Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationRussian Bandy Federation
(Федерация хоккея с мячом России)
Head coachRussia Pavel Frants[1]
Team colors   
First international
Russia Russia 3 – 5 Sweden Sweden
Helsinki, 10 March 1907
Biggest win
Russia Russia 28 – 1 Belarus Belarus
Vänersborg, 30 January 2013
Biggest defeat
Sweden Sweden 8 – 0 Russia Russia
Hamar, 7 February 1993
Bandy World Championship
Appearances22 (first in 1993)
Best resultChampions (1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Russia in the 2012 World Championship
Winning the 2016 World Championship final

The Russia national bandy team represents Russia in international bandy. There is a national team for men's competitions and a Russia women's national bandy team. This article deals chiefly with the men's national bandy team.

Until 1991 there was a national bandy team for the Soviet Union, but a team formally representing the Russian SFSR made a one-off appearance at the Rossiya Tournament 1986, also playing against the Soviet Union team. At the Russian Government Cup 1992 (Rossiya Tournament with a new name), the independent Russia played amongst others against the Commonwealth of Independent States national bandy team, the brief successor of the Soviet team, before Russia was admitted to the Federation of International Bandy in June of the same year.

Russia became a member of the Federation of International Bandy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The first time post-Soviet Russia played was at the Russian Government Cup 1992, when Commonwealth of Independent States also participated. CIS was considered the temporary successor of the Soviet team and consequently the number one team. After that tournament, CIS did not play again and in the 1993 world championship, Russia represented the country. The team has won the Bandy World Championship twelve times, in 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019.

The men's 2020 Bandy World Championship was to be held in Russia but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, first to later in the year, then to 2021 and then to 2022 before being finally cancelled on 1 March 2022, after Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the United States announced that they would not take part in the competition in Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2][3][4][5]

World Championship record

TournamentFinal standing
Norway 1993 Silver
USA 1995 Silver
Sweden 1997 Silver
Russia 1999 Gold
Finland and Sweden 2001 Gold
Russia 2003 Silver
Sweden 2004 Bronze
Russia 2005 Silver
Sweden 2006 Gold
Russia 2007 Gold
Russia 2008 Gold
Sweden 2009 Silver
Russia 2010 Silver
Russia 2011 Gold
Kazakhstan 2012 Silver
Sweden 2013 Gold
Russia 2014 Gold
Russia 2015 Gold
Russia 2016 Gold
Sweden 2017 Silver
Russia 2018 Gold
Sweden 2019 Gold

World Championship squad in 2016

Russian squad at the 2016 World Championship in Ulyanovsk, Russia, 1–2 February 2016,[6] which won the World Championship title that year.

# Pos. Age Name Club
1 GK 31 Roman Chernykh Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
30 GK 29 Denis Rysev Russia Bajkal Energija
24 DF 30 Yuri Vikulin Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
29 DF 33 Pyotr Zakharov Russia Volga Ulyanovsk
32 DF 32 Pavel Bulatov Russia SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk
55 DF 26 Mikhail Prokopyev Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
8 MF 25 Maxim Ishkeldin Russia SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk
12 MF 25 Yuri Shardakov Russia SKA-Neftyanik Khabarovsk
15 DF 23 Alan Dzhusoyev Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
17 MF 36 Dmitry Savelyev (bandy player) Russia Dynamo Moscow
18 MF 37 Sergei Shaburov Russia Dynamo Moscow
20 MF 24 Janis Befus Russia Dynamo Moscow
21 MF 31 Igor Larionov Russia Volga Ulyanovsk
23 MF 27 Evgeny Dergaev Russia Vodnik Arkhangelsk
7 FW 35 Sergei Lomanov Jr Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
10 FW 23 Almaz Mirgazov Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
44 FW 19 Nikita Ivanov Russia Dynamo Moscow
88 FW 36 Yevgeny Ivanushkin Russia Dynamo Moscow

References

  1. ↑ "Павел Франц возглавит национальную сборную по хоккею с мячом — Клуб по хоккею с мячом "Строитель" (Сыктывкар)".
  2. ↑ "Sweden and Finland boycott World Bandy Championships in Russia".
  3. ↑ "Suomi ei osallistu jääpallon MM-kisoihin Venäjällä – "Vastuullamme on turvata Suomen kansalaisten turvallisuus"" [Finland won't join the Bandy World Championship in Russia: "It's our responsibility to secure the safety of Finnish nationals"]. Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  4. ↑ "Bekräftat: Sverige drar sig ur bandy-VM". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ↑ "Herrarnas bandy-VM i Ryssland ställs in - ryssarna stängs av från mästerskap i Sverige". March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Roster" (in Russian). Rusbandy. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
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