The Bandy World Championship G-17, also designated ''Bandy World Championship F-17'', is a
Youth Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship for youth teams is a group of sports tournaments held for bandy athletes competing for their junior national teams. There are four different age classes for boys and young men and one age class for girls. The tourna ...
for girls' teams up to the age of 17 years. This is the only Youth Bandy World Championship age group for female players. Usually, only the core
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
playing nations are taking part, but the
United States has also appeared on more than one occasion.
The first
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
World Championship G-17 was held in 2009, and it has since held biannually.
History
2015
The Swedish team won the 2015 World Championship G17, which was held at the
Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval, in
Roseville Roseville may refer to:
Australia
*Roseville, New South Wales
Canada
* Roseville, Ontario
Malta
* RoseVille (aka Villa Roseville), a house in Attard, Malta
South Africa
*Roseville, Pretoria, a suburb
United Kingdom
*Roseville, Dudley
United S ...
,
Minnesota,
United States, in February 2015. Sweden defeated Russia in the final and Finland beat the USA for the bronze medals. Norway has taken part before, but did not in 2015.
2017
Sweden managed to defend the championship in 2017, when the competition was held in
Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
in Russia. The Swedish girls beat Russia in the final, while Finland took the bronze medals in a match for third place against Norway. The United States did not come to this year's tournament, but China made their debut, finishing fifth and last.
[http://www.baikal-bandy.ru/en/results/ seen 2017-02-27]
Results
Medal table
References
{{Bandy World Championships
Girls 17
Under-17 sports competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 2009