Bandy Discussion Thread

[Dmitry 92]

[Dmitry 92]

Men's Bandy FIB World Championship 2017 in Group B will start in Trollhättan in Sweden on Tuesday, 24 January.

Pool A: 

Pool B:   

 

Pool A is stronger, so the quarterfinals will be 1A - 4B, 2A - 3B, 3A - 2B, 4A - 1B

 

Teams by number of previous participations in the World championships:

 

Hungary - 17
Netherlands - 17
Canada - 14 (didn't play in 2015 and 2016)

Estonia - 12

Mongolia - 8

Japan - 5

Ukraine - 3

Somalia - 3

China - 2

Czech Republic - 1

 

The tournament will finish on Saturday, 28 January.

[Dmitry 92]

Men's Bandy FIB World Championship 2017 in Group A will start in  Sandviken in Sweden on Sunday, 29 January.

Pool A:  

Pool B:  

 

Pool A is stronger, so the quarterfinals will be 1A - 4B, 2A - 3B, 3A - 2B, 4A - 1B

 

Teams by number of previous participations in the World championships:

 

USSR + Russia - 36 (17 + 19)
Sweden - 36
Finland - 36

Norway - 34

USA - 23

Kazakhstan - 18

Belarus - 14

Germany - 3

 

The tournament will finish on the 5th February.

[Dmitry 92]

And there are 2 teams which won't compete this year, but they've been played at the previous World championships: 

 

Latvia have been played 10 times, Kyrgyzstan played only 1 time.

[Dmitry 92]

Medal count at the World championships

 

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1.	USSR + Russia	24 (14 + 10)	10 (2 + 8)	2 (1 + 1)	36 (17 + 19)
2.	Sweden	11	17	8	36
3.	Finland	1	8	19	28
4.	Norway	0	1	1	2
5.	Kazakhstan	0	0	6	6

 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 1/20/2017 at 11:10 PM, Dmitry said:

Somalia - 3

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Somalia??

[hckošice 15,075]

  On 1/21/2017 at 7:41 AM, dcro said:

 

Somalia??

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never heard about "ocean stars" ?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/04/the-cool-runnings-of-the-refugee-crisis-somalias-bandy-team-at-home-on-ice

 

 

[heywoodu 15,321]

  On 1/21/2017 at 7:41 AM, dcro said:

 

Somalia??

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They're actually playing against Afghanistan tomorrow 

 

 

 

[Dmitry 92]

Somalia lost 0:15 and 0:20 in their games in the first day. Probably they and China won't be in play-off. Tomorrow they plays to fight each other.

Edited January 25, 2017 by Dmitry
mistake

[Dragon 1,892]

  On 1/21/2017 at 2:12 PM, heywoodu said:

They're actually playing against Afghanistan tomorrow 

 

 

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bando_(sport)

One of the completely forgotten parts of sporting history.

Possibly the first professional team sport.

It's a small link with bandy but fascinating....