Bandy Discussion Thread

[NearPup 3,198]

  On 3/26/2025 at 7:20 PM, Dragon said:

Lacrosse has a very similar lack of depth and will be held in LA... 

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As much as I like lacrosse I don’t think it should be an Olympic sport either :P

[Dmitry 92]

WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH

 

Men

 

Finland-Hungary 17-0

Sweden-USA 12-2

 

Women

 

Pool B – Germany-Switzerland 2-2, penalty 3-2

Pool B – Ukraine-Netherlands 0-8

Pool A – Sweden-USA 9-2

Pool A – Norway-Finland 7-0

[vovanA 185]

  On 3/26/2025 at 7:22 PM, NearPup said:

As much as I like lacrosse I don’t think it should be an Olympic sport either :P

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does bandy exist in Canada? I thought some failed ice hockey players could turn to it and at least make a team for world championships

[NearPup 3,198]

  On 3/27/2025 at 11:35 AM, vovanA said:

does bandy exist in Canada? I thought some failed ice hockey players could turn to it and at least make a team for world championships

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It basically doesn’t :<

[Dmitry 92]

Team Canada (men) played at the world championships 16 times in 1991-2019 (not every tournament). Usually it was one of the favourite teams in Division B. It was based in Winnipeg. I don't know what is with it now. I think it's the money problem. Women played 7 times in 2006-2016 and they were very close to the bronze medals many times.

[Dmitry 92]

THURSDAY 27 MARCH

 

Men

 

USA-Finland 0-11

Hungary-Norway 1-20

 

So Hungary lose all 4 games and finished 5th.

 

Women

 

Pool B – Switzerland-Ukraine 1-2

Pool B – Netherlands-Germany 8-0

Pool A – Norway-USA 3-5

Pool A – Sweden-Finland 13-1

[Dmitry 92]

FRIDAY 28 MARCH

 

Men

 

USA-Norway 1-14

Sweden-Finland 8-3

 

TABLE

                             M     W     D     L        G        P      

1. Sweden            4      4      0     0      60-8    8

2. Finland             4      3      0     1      34-8     6

3. Norway            4      2      0     2      37-14   4

4. USA                  4      1      0     3       7-39    2

5. Hungary           4      0      0     4      3-72    0

 

Women

 

Pool B – Germany-Ukraine 1-2

Pool B – Switzerland-Netherlands 1-10

 

TABLES

 

POOL A        M     W    D      L      G        P

1. Sweden     3      3     0      0   35-4     6

2. USA           3     2      0      1   11-13     4

3. Norway     3      1      0      2   11-18     2

4. Finland      3      0     0      3   2-24     0

 

POOL B             M     W    D       L     G        P

1. Netherlands  3       3     0       0   26-1     6

2. Ukraine         3       2     0       1     4-1     4

3. Germany       3       0     1       2    3-11     1

4. Switzerland   3       0     1       2   4-14     1

 

 

Semifinal  USA-Norway 1-5

[Dmitry 92]

SATURDAY 29 MARCH

 

Men

 

Semifinal – Finland-Norway 5-2

Semifinal – Sweden-USA 22-0

 

Women

 

Qual. for Bronze game – Finland-Netherlands 8-0

 

[Swewi 425]

  On 3/27/2025 at 11:35 AM, vovanA said:

does bandy exist in Canada? I thought some failed ice hockey players could turn to it and at least make a team for world championships

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They could to the opposite as the Swedish bandy players did when they participated in ice hockey at olympics 1924 without hockey experience because noone played ice hockey in sweden back then

[Dmitry 92]

SUNDAY 30 MARCH

 

Men

 

Bronze game – Norway-USA 12-1

Final game – Sweden-Finland 5-3

 

Women

 

Bronze game – USA – Finland 7-2

Final game – Sweden – Norway 8-1

 

 

Without surprises in the medal games but Finland in the men's final rivalled good vs Sweden.