Germany national bandy team (german: Deutsche Bandynationalmannschaft der Herren) is a bandy team competing for

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in the international bandy and

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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

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, and

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. Germany made its debut in the

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in Irkutsk

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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

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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

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Tournament participation

World Championships

– 15th place (7th in Division B) * 2015 – 13th place (5th in Division B) *

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– 9th place (1st in Division B) *

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– 7th place *

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– 7th place

Current squad

German squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk,

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.Germany-Japan Match Report
Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 30 January 2014.

References

External links

German Bandy Federation Official Homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Germany National Bandy Team National bandy teams Bandy Bandy in Germany