The Finland women's national bandy team (, ) represents
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
in the
Women's Bandy World Championship
The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International B ...
and other international
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
competitions. It is governed by the
Finnish Bandy Association
Finland's Bandy Association (Finnish: ''Suomen Jääpalloliitto'', Swedish: ''Finlands Bandyförbund'') is the governing body for the sport of bandy in Finland. Bandy was one of the sports for which the Ball Association of Finland, founded in 190 ...
, a member of the
Federation of International Bandy (FIB).
History
The first recorded international match between women's bandy teams from Sweden and Finland took place in
Helsinki, Finland
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in 1935 at the
Helsingfors Ice Stadium, where a portion of the match was captured by
British Pathé
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.
The next documented international friendly match played by the Finnish national team was held in
Kemi
Kemi (; sme, Giepma ; smn, Kiemâ; sms, Ǩeeʹmm; Swedish (historically): ''Kiemi'') is a cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio and the Finland–Sweden borde ...
in 1980 and ended in a Swedish victory, with a final score of 3–14.
Women's Bandy World Championship
The team has participated in every
Women's Bandy World Championship
The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International B ...
since the first tournament in
2004
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, which was hosted by Finland in
Lappeenranta. Ten years later, Finland hosted the
2014 Women's Bandy World Championship and Lappeenranta once again served as the host city. As of 2022, the team has won five bronze medals, in 2004,
2008
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,
2012
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, 2014, and
2022.
Tournament record
World Championship
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2004
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Events January
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– Won Bronze Medal
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2006
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– Finished in 4th place
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2007
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– Finished in 5th place
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2008
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– Won Bronze Medal
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2010
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– Finished in 5th place
*
2012
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– Won Bronze Medal
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2014
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– Won Bronze Medal
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2016
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– Finished in 6th place
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2018
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– Finished in 4th place
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2020 – Finished in 4th place
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2022 – Won Bronze Medal
See also
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Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
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Rink bandy
Rink bandy is a variant of the larger sport of bandy. Unlike bandy which is played on a large bandy field, rink bandy is played on significantly smaller ice hockey sized ice rinks.
While a bandy field is about the same size as a football pitc ...
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Women's Bandy World Championship
The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International B ...
**
Great Britain women's national bandy team
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Sweden women's national bandy team
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Russia women's national bandy team
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United States women's national bandy team
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Norway women's national bandy team
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Switzerland women's national bandy team
Switzerland women's national bandy team is representing Switzerland in international bandy tournaments. It is controlled by the Federation of Swiss Bandy and made its debut at the 2018 Women's Bandy World Championship.
See also
*Bandy
*Rink bandy
...
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China women's national bandy team
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Canada women's national bandy team
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Hungary women's national bandy team
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Soviet Union women's national bandy team
References
External links
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Women's national team
National bandy teams
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...