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2020 Bandy World Championship

XLth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
City	Irkutsk
Venue(s)	5 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	Division A: Cancelled Division B: 1–6 March 2020
Teams	Division A: 8 Division B: 10
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The 2020 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. While the Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020, the Division A tournament was postponed a number of times and finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.

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. The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020. 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. Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022, which would be the 2022 Bandy World Championship.

Host selection

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

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.

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

Venues

• Syktyvkar – Ice Palace Arena

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

Preliminary round

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

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Division B

2020–21 Bandy World Championship Division B

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	1–6 March 2020
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Hungary
Runner-up	Ukraine
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Games played	34
Goals scored	176 (5.18 per game)
Attendance	8,988 (264 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Linus Schellin (10 goals)

Preliminary round

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

Czech Republic	0–2	Ukraine
	Report

Netherlands	2–3	Hungary
	Report

Netherlands	2–2	Czech Republic
	Report
Penalties
	4–3

Hungary	7–0	Switzerland
	Report

Netherlands	2–2	Ukraine
	Report
Penalties
	2–4

Czech Republic	4–1	Switzerland
	Report

Hungary	5–1	Czech Republic
	Report

Ukraine	4–1	Switzerland
	Report

Hungary	2–0	Ukraine
	Report

Netherlands	6–0	Switzerland
	Report

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

Latvia	0–4	Slovakia
	Report

Mongolia	10–0	Somalia
	Report

Japan	9–0	Somalia
	Report

Slovakia	0–4	Mongolia
	Report

Latvia	11–0	Somalia
	Report

Japan	1–2	Mongolia
	Report

Slovakia	8–0	Somalia
	Report

Japan	1–2	Latvia
	Report

Japan	0–2	Slovakia
	Report

Latvia	0–2	Mongolia
	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	4 March
	Hungary	4
					5 March
	Japan	1
					Hungary	5
	4 March
					Slovakia	0
	Netherlands	2
									6 March
	Slovakia	3
									Hungary	4
	4 March
									Ukraine	1
	Czech Republic	1
					5 March
	Mongolia	2
					Mongolia	1
	4 March
					Ukraine	3			Third place
	Ukraine	5
									6 March
	Latvia	1
									Slovakia	3
									Mongolia	2

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	5 March
	Japan	2 (1)
					6 March
	Netherlands (pen.)	2 (3)
					Netherlands (OT)	5
	5 March
					Latvia	4
	Czech Republic	1
	Latvia	3
					Seventh place
					6 March
					Japan	3
					Czech Republic	1

Quarterfinals

Hungary	4–1	Japan
	Report

Czech Republic	1–2	Mongolia
	Report

Netherlands	2–3	Slovakia
	Report

Ukraine	5–1	Latvia
	Report

5–8th place semifinals

Japan	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
	1–3

Czech Republic	1–3	Latvia
	Report

Semifinals

Hungary	5–0	Slovakia
	Report

Mongolia	1–3	Ukraine
	Report

Ninth place game

Somalia	0–10	Switzerland
	Report

Switzerland	4–1	Somalia
	Report

Switzerland won 14–1 on aggregate.

Seventh place game

Japan	3–1	Czech Republic
	Report

Fifth place game

Netherlands	5–4 (OT)	Latvia
	Report

Third place game

Slovakia	3–2	Mongolia
	Report

Final

Hungary	4–1	Ukraine
	Report

Final ranking

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

References

1. The 2020 BWC Division A tournament was to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 BWC Division B was contested from 1 to 6 March 2020.
2. "World Championship Men – Group B" (PDF). FIB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
3. "World Championship moves to October!". FIB. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
4. "World Championship 2020 cancelled!". FIB. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
5. "Sweden and Finland refrain from parcitipating in Irkutsk". Federation of International Bandy. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
6. "FIB - FIB-decisions regarding upcoming international tournaments!". Retrieved 27 August 2023.
7. "Annual Congress in Sandviken, Sweden on Jan 30 2017 2017-01-28" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
8. "ЧМ в Иркутске будет перенесен" [World Cup in Irkutsk will be rescheduled]. rusbandy.ru (in Russian). 21 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
9. "Борис Скрынник: Иркутск сможет принять ЧМ-2020, если даст гарантии строительства арены" [Boris Skrynnik: Irkutsk will be able to take the World Cup 2020, if it gives guarantees of arena construction]. rusbandy.ru (in Russian). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
10. "Klart: Bandy VM 2019 till Vänersborg". 2 November 2017.
11. "Bandy VM 2023 i Växjö och Åby". Bandy VM 2023 i Sverige. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
12. "The Chinese national team will not participate in the World Bandy Championship in Irkutsk". baikal-bandy.ru. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
13. "Great Britain withdraw from Irkutsk!". FIB. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

External links

• Official website

• Bandy World Championships
• 2020 in bandy
• 2022 in bandy
• International bandy competitions hosted by Russia
• Sport in Irkutsk
• 2020 in Russian sport
• 2022 in Russian sport
• March 2020 sports events in Russia
• October 2021 sports events in Russia
• Sports events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Sports events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Sports events affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine