The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season.
The World Cup is not played by national teams but is for bandy clubs from around the world, and should therefore not be confused with the Bandy World Championship. It is usually considered to be "the world championship for clubs". The tournament has been dominated by the Swedish and Russian teams.
History The Bandy World Cup was held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden from 1974 to 2008, at the start of the bandy season in autumn. From 2009 it has been played indoors in Sandviken because Ljusdal was waiting for an indoor arena. The outdoor ices were too unpredictable because of the weather this time of the year, so for the 2009 cup the Federation of International Bandy demanded the cup should be played indoors. It was first decided to move the cup temporarily to Sandviken for two years,Svenska Bandyförbundet 7 maj 2009 – World Cup flyttar till Sandviken but when Ljusdal still had no indoor arena, a contract was made between FIB and Sandviken to host the cup in Sandviken up to and including 2013. It was agreed that if there was an indoor arena in Ljusdal in 2014, Ljusdal may apply to host the cup again.
The tournament was first held in 1974 and has been called the World Cup since 1980. The full name of the cup has changed over the years, partly because of different sponsors. The first two years it was called DAF-cupen, then Dex-cupen 1976–1979 and Dex World Cup 1980–1983. 1984–1985 it was simply called World Cup Ljusdal. 1986 SJ became sponsors, so it was SJ World Cup 1986–1998. Then Ljusdal World Cup until 2001 and since 2002 it has been known as the Bandy World Cup, in 2005 additionally as Polar Bandy World Cup, since 2006 as ExTe World Cup Bandy.
There is also a Bandy World Cup Women for women's teams.
World Cup winners and runners-up
Year: Winners:(With country and hometown) Runners-up:(With country and hometown) Result: 1974 Sandvikens AIK Sandviken Brobergs IF Söderhamn 4–2 (additional time and Penalty shootout) 1975 Brobergs IF Söderhamn Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 3–2 1976 Oulun Luistinseura Oulu Västerås SK Västerås 3–2 1977 Brobergs IF Söderhamn IK Sirius Uppsala 6–1 1978 Brobergs IF Söderhamn Ljusdals BK Ljusdal 4–1 1979 Edsbyns IF Edsbyn Örebro SK Örebro 5–4 1980 IF Boltic Karlstad Edsbyns IF Edsbyn 5–4 1981 IF Boltic Karlstad Broberg/Söderhamn Bandy Söderhamn 6–0 1982 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk IF Boltic Karlstad 2–1 (sudden death) 1983 Brobergs IF Söderhamn Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 4–0 1984 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Ljusdals BK Ljusdal 5–4 1985 IF Boltic Karlstad Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 2–1 1986 IF Boltic Karlstad Vetlanda BK Vetlanda 2–1 1987 Västerås SK Västerås Dynamo Moscow Moscow 3–0 1988 Vetlanda BK Vetlanda Selånger SK Sundsvall 3–1 1989 Västerås SK Västerås Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 3–0 1990 Zorky Krasnogorsk Vetlanda BK Vetlanda 5–2 1991 Edsbyns IF Edsbyn Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 6–3 1992 IK Sirius Uppsala Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 7–0 1993 Vetlanda BK Vetlanda Ljusdals BK Ljusdal 4–2 1994 Västerås SK Västerås Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 5–2 1995 IF Boltic Karlstad Västerås SK Västerås 2–1 (sudden death) 1996 IF Boltic Karlstad Falu BS Falun 6–3 1997 Västerås SK Västerås Ljusdals BK Ljusdal 4–1 1998 Falu BS Falun Västerås SK Västerås 2–1 1999 Hammarby IF Stockholm Ljusdals BK Ljusdal 7–0 2000 Västerås SK Västerås Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 2–1 2001 Hammarby IF Stockholm Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 2–1 2002 Sandvikens AIK Sandviken Vodnik Arkhangelsk 3–2 2003 Vodnik Arkhangelsk Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 4–3 2004 Vodnik Arkhangelsk Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 8–5 2005 Bollnäs GIF Bollnäs Edsbyns IF Edsbyn 3–2 (sudden death) 2006 Dynamo Moscow Moscow Zorky Krasnogorsk 7–6 (sudden death) 2007 Dynamo Moscow Moscow Edsbyns IF Edsbyn 5–0 2008 Edsbyns IF Edsbyn Bollnäs GIF Bollnäs 3–2 2009 Hammarby IF Stockholm Zorky Krasnogorsk 6–2 2010 Dynamo Kazan Kazan Hammarby IF Stockholm 3–1 2011 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 4–3 2012 Zorky Krasnogorsk Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 3–0 2013 Dynamo Moscow Moscow Dynamo Kazan Kazan 3–0 2014 Västerås SK Västerås IFK Vänersborg Vänersborg 4–1 2015 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 5–0 2016 Västerås SK Västerås Villa Lidköping BK Lidköping 4–1 2017 Sandvikens AIK Sandviken Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 4–3 2018 Villa Lidköping BK Lidköping Sandvikens AIK Sandviken 4–1 2019 Bollnäs GIF Bollnäs SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk 5–2 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
References
External links World Cup