Bandy World Championship G-17

The Bandy World Championship G-17, also designated Bandy World Championship F-17, is a Youth Bandy World Championship for girls' teams up to the age of 17 years. This is the only Youth Bandy World Championship age group for female players. Usually, only the core bandy playing nations are taking part, but the United States has also appeared on more than one occasion.

Bandy World Championship G-17
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)January-February
Frequencybiannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2009 (2009)
Organised byFIB

The first Bandy World Championship G-17 was held in 2009, and it has since held biannually, with the next event scheduled for the spring of 2017.

History

2015

The Swedish team won the 2015 World Championship G17, which was held at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval, in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, in February 2015. Sweden defeated Russia in the final and Finland beat the USA for the bronze medals.[1] Norway has taken part before, but did not in 2015.[2]

2017
Logo of the 2017 games.

Sweden managed to defend the championship in 2017, when the competition was held in Irkutsk in Russia. The Swedish girls beat Russia in the final, while Finland took the bronze medals in a match for third place against Norway. The United States did not come to this year's tournament, but China made their debut, finishing fifth and last.[3]

Results
Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2009 Lappeenranta  Russia 3–2  Finland  Sweden 4–2  Norway
2011 Obukhovo  Sweden 4–3 (pen)  Finland  Russia 4–3 (OT)  Norway
2013 Nässjö  Sweden 8–1  Finland  Russia 6–2  Norway
2015 Roseville  Sweden 5–0  Russia  Finland 2–0  United States
2017 Irkutsk  Sweden 3–1  Russia  Finland 1–0  Norway
2019 Varkaus  Sweden 2–1 (OT)  Russia  Finland 3–2 (pen)  Norway

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden (SWE)5016
2 Russia (RUS)1326
3 Finland (FIN)0336
Totals (3 nations)66618

References
  1. "2015 F17 World Championships". USA Bandy. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. http://www.baikal-bandy.ru/en/results/ seen 2017-02-27
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