Finland women's national bandy team

A bandy international between Finland and Norway in the 2004 Women's World Championships in Lappeenranta

Finland women's national bandy team represented Finland in the Women's Bandy World Championship. It is controlled by Finland's Bandy Association.

The first international friendly competition between women's national teams was played in Kemi in 1980, where Sweden beat Finland by 14-3.^[1]

The team has participated in all World Championships for women since the first tournament in 2004, where Finland was the host country. As of 2013, the team has won three bronze medals. Finland was once again the host for the 2014 Women's Bandy World Championship.

References

↑ "about women´s bandy - HISTORY OF FINNISH AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN`S BANDY". Retrieved 22 February 2014.

External links

http://www.finbandy.fi/fi/ (in Finnish)

National sports teams of Finland

American football F M Australian rules football Bandy F M Baseball Basketball F M F-U19 M-U19 F-U17 M-U17 Beach soccer Cricket Field hockey F M Floorball F F-U19 M Football F M F-U23 M-U21 F-U20 F-Y M-Y Roller derby Handball F M Ice hockey F M Inline hockey F M Rugby union F M M-7 Softball F F U19 M Squash F M Tennis F M Track racing Longtrack Speedway U21 U19 Volleyball F M

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National bandy teams

Current teams (men's)	Belarus Canada China Czech Republic England Estonia Finland Germany Hungary Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Mongolia Netherlands Norway Russia Somalia Sweden Ukraine United States

Current teams (women's)	Canada China England Finland Hungary Norway Russia Sweden United States

Defunct teams (men's)	Austria-Hungary Belgium Commonwealth of Independent States France Italy Soviet Union

Defunct teams (women's)	Soviet Union

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