Bandy World Championship Y-21
Russia vs. Finland, World Championship Y23, 2011
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Frequency	Biannually
Location(s)	Various
Inaugurated	1990 (1990)
Organized by	FIB

The Bandy World Championship Y-21 is a Youth Bandy World Championship up to the age of 21 years. Usually, only the core bandy playing nations take part. The designation is sometimes given as U-21 instead of Y-23 or U-23, probably as a way to compare it to the U-21 competitions in association football (indeed, the UEFA European Under-21 Championship was originally for under-23 teams).

History

The first two Bandy World Championships Y-23 were held in 1990 and 1992, but after this initial period, a long period existed whereby the Y-23 championship wasn't held. It was taken up again in 2011 and has been held biannually ever since.

The Russian Y23 team won the 2013 World Championship Y23, which was held in Obukhovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. The competition ran from December 6–8. Russia defeated Sweden in the final and Finland beat Norway for the bronze medals. Kazakhstan also participated.^[1][2][3]

Results

Under-23 championships

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1990	Sweden		Soviet Union	Round robin	Sweden		Finland	Round robin	Norway
1992	Berezniki		Sweden	Round robin	CIS		Finland
2011	Obukhovo		Russia	5–4 (OT)	Sweden		Finland	7–4	Kazakhstan
2013	Obukhovo		Russia	11–2	Sweden		Finland	5–2	Norway

Under-21 championships

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2016	Varkaus		Sweden	3–2	Russia		Finland
2017	Söderhamn		Sweden	6–5 (OT)	Russia		Finland
2019	Arkhangelsk		Russia	7–1	Sweden		Finland	6–0	Kazakhstan

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1.	Russia,  Soviet Union and  CIS	4	3	0
	Russia	3	2	0
	Soviet Union	1	0	0
	CIS	0	1	0
2.	Sweden	3	4	0
3.	Finland	0	0	7

References