The Russia national bandy team represents Russia in international bandy. There is a national team for men's competitions and a

Russia women's national bandy team Russia women's national bandy team is the bandy team representing Russia. The team competes in the Women's Bandy World Championship. After the International Olympic Committee's recommendations following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Fe ...

. This article deals chiefly with the men's national bandy team. Until 1991 there was a national bandy team for the Soviet Union, but a team formally representing the

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made a one-off appearance at the Rossiya Tournament 1986, also playing against the Soviet Union team. At the

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(Rossiya Tournament with a new name), the independent Russia played amongst others against the

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, the brief successor of the Soviet team, before Russia was admitted to the Federation of International Bandy in June of the same yea

Russia became a member of the

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following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The first time post-Soviet Russia played was at the

, when

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also participated. CIS was considered the temporary successor of the Soviet team and consequently the number one team. After that tournament, CIS did not play again and in the 1993 world championship, Russia represented the country. The team has won the

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twelve times, in 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007,

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, 2011,

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, 2015,

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and

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. The men's 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be held in Russia but was postponed because of the

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, first to later in the year, then to 2021 and then to 2022 before being finally cancelled on 1 March 2022, after Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the United States announced that they would not take part in the competition in Russia due to the

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World Championship record

World Championship squad in 2016

Russian squad at the 2016 World Championship in

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, 1–2 February 2016, which won the World Championship title that year.

References

External links

Official site
(in Russian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Russia National Bandy Team National bandy teams Bandy in Russia Bandy Bandy World Championship-winning countries