation of International Bandy (FIB), the competition was postponed from its initial start date due to organizing problems in Sweden. It was initially planned to be held in
Stockholm, Sweden, January 9-16, 2022 at the newly built Gubbängen's Skating and Bandy Arena (Bandyhallen i Gubbängen in Swedish). The tournament was to be the first Women's Bandy World Championship to be played indoors but still will be after the recent change of venue.
The new date for the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship was March 23-27, 2022.
The
Russian team withdrew and the
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...
team had to withdraw due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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.
Venues
The 2022 Women's Bandy World Championships took place in
Åby, a small community north of
Växjö, in southern
Sweden
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about 400 kilometers south of
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropo ...
.
The tournament was held at the Eriksson Ice Arena
[ a newly built bandy arena which was completed in 201]
Åby/Tjureda IF, a team in the Allsvenskan (bandy), Bandyallsvenskan, the Swedish second division, normally plays there.
Squads
Each team had a maximum of 16 players and 4 leaders.
Referees
There were three main referees: Victoria Bergström (Sweden), Stephanie Johnson (USA) and Ida Salomonsson (Sweden).
Pool A
All games 2 x 45 minutes.[
]
Group Stage
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze game
Final
Pool B
All games 2 x 30 minutes.[
]
Group Stage
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Bronze game
Final
Final ranking
Awards
* MVP:
* Best goalkeeper:
* Best defender:
* Best midfielder:
* Best forward:
* Fair play:
References
{{World championships in 2022
Women's Bandy World Championship
World
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2022 in Swedish sport
International bandy competitions hosted by Sweden
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 ...
