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Sweden women's national bandy team represent
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 country located on ...
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 Ban ...
in the winter team sport of
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 ...
. The team is controlled by the
Swedish Bandy Association The Swedish Bandy Association ( sv, Svenska Bandyförbundet) is the governing body of bandy in Sweden. It organizes the bandy leagues, Elitserien and Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women, and the men's and women's national teams. It w ...
. Sweden won the first ever world championship for women in 2004.


History

The first recorded international match between women's bandy teams from Sweden and Finland took place in
Helsinki, Finland Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
in 1935 at the
Helsingfors Ice Stadium Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city' ...
, where a portion of the match was captured by
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. Another international friendly between women's national teams was played in
Kemi Kemi (; sme, Giepma ; smn, Kiemâ; sms, Ǩeeʹmm; Swedish (historically): ''Kiemi'') is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio and the Swedish border. The distance to Oulu is to the south and to Rovani ...
in 1980, where Sweden beat Finland by 14-3.


Women's Bandy World Championship

The team has participated in all
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 Ban ...
s since the first tournament in
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
. The team has won every championship tournament except in
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, when they lost the final to
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. For the 2016 Women's Bandy World Championship, the team got an official song, "Watch Out" by Furfobia.


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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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 Ban ...
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Great Britain women's national bandy team Great Britain women's national bandy team represents the United Kingdom in the sport of bandy. It is controlled by the Great Britain Bandy Association. The team made its international debut at the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship, finishing ...
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United States women's national bandy team United States women's national bandy team represent the United States in the Women's Bandy World Championship. The team has participated in all Bandy World Championships for women since the first tournament in 2004. See also *Bandy *Rink bandy *Wo ...
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Russia women's national bandy team Russia women's national bandy team is the bandy team representing Russia. The team competes in the Women's Bandy World Championship. After the International Olympic Committee's recommendations following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fe ...
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Finland women's national bandy team The Finland women's national bandy team (, ) represents Finland in the Women's Bandy World Championship and other international bandy competitions. It is governed by the Finnish Bandy Association, a member of the Federation of International B ...
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Norway women's national bandy team 240px, The Norway women's national bandy team in 2006 Norway women's national bandy team represents Norway in all international play and the team has participated in all World Championships for women since the inaugural tournament in 2004. As of ...
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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 China women's national bandy team is governed by the China Bandy Federation. It made its World Championship debut in the 2016 tournament in Roseville, Minnesota, United States.http://www.usabandy.com/wwc2016 Draft schedule, read 12 February 2016 ...
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Canada women's national bandy team , - , - , - Canada's women's national bandy team (French: ''Équipe nationale féminine de bandy du Canada'') is the women's bandy team representing Canada. Historically the squad has been based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The women's ...
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Hungary women's national bandy team Hungary women's national bandy team is competing for Hungary in the international bandy tournaments. The team has so far only made appearances in two world championship tournaments, in 2007 (as the host country) and 2008 (in Sweden). It has lost ...
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Soviet Union women's national bandy team Soviet Union women's national bandy team represented the former Soviet Union in bandy. It was controlled by the Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR. The Soviet women did not form a national team until around 1990. In 1990 and 1991 they were i ...


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