Sweden national bandy team
| Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
| Association | Swedish Bandy Association (Svenska bandyförbundet) | ||
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| Head coach | Sweden Michael Carlsson | ||
| Team colors | |||
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| First international | |||
| Sweden Sweden 12 – 1 Finland Russian Empire Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907 | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 33–5 Belarus File:Flag of Belarus.svg (Irkutsk, Russia; 30 January 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0–8 Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg (Stockholm, Sweden; 24 February 1963) | |||
| Bandy World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 38 (first in 1957) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1981, 1983, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2023) | ||
The Sweden national bandy team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i bandy) represents Sweden in the sport of bandy. There are two separate national teams, a national bandy team for men, and a national bandy team for women. This article deals chiefly with Sweden's national men's bandy team. Sweden has been playing friendlies against Finland and Norway since the early 20th century. In 1907 and 1909 there were also occasional games against Russia and Denmark. The games were set up informally from 1907 and in official internationals from 1919.[1] Agreements were made to play friendlies against Soviet Union in the late 1940s, but the plans did not come to realization.[2] Finland, Norway and Sweden played bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future. Sweden won the tournament.[3] Sweden has been taking part in the bandy world championships since the start in 1957. The team has never finished worse than third place (which once, in 1957, meant last place) and has won the championship 12 times as of 2017[update]. In the 2009 World Championship Sweden won in the final against Russia.[4] Sweden repeated the victory in the 2010 World Championships, this time in Moscow, the first time Sweden has won a bandy world championship in the capital of Russia. This was the tenth victory in the world championships for Sweden.[5] Sweden won the Rossiya Tournament in 1974 and 1990 and has won its successor Russian Government Cup in 1994, 1996 and 2003. The record for senior men's senior team appearances for the Swedish national bandy team is held by former Borlänge/Stora Tuna BK, Falu BS, Västerås SK Bandy, IFK Vänersborg, Sandvikens AIK and Tillberga IK Bandy player Per Fosshaug, who played for the team 129 times.
Olympics
| Games | Finish |
|---|---|
| Norway Norway 1952, Oslo | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold |
Unofficial tournament
| Games | Finish |
|---|---|
| Soviet Union Soviet Union 1954, Moscow | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold |
| Finland Finland 2020, Porvoo / Lappeenranta | File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze |
| Sweden Sweden 2024, Karlstad | File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold |
World Championship record
Current squad
Swedish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.[6]
| Pos. | Age | Name | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 39 | Andreas Bergwall | Sweden Västerås SK |
| GK | 38 | Anders Svensson | Russia Dynamo Kazan |
| DF | 26 | Martin Johansson | Sweden Villa Lidköping BK |
| DF | 30 | Per Hellmyrs | Russia Dynamo Moscow |
| DF | 26 | Linus Pettersson | Russia Zorky Krasnogorsk |
| DF | 36 | Andreas Westh | Sweden Bollnäs GIF |
| DF | 37 | Daniel Välitalo | Russia Dynamo Kazan |
| MF | 25 | Erik Säfström | Sweden Sandvikens AIK |
| MF | 31 | Hans Andersson | Russia Dynamo Kazan |
| MF | 27 | Johan Löfstedt | Sweden Vetlanda BK |
| MF | 28 | David Pizzoni Elfving | Sweden Hammarby IF |
| MF | 26 | Daniel Berlin | Russia Dynamo Moscow |
| MF | 32 | Ulf Einarsson | Sweden Hammarby IF |
| MF | 26 | Christoffer Edlund | Sweden Sandvikens AIK |
| FW | 23 | Adam Gilljam | Sweden Hammarby IF |
| FW | 30 | Daniel Andersson | Sweden Villa Lidköping BK |
| FW | 31 | Patrik Nilsson | Sweden Hammarby IF |
| FW | 18 | Erik Pettersson | Sweden Sandvikens AIK |
References
- ↑ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 123-4 (in Swedish)
- ↑ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 183 (in Swedish)
- ↑ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in svenska). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sverige vann VM-guldet". Svenska Dagbladet. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ↑ "Därför vann Sverige VM-guld". Sveriges Radio. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ↑ "Inför VM: Supertalangen med i truppen" (in svenska). Svenskbandy.se. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
