Estonia national bandy team

Estonian national bandy team competed for the first time during the first period of Estonian independence, in the interwar years 1918–1940. Estonia played six international frendlies against Finland between 1923 and 1934,[1] losing them all.[2]

Estonia
AssociationEstonian Bandy Association
Head coach Frank Lundin
Team colors   
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Finland 22 – 0 Estonia
Helsinki, 17 January 1923
Biggest win
Estonia 20 – 0  Somalia
Harbin, 31 January 2018
Biggest defeat
Finland 22 – 0 Estonia
Helsinki, 17 January 1923
Bandy World Championship
Appearances15 (first in 2003)
Best result8th (2003)

Estonia got occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944 and regained its independence in 1991. The modern Estonian Bandy Association was founded in 2001 and joined the Federation of International Bandy in 2002.

The re-established national bandy team participated in the annual Bandy World Championship for the first time in 2003.[3] Estonia won the Davos Cup in 2016[4] but was disqualified from the 2016 Bandy World Championship.

World Championship record
GamesFinish
Russia 2003, Arkhangelsk8th place
Hungary 2004, BudapestGroup B, 5th place
Russia 2005, KazanGroup B, 4th place
Sweden 2006, a bit outside StockholmGroup B, 6th place
Russia 2007, KemerovoDivision B, 6th place
Russia 2008, MoscowGroup B, 4th place
Sweden 2009, VästeråsDivision B, 2nd place
Russia 2010, Moscow-
Russia 2011, Kazan-
Kazakhstan 2012, AlmatyGroup C, 1st place
Sweden and Norway 2013, Vänersborg / N/ADivision B, 5th place
Russia 2014, Irkutsk / ShelekhovDivision B, 2nd place
Russia 2015, KhabarovskDivision B, 2nd place
Russia 2016, UlyanovskDivision B, DQ
Sweden 2017, SandvikenDivision B, 6th place
Russia and China 2018, Khabarovsk / HarbinDivision B, 3rd place
Sweden 2019, VänersborgDivision B, 1st place
Russia 2020, IrkutskDivision A

References
  1. Finnish Bandy Yearbook 2009, p. 41. Finnish Bandy Association. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. Estonian Bandy History Archived 2009-07-31 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. Bandysidan, World Championship 2002/03
  4. "Davos Cup – Back in the game!". Federation of International Bandy. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2014.

Team picture

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