2020–22 Bandy World Championship

The 2020–22 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 tournament was finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.

2020–22 Bandy World Championship
XLth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
DatesCancelled (Division A)
1–6 March 2020 (Division B)
Teams8 (Division A) and 10 (Division B)
Venue(s)5 (in 2 host cities)
← 2019
2023 →

The Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020.[1]

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.[2] The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020.[3] 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.[4] Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022.[5]

In February 2022, the Finland's Bandy Association announced that they would not take part in the competition due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6] On February 24, Sweden, Norway, and the United States also pulled out of the tournament.[7] The international bandy federation then announced on 1 March 2022 that the tournament would be cancelled altogether due to so few countries wanting to participate.[8]

Host selection

The 2019 tournament was originally supposed to be held in Irkutsk in Russia,[9] but the decision was reconsidered [10] due to a failure to meet the demands on an arena accepted for international play[11] and the tournament was held in Vänersborg in Sweden instead.[12]

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.[13]

The last time the World Championship was held in Irkutsk, was in 2014.

Venues

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

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinals
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
4  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:
(H) Host

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place game
4  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
A4
 
 
 
B1
 
 
 
 
A1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A3
 
 
 
B2
 
 
 
 
A2Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals
A4CancelledB1
A3CancelledB2

Seventh place game
B3CancelledB4

Fifth place game
Cancelled

Semifinals
Cancelled
Cancelled

Third place game
Cancelled

Final
Cancelled

Division B
2020–21 Bandy World Championship Division B
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates1–6 March 2020
Teams10
Venue(s)4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Hungary
Runner-up  Ukraine
Third place  Slovakia
Fourth place Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored176 (5.18 per match)
Attendance8,988 (264 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Linus Schellin
(10 goals)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 4 4 0 0 17 3 +14 8 Quarterfinals
2  Ukraine 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 5
3  Netherlands 4 1 2 1 12 7 +5 4
4  Czech Republic 4 1 1 2 7 10 −3 3
5   Switzerland 4 0 0 4 2 21 −19 0 9th place game
Source: FIB
Czech Republic 0–2 Ukraine
Report
Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk
Attendance: 250
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko
Netherlands 2–3 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Netherlands 2–2 Czech Republic
Report
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 215
Referee: Brenden Burnell
Hungary 7–0  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Radek Kopal
Netherlands 2–2 Ukraine
Report
Penalties
2–4
Attendance: 100
Referee: Andrey Piunov
Czech Republic 4–1  Switzerland
Report
Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko
Hungary 5–1 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Brendan Burnell
Ukraine 4–1  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 298
Referee: Andrey Piunov
Hungary 2–0 Ukraine
Report
Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov
Attendance: 154
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Netherlands 6–0  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 146
Referee: Brenden Burnell

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mongolia 4 4 0 0 18 1 +17 8 Quarterfinals
2  Slovakia 4 3 0 1 14 4 +10 6
3  Latvia 4 2 0 2 13 7 +6 4
4  Japan 4 1 0 3 11 6 +5 2
5  Somalia 4 0 0 4 0 38 −38 0 9th place game
Source: FIB
Latvia 0–4 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 240
Referee: Radek Kopal
Mongolia 10–0 Somalia
Report
Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov
Attendance: 380
Referee: Andrey Piunov
Japan 9–0 Somalia
Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko
Slovakia 0–4 Mongolia
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Brenden Burnell
Latvia 11–0 Somalia
Report
Attendance: 32
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Japan 1–2 Mongolia
Report
Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov
Attendance: 154
Referee: Radek Kopal
Slovakia 8–0 Somalia
Report
Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov
Attendance: 184
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko
Japan 1–2 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 168
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Japan 0–2 Slovakia
Report
Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk
Attendance: 160
Referee: Radek Kopal
Latvia 0–2 Mongolia
Report
Attendance: 180
Referee: Andrey Piunov

Bracket
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
4 March
 
 
 Hungary4
 
5 March
 
 Japan1
 
 Hungary5
 
4 March
 
 Slovakia0
 
 Netherlands2
 
6 March
 
 Slovakia3
 
 Hungary4
 
4 March
 
 Ukraine1
 
 Czech Republic1
 
5 March
 
 Mongolia2
 
 Mongolia1
 
4 March
 
 Ukraine3 Third place
 
 Ukraine5
 
6 March
 
 Latvia1
 
 Slovakia3
 
 
 Mongolia2
 
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
5 March
 
 
 Japan2 (1)
 
6 March
 
 Netherlands (pen.)2 (3)
 
 Netherlands (OT)5
 
5 March
 
 Latvia4
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 
 Latvia3
 
Seventh place
 
 
6 March
 
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Czech Republic1

Quarterfinals
Hungary 4–1 Japan
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Radek Kopal
Czech Republic 1–2 Mongolia
Report
Attendance: 102
Referee: Brenden Burnell
Netherlands 2–3 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Ukraine 5–1 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 34
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko

5–8th place semifinals
Japan 2–2 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Report
Penalties
1–3
Attendance: 125
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko
Czech Republic 1–3 Latvia
Report
Attendance: 97
Referee: Andrey Piunov

Semifinals
Hungary 5–0 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 32
Referee: Brenden Burnell
Mongolia 1–3 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 367
Referee: Radek Kopal

Ninth place game
Somalia 0–10  Switzerland
Report
Attendance: 102
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck
Switzerland  4–1 Somalia
Report
Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov
Attendance: 142
Referee: Andrey Piunov

Switzerland won 14–1 on aggregate.

Seventh place game
Japan 3–1 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 102
Referee: Brenden Burnell

Fifth place game
Netherlands 5–4 (OT) Latvia
Report
Attendance: 114
Referee: Radek Kopal

Third place game
Slovakia 3–2 Mongolia
Report
Attendance: 256
Referee: Rodion Yarovenko

Final
Hungary 4–1 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 2,354
Referee: Andreas Rönnbäck

Final ranking
RankTeam
1 Hungary
2 Ukraine
3 Slovakia
4 Mongolia
5 Netherlands
6 Latvia
7 Japan
8 Czech Republic
9  Switzerland
10 Somalia

References
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  3. "World Championship 2020 cancelled!". FIB. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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