Canada national bandy team

The Canada national bandy team (French: Équipe nationale de bandy du Canada) refers to the bandy teams representing Canada. Presently only the national men's senior team competes. There is the men's national team and the women's national team. The teams are overseen by Canada Bandy (previously the Manitoba Bandy Federation) which is a member of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB). This article deals chiefly with the national men's team. For the women's team please see Canada women's national bandy team.

Canada
AssociationCanada Bandy
Head coachGöran Svensson
Team colors   
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 United States 10–0 Canada 
(Porvoo, Finland; 17 March 1991)
Biggest win
 Canada 18–0 Estonia 
(Kazan, Russia; 1 February 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 22–1 Canada 
(Irkutsk, Russia; 30 January 2014)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances15 (first in 1991)
Best result6th (1991, 1993)
Canada national bandy team
Medal record
Bandy World Championship
1991 FinlandTeam

6th overall
Group B
2nd

1993 NorwayTeam

6th overall
Group B
2nd

1995 USATeam

7th overall
Group B
3rd

1997 SwedenTeam

7th overall
Group B
2nd

1999 Russiadid not participate
2001 Finland and Swedendid not participate
2003 Russiadid not participate
Sweden 2004
(B-group in Hungary)
Team

9th overall
Group B
4th

2005 RussiaTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2006 SwedenTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2007 Russiadid not participate

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2008 RussiaTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2009 SwedenTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2010 RussiaTeam

7th overall
Group B
1st
(lost qualification to Group A
in 2011)

2011 SwedenTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2012 KazakhstanTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2013 SwedenTeam

8th overall
Group B
2nd

2014 RussiaTeam

8th overall
Division A
Last place

2015 Russiadid not participate
2016 Russiadid not participate
2017 SwedenTeam

9th overall
Group B
1st
(moving up to group A)

2018 Russiadid not participate
2019 SwedenTeam

14th overall
Group B
6th

2020 RussiaCovid 19
2022 RussiaRussian invasion of Ukraine

Bandy was first introduced to Canada in the city of Winnipeg in 1986. The initial organizations for bandy in Canada were called the "Bandy Federation of Manitoba" and "Canada Bandy Association/Federation". The men compete in the Bandy World Championship. Canada's national men's bandy team made their world debut at the 1991 Bandy World Championship.

While Canada is a country with a strong tradition in ice hockey and ringette, both sports are played on an ice rink and Canada does not have artificial ice rinks large enough to qualify as regulation-sized bandy fields. As a result, Canada's national men's team practices at home on ice hockey rinks or other substitute surfaces. In the past, the Canadian women's bandy team practiced on a frozen water hazard on a Winnipeg golf course. Team Canada occasionally goes to the United States to practice in areas where full-sized bandy fields exist.

The Canadian team also continues to play in the annual Can-Am Bandy Cup.

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