Bandy World Cup

Bandy World Cup
Magnus Olsson playing for Edsbyns IF in 2005.
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	mid-October
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Ljusdal, Sweden (1974–2008) Sandviken, Sweden (2009–)
Country	Sweden
Inaugurated	1974

Bandy World Cup is played in Sweden in the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The teams which should participate is decided based on their results in the whole of the last bandy season.

The World Cup is not played by national teams but is for bandy clubs from around the world,^[1] and should therefore not be confused with the Bandy World Championship. It is usually considered to be "the world championship for clubs".^[1] The tournament has been dominated by Swedish and Russian teams.

History

The Bandy World Cup was held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden from 1974 to 2008, in 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.^[2] It was first decided to move the cup temporarily to Sandviken for two years,^[3] 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. If there is an indoor arena in Ljusdal in 2014, Ljusdal may apply to arrange the cup again.^[4]

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 home town)	Runners-up: (With country and home town)	Result:
1974	Sandvikens AIK Sandviken	Brobergs IF Söderhamn	4–2 (additional time and penalties)
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

References

1. "World Cup". Retrieved February 18, 2014.
2. Sveriges Radio P4 Gävleborg 20 januari 2009 – Krav att World Cup ska spelas inomhus redan i år
3. Svenska Bandyförbundet 7 maj 2009 – World Cup flyttar till Sandviken
4. "Hela Hälsingland". 29 April 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

External links

• World Cup