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26-639: The World Cup is not played by national teams but is for bandy clubs from around the world, and should therefore not be confused with the Bandy World Championship . It is usually considered to be "the world championship for clubs". The tournament has been dominated by the Swedish and Russian teams. The Bandy World Cup was held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden from 1974 to 2008, at the start of

52-578: A contract was made between FIB and Sandviken to host the cup in Sandviken up to and including 2013. It was agreed that if there was an indoor arena in Ljusdal in 2014, Ljusdal may apply to host the cup again. The tournament was first held in 1974 and has been called the World Cup since 1980. The full name of the cup has changed over the years, partly because of different sponsors. The first two years it

78-405: A few years ago expressed interest in participating in future tournaments. Denmark and Poland have left FIB, while Switzerland debuted in the 2019 edition , as did Great Britain. Armenia wished to participate in the 2011 , but was not allowed to, as the tournament format at the time only allowed twelve teams and several more wanted to come. Of the countries which still have not taken part, India

104-472: A women's wheelchair racing event) were included in the athletics programme of each Games. These events are considered by many as a demonstration sport, but were, in fact, used to promote the Paralympic Games . Disabled events in alpine and Nordic skiing (1988 only) were also held as demonstration sports at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics . Below is the list of demonstration sports at

130-623: Is a competition for the men's teams of bandy -playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy . It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup , a club competition, and from the Women's Bandy World Championship . A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories. The 2020 Bandy World Championship for Division A

156-522: Is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration sports were officially introduced in the 1924 Summer Olympics , though some scholars consider unofficial sports prior to 1924 to also be demonstrations. Most organizing committees then decided to include at least one demonstration sport at each edition of

182-534: Is unlikely that they will be reintroduced as a requirement for future Olympic organizing committees. However, the Beijing Olympic Committee received permission from the IOC to run a wushu (martial arts) competition parallel to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games , Wushu Tournament Beijing 2008 . From the 1984 Summer Olympics until the 2004 Summer Olympics , two Paralympic events (a men's and

208-896: The Russian invasion of Ukraine , Finland and Sweden withdrew from the tournament, which was then postponed indefinitely. Although bandy has been played since the 19th century, the first men's world championships were only played as recently as 1957, and the first women's championships not until 2004. Before this, friendlies had been played regularly between the Nordic countries. A film from British Pathé created in 1935 called "Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)" shows an international bandy match between women bandy players from Finland and women bandy players from Sweden being played outdoors at Helsingfors Ice Stadium ( Helsinki ) in Finland where

234-576: The Summer Olympic Games . Italic denotes not officially recognized as a demonstration sport by the IOC. • Indian sports : Under the event-based program that began with the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, the host organizing committees added the following optional sports to the program with full medal status: Below is the list of demonstration sports at the Winter Olympic Games . Italic denotes not officially recognized as

260-647: The United States in 1985. The interest in the sport has spread to other parts of Europe , North America and Asia , and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 also opened the way for separate national teams from the former Soviet republics. Somalia became the first team from Africa to compete, in the 2014 tournament in Irkutsk. The record number of participants is 20, set in 2019. Denmark , Switzerland , Armenia and Poland are countries that

286-689: 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 . From 1961 to 2003, the men's championships were played every two years, but since then has been played annually. (During the period 1972–1990, the Rossiya Tournament was held for national teams in the years when there was no world championship. This

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312-473: The Games, usually some typical or popular sport in the host country, like baseball at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and taekwondo at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games . From 1924 to 1992, only two Summer Olympics Games did not have demonstration sports on their program. Some demonstration sports eventually gained enough popularity to become an official sport in a subsequent edition of the Games. Traditionally,

338-499: The World Championships. The most consecutive gold medals were won by the Soviet Union with 11. Russia has won four consecutive gold medals and Sweden has won three consecutive gold medals. Until 1981, the championship was always decided by round-robin games, so only since 1983 there have been designated venues for the championship final game. Demonstration sport A demonstration sport , or exhibition sport ,

364-496: The bandy season in autumn. From 2009 it has been played indoors in Sandviken because Ljusdal was waiting for an indoor arena. The outdoor ices were too unpredictable because of the weather this time of the year, so for the 2009 cup the Federation of International Bandy demanded the cup should be played indoors. It was first decided to move the cup temporarily to Sandviken for two years, but when Ljusdal still had no indoor arena,

390-757: The best team in group B Went into a playoff match with the team which came bottom of the A-group, replacing them if they won. In 2004 the B-pool was played in a location separate from group A for the first time, at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest . In 2013 this happened again as Vetlanda hosted the B-pool, whereas Vänersborg was the main venue of the A-pool with three matches played at other locations, Trollhättan , Gothenburg and Oslo . In 2015 and 2016

416-659: The following year while the last placed team of Group A is automatically relegated to Group B. The interest is biggest in Sweden, Finland and Russia. For a few times now it has been shown on Eurosport 2 . The games are also viewable via online streaming . * For 1959–1981 championships, there are listed venues (host cities) of the decisive matches of round-robin tournaments (i.e. matches between champions and runners-up for each tournament), not final matches. ** 18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate. Countries in italics no longer compete at

442-574: The medals awarded for the demonstration events followed the same design as the Olympic medals, but of a smaller size. They are never included in the medal count. Demonstration sports were suspended after the 1992 Summer Olympics , as the Olympic program grew bigger and it became more difficult for the organizing committees to give them the appropriate attention, since the IOC required the same treatment to be dispensed for official and demonstration sports. It

468-681: The narrator corrects the misconception that it is an international women's ice hockey game. Helsingfors is the Swedish name for Helsinki and comes from the name of the surrounding parish, Helsinge (etymological origin of the Finnish name Helsinki) and the rapids (in Swedish: fors ), which flowed through the original town. A bandy tournament for men was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo , but this had no world championship status. A four-nation tournament in 1954 for men

494-543: The number of teams in that division from six to eight. The number of groups is not fixed, it is changed from year to year and there are discussions about reinstating a Group C. Japan and Kyrgyzstan attended their first World Championships in 2012, Ukraine joined in 2013, Germany and Somalia made their debuts in 2014, China in 2015, and the Czech Republic in 2016. Russia , Finland , Sweden , Kazakhstan , Norway , USA and Belarus usually play in group A. Until 2011,

520-473: The round-robin stage. When the number of participating nations increased, the championship was split up in two groups from 2003 onwards, A and B, with the better teams in Group A. The winner of Group B for some years played a game against the least successful team of Group A to determine qualification for Group A for next year, but in 2016, 2017, and 2018 winning Group B has been directly qualifying for group A for

546-416: The tournaments were separated in time while in the same cities. The Division B matches are shorter in time, except for the end matches. *18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate (teams marked with "x" could not participate). Originally, the competition was played as an all-meet-all round-robin tournament . Starting in 1983, semifinals and a final was added to follow

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572-483: Was also denied in 2011. Most probably also Lithuania. The reason for the 2011 tournament having only eleven teams, was a late cancellation from Australia, another country no longer an FIB member. With more nations competing, Group B was created in 1991. In 2012 there was a Group C for the first time as 14 countries participated. Group C was abolished in 2013, when instead two sub-groups of Group B were created. In 2014 there were two sub-groups also in Group A, increasing

598-399: Was always played in the Soviet Union and arranged by newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya . It was affectionately called "the small world championship".) For a long time, only four countries competed at the world championships: the Soviet Union, Sweden , Finland and Norway , with the Soviet Union the dominating country. More countries have joined the tournaments in recent decades, starting with

624-555: Was called DAF -cupen, then Dex-cupen 1976–1979 and Dex World Cup 1980–1983. 1984–1985 it was simply called World Cup Ljusdal. 1986 SJ became sponsors, so it was SJ World Cup 1986–1998. Then Ljusdal World Cup until 2001 and since 2002 it has been known as the Bandy World Cup, in 2005 additionally as Polar Bandy World Cup, since 2006 as ExTe World Cup Bandy. There is also a Bandy World Cup Women for women's teams. Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship

650-598: Was played in Moscow , this was the first time the Soviet Union met teams from other countries and the first time the new, jointly agreed rules were used, however this was not called a world championship. The international federation was founded in 1955 by the four countries which had men's national bandy teams who had played in Moscow. The first ever men's Bandy World Championship was organised in 1957 in association with

676-632: Was scheduled to be played in Irkutsk, Russia in 2020 but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The 2021 Bandy World Championship for Division A and B was initially scheduled to be played in Syktyvkar, Russia , but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was rescheduled for Division B to 8–13 March 2022 and for Division A to 27 March–3 April 2022. However, in response to

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