Germany national bandy team (german: Deutsche Bandynationalmannschaft der Herren) is a
bandy team competing for
Germany
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in the international bandy and
rink bandy
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While a bandy field is about the same size as a football pitc ...
tournaments.
The German Empire national bandy team participated the
1913 European Bandy Championships in
Davos.
After a long time with no organised bandy in Germany, the
German Bandy Federation (Deutscher Bandy-Bund) was established in June 2013 and the new national bandy team was formed in September 2013. In January 2014 the German team participated in the
four nation bandy tournament in Davos,
Switzerland, a centenary celebration of the 1913 European Championship. The other teams were
Netherlands
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Hungary
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, and
Czech Republic
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. Germany made its debut in the
World Championship
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in
Irkutsk 2014
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. Before that they played a friendly match against the team of
Obukhovo
19-20 September 2015 the team took part in a rink bandy tournament in
Nymburk
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. The team also participated at the 2016
Davos Cup.
At the
World Championship in 2016, the team won Division B and as a consequence thereof debuted in Division A at
the 2017 tournament, where they finished 7th, thereby qualifying for
2018
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.
Tournament participation
World Championships
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2014
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– 15th place (7th in Division B)
*
2015 – 13th place (5th in Division B)
*
2016
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– 9th place (1st in Division B)
*
2017
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– 7th place
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2018
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– 7th place
*
2019
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– 7th place
Current squad
German squad at the
2014 World Championship in
Irkutsk,
Russia
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.
Germany-Japan Match Report
Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
References
External links
German Bandy Federation Official Homepage
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National bandy teams
Bandy
Bandy in Germany