The Sweden national bandy team () represents Sweden in the sport of

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. There are two separate national teams, a national bandy team for men, and a national bandy team for women. This article deals chiefly with Sweden's national men's bandy team. Sweden has been playing friendlies against

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and

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since the early 20th century. In 1907 and 1909 there were also occasional games against

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and

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. The games were set up informally from 1907 and in official internationals from 1919. Agreements were made to play friendlies against

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in the late 1940s, but the plans did not come to realization. Finland, Norway and Sweden played bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. 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. Sweden won the tournament. Sweden has been taking part in the

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s since the start in 1957. The team has never finished worse than third place (which once, in 1957, meant last place) and has won the championship 12 times . In the 2009 World Championship Sweden won in the final against Russia. Sweden repeated the victory in the 2010 World Championships, this time in

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, the first time

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has won a bandy world championship in the capital of

. This was the tenth victory in the world championships for Sweden. Sweden won the Rossiya Tournament in 1974 and 1990 and has won its successor

Russian Government Cup Russian Government Cup was a tournament for national teams in bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while usi ...

in 1994, 1996 and 2003. The record for senior men's senior team appearances for the Swedish national bandy team is held by former Borlänge/Stora Tuna BK, Falu BS,

Västerås SK Bandy Västerås SK Bandy is the men's bandy side of the Sweden, Swedish sports club Västerås SK (disambiguation), Västerås SK, located in Västerås. The senior side currently plays in the Swedish Elitserien (bandy), Elitserien, the top division ...

IFK Vänersborg IFK Vänersborg is a Swedish sports club in Vänersborg, Sweden, most famous for its success in bandy. History The club was formed on 9 March 1903. The first years saw the club also compete in sports such as gymnastics and athletics. In bandy, ...

Sandvikens AIK Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit. History Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originall ...

and

Tillberga IK Bandy Tillberga IK Bandy, also called ''Tillberga Bandy Västerås'' or ''TB Västerås'', is a Swedish Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface ( ...

player Per Fosshaug, who played for the team 129 times.

Olympics

Unofficial tournament

World Championship record

Current squad

Swedish squad at the 2014 World Championship in

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, January 26 – February 2, 2014.

References

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1907 establishments in Sweden