International ice hockey competition
The 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be an international sports tournament between men's national teams among bandy playing nations. It was to be the fortieth Bandy World Championship. While the Division B tournament was held from 1 to 6 March 2020,[2]the Division A tournament was postponed a number of times and finally cancelled on 1 March 2022.
The Division A tournament was supposed to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The Division A tournament was cancelled on 15 September 2020.[4] The FIB later announced that the 2020 Division A tournament in Irkutsk would be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship in Syktyvkar would be played in 2022. On 24 August 2021, Sweden announced its withdrawals from the competition, due to the continued threat of COVID-19. Finland and Norway had already made the same decisions earlier.[5] Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022,[6] which would be the 2022 Bandy World Championship.
Host selection
The 2019 tournament was originally supposed to be held in Irkutsk in Russia,[7] but the decision was reconsidered[8] due to a failure to meet the demands on an arena accepted for international play[9] and the tournament was held in Vänersborg in Sweden instead.[10]
For 2020, the new Arena Baikal will be ready for play, and therefore, this year's world championship will be held in Irkutsk. Some games will probably be played in surrounding cities too.[11]
The last time the World Championship was held in Irkutsk, was in 2014.
Venues
Qualified nations
Based on the nations taking part in the last world championship tournament and the qualification made there, the following nations were foreseen to participate.
Division A
Preliminary round
Group A
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source:
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Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Division B
International ice hockey competition
Preliminary round
Group A
Source: FIB
Group B
Source: FIB
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Ninth place game
Switzerland won 14–1 on aggregate.
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
References
- ^ The 2020 BWC Division A tournament was to be held from 29 March to 5 April 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2020 BWC Division B was contested from 1 to 6 March 2020.
- ^ "World Championship Men – Group B" (PDF). FIB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "World Championship moves to October!". FIB. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ "World Championship 2020 cancelled!". FIB. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Sweden and Finland refrain from parcitipating in Irkutsk". Federation of International Bandy. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "FIB - FIB-decisions regarding upcoming international tournaments!". Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "Annual Congress in Sandviken, Sweden on Jan 30 2017 2017-01-28" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "ЧМ в Иркутске будет перенесен" [World Cup in Irkutsk will be rescheduled]. rusbandy.ru (in Russian). 21 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Борис Скрынник: Иркутск сможет принять ЧМ-2020, если даст гарантии строительства арены" [Boris Skrynnik: Irkutsk will be able to take the World Cup 2020, if it gives guarantees of arena construction]. rusbandy.ru (in Russian). 22 August 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Klart: Bandy VM 2019 till Vänersborg". 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Bandy VM 2023 i Växjö och Åby". Bandy VM 2023 i Sverige. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "The Chinese national team will not participate in the World Bandy Championship in Irkutsk". baikal-bandy.ru. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Great Britain withdraw from Irkutsk!". FIB. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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