Finland national bandy team

The Finnish national bandy team (Finnish: Suomen jääpallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands herrlandslag i bandy) has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was launched for the first time in 1957. Finland won the championship title in 2004.[1][2] They have always finished in the top four, and have won 28 medals in 36 championships.

Finland
AssociationFinland's Bandy Association (Suomen Jääpalloliitto)
(Finlands Bandyförbund)
Head coach Ari Holopainen
Team colors         
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Finland 1 – 12 Sweden
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907
Biggest win
Finland 23 – 0 Belarus
Haparanda, 25 March 2001
Biggest defeat
Sweden 15 – 2 Finland
Trollhättan, 22 November 1998
Bandy World Championship
Appearances38 (first in 1957)
Best result Gold: (2004)
Finland in the final of the 2016 World Championship

The team is controlled by Finland's Bandy Association.

History

Finland was represented by the club Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (PUS) in the winter games in Helsinki in 1907, but the team was beaten by a team from Sweden.[3]

The first international bandy game after Finland became independent was held during the 1919 Finnish Winter Games in Helsinki, which were the first international sporting event organized by the recently independent nation.[4] The national team’s roster was dominated by players from Viipurin Sudet and included only three players representing other domestic clubs, Harald Nyström from HIFK, Lars Schybergson from Kiffen, and Niilo Tammisalo from HJK. The national team’s match against the Swedish club IFK Uppsala was held on 23 February at Töölön Pallokenttä before a crowd of 5,000 spectators, including State Regent of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim.[3] The Finns won the match 4-1 in a victory that was described in the press as “one of the most amazing achievements of Finnish athletes.” [5]

In the 1920s and 1930s, Finland regularly played friendly games against Sweden and against Estonia.

Finland, Norway, and Sweden played bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. 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.[6]

The first ever World Championships of bandy were organised in 1957 in association with the 50th anniversary of the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body of bandy in Finland. It was played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972.[3]

World Championship record
GamesFinish
Finland 1957, Helsinki Silver
Norway 1961, N/A Bronze
Sweden 1963, N/A Silver
Soviet Union 1965, N/A4th place
Finland 1967, N/A Silver
Sweden 1969, N/A Bronze
Sweden 1971, N/A Bronze
Soviet Union 1973, Moscow / N/A Bronze
Finland 1975, N/A Bronze
Norway 1977, N/A Bronze
Sweden 1979, N/A Bronze
Soviet Union 1981, Habarovsk Bronze
Finland 1983, Helsinki / Porvoo Bronze
Norway 1985, Oslo / N/A Bronze
Sweden 1987, Stockholm / N/A Silver
Soviet Union 1989, Moscow Silver
Finland 1991, Helsinki / Porvoo Bronze
Norway 1993, Hamar4th place
United States 1995, Roseville, Minnesota Bronze
Sweden 1997, Västerås / N/A Bronze
Russia 1999, Arkhangelsk Silver
Finland and Sweden 2001, Oulu / Haparanda Bronze
Russia 2003, Arkhangelsk4th place
Sweden and Hungary 2004, Västerås / Budapest Gold
Russia 2005, Kazan4th place
Sweden 2006, Stockholm / N/A Bronze
Russia 2007, Kemerovo Bronze
Russia 2008, Moscow Bronze
Sweden 2009, Västerås / N/A Bronze
Russia 2010, Moscow Bronze
Russia 2011, Kazan Silver
Kazakhstan 2012, Almaty4th place
Sweden and Norway 2013, Vänersborg / N/A4th place
Russia 2014, Irkutsk / Shelekhov4th place
Russia 2015, Khabarovsk4th place
Russia 2016, Ulyanovsk Silver
Sweden 2017, Sandviken Bronze
Russia and China 2018, Khabarovsk / Harbin Bronze
Sweden 2019, Vänersborg Bronze
Russia 2020, IrkutskCOVID-19 pandemic.[7]
Russia 2021, Syktyvkar

Russian Government Cup
GamesFinish
Rossiya Tournament 1972, Ulyanovsk Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1974, Arkhangelsk Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1976, Khabarovsk Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1978, Kemerovo Silver
Rossiya Tournament 1980, Syktyvkar Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1982, Syktyvkar Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1984, Kemerovo4th place
Rossiya Tournament 1986, Irkutsk Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1988, Abakan Bronze
Rossiya Tournament 1990, Novosibirsk Silver
Russian Government Cup 1992, Krasnojarsk4th place
Russian Government Cup 1994, Novosibirsk4th place
Russian Government Cup 1996, Arkhangelsk \ Moscow4th place
Russian Government Cup 1998, Nizhny Novgorod Bronze
Russian Government Cup 2000, Kazan4th place
Russian Government Cup 2002, Arkhangelsk Bronze
Russian Government Cup 2003, Krasnogorsk5th place
Russian Government Cup 2006, Krasnogorsk5th place
Russian Government Cup 2008, Novosibirsk4th place
Russian Government Cup 2010, Kirov5th place
Russian Government Cup 2012, Abakan Silver

Current squad

Finnish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.[8]

Pos. Age Name Club
GK 37 Timo Oksanen Bollnäs GIF
GK 30 Kimmo Kyllönen IK Sirius
DF 28 Ilari Moisala Brobergs IF
DF 35 Pekka Hiltunen HT-Bandy
DF 31 Antti Ekman HT-Bandy
MF 22 Samuli Helavuori Bollnäs GIF
MF 39 Kimmo Huotelin Kampparit
MF 28 Ville-Veikko Angeria Akilles
MF 34 Ville Aaltonen Bollnäs GIF
MF 29 Juho Liukkonen Bollnäs GIF
MF 27 Tomi Hauska Vetlanda BK
MF 26 Anssi Hänninen JPS Jyväskylä
MF 26 Samuli Koivuniemi OLS Oulu
FW 31 Mikko Rytkönen JPS Jyväskylä
FW 31 Tomi Tukiainen Akilles
FW 27 Mikko Lukkarila IFK Kungälv
FW 26 Markus Kumpuoja Hammarby IF
FW 39 Sami Laakkonen Dynamo Kazan
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References
  1. The entire final
  2. The decisive goal
  3. "The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English". Finnish Bandy Federation. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  4. Lavikainen, Jouni (2019-01-18). "Suomen talvikisat 1919 – itsenäisen Suomen ensimmäiset suurkilpailut" [Finnish Winter Games 1919 - The First Major Sporting Competition of Independent Finland] (in Finnish). Sports Museum of Finland. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. Koskinen, Jukka (2019-01-28). "Suomi-Ruotsi -maaotteluita jo 100-vuotta" [One-hundred years of Finland-Sweden matches] (in Finnish). Finnish Bandy Federation. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  6. Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  7. "World Championship moves to October!". FIB. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  8. "Tässä Suomen jääpallojoukkue MM-kisoihin" (in Finnish). Yle Urheilu. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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