2026 Bandy World Championship
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Host country
Finland
FinlandVenue(s)Pori artificial ice rink (Division A)
Serwent Indoor Arena (Division B)
Serwent Indoor Arena (Division B)
Dates12 – 18 January (Division A)
17 – 21 March (Division B)
17 – 21 March (Division B)
| XLIV Bandy World Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Finland |
| Cities | Pori (Division A), Uppsala (Division B) |
| Venue(s) | Pori artificial ice rink (Division A) Serwent Indoor Arena (Division B) |
| Dates | 12 – 18 January (Division A) 17 – 21 March (Division B) |
| Teams | 6 (Division A) and 5 (Division B) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  Sweden (15th title) |
Runners-up  | Finland |
Third place  |  Norway |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 210 (17.5 per game) |
| Attendance | 5,398 (450 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Division A Christoffer Edlund (Division A 19 (24) points) |
| Official website | |
| https://www.bandywc2026.fi/ | |
The 2026 Bandy World Championship is being held in Finland from 12 to 18 January 2026.[1] The tournament is the 42nd Bandy World Championship. The last time the championship was held in Finland was in 2001. The tournament is the seventh Bandy World Championship to be held in Finland.
The Federation of International Bandy awarded the games to Finland in June 2025.[2] The visual identity of the games was released in August 2025.
All matches were played at Pori artificial ice rink in Pori, Satakunta and Serwent Arena, Uppsala, Sweden.
| Finland | Sweden |
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| Pori | Uppsala |
| Venue Pori artificial ice rink |
Venue Serwent Arena |
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Qualified nations
Division A |
Division B
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Division A
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Finland (H) |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 | +56 | 10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 7 | +87 | 8 | |
| 3 | Norway |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 6 | |
| 4 | United States |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 75 | −61 | 2 | Fifth place match |
| 6 |  Hungary |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 85 | −82 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 0–21 | Norway |
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Referee: 
Mats-Olof Gustafsson
Mats-Olof Gustafsson| Sweden | 34–0 | Hungary |
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Referee: Adam Jokinen
Adam Jokinen| Finland | 14–1 | United States |
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| Sweden | 28–0 | Netherlands |
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| Finland | 19–0 | Hungary |
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| Norway | 13–3 | United States |
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| Netherlands | 0–16 | Finland |
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| Norway | 1–12 | Sweden |
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| United States | 10–0 | Hungary |
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| United States | 2–17 | Sweden |
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| Hungary | 3–9 | Netherlands |
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| Norway | 0–7 | Finland |
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| Netherlands | 5–7 | United States |
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Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs
Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs| Hungary | 0–13 | Norway |
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| Finland | 4–3 | Sweden |
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Final round
Bracket
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 17 January | ||||||
| Finland | 10 | |||||
| 18 January | ||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 1 | |||||
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| Sweden | 9 | |||||
| Sweden | 8 | |||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||
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| United States | 3 | |||||
| Norway | 8 | |||||
Placement Game 5-6
| Netherlands | 3–1 | Hungary |
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Semifinals
| Sweden | 8–2 | Norway |
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| Finland | 10–1 | United States |
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Bronze Game
| United States | 3–8 | Norway |
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Final
| Finland | 1 – 9 | Sweden |
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Final ranking
| Rank | Team |
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 | Sweden |
 | Finland |
 | Norway |
| 4 | United States |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Hungary |
Top Scorer
Scoring Leaders (Source: profixio[3]):
- 24 Goals: Christoffer Edlund
- 23 Goals: William Arvidsson
- 16 Goals: Pontus Vilén
- 14 Goals: Felix Callander
- 11 Goals: Niklas Holopainen
- 11 Goals: Fredrik Nordby
- 11 Goals: Martin Landström
- 11 Goals: Joel Broberg
- 10 Goals: Marius Andersen
- 10 Goals: Emil Fedorov
- 9 Goals: Tuukka Ässämäki
- 8 Goals: Jaakko Hyvönen
- 7 Goals: Isac Jerner
- 6 Goals: Vladimir In-Fa-Lin
- 6 Goals: Teemu Määttä
- 5 Goals: Kalle Lempinen
- 5 Goals:
William Reuser - 5 Goals: Tero Liimatainen
- 5 Goals: Alexander Härndahl
- 5 Goals: Albin Airisniemi
- 4 Goals: Martin Karlsson
- 4 Goals: Mikkel Hansen
- 4 Goals:
John Snodgrass - 4 Goals: Alexander Turtinen
- 4 Goals: Ville Hämäläinen
- 4 Goals: Felix Ljungberg
- 4 Goals: Vincent Hole-Ruigrok
- 4 Goals: Topi Saukkonen
- 3 Goals: Riku Hämäläinen
- 3 Goals: Kyle Osterberg
- 3 Goals: Fritiof Hagberg
- 3 Goals: Nolan Haney
- 3 Goals: Michael Fabie
- 2 Goals: Tatux Ässämäki
- 2 Goals: Anton Dahlberg
- 2 Goals: Sondre Høydahl
- 2 Goals: Michael Hosfield
- 2 Goals: Nicholas Cerrato
- 2 Goals: Mathias Farnes
- 2 Goals: Samuli Helavuori
- 2 Goals: Sune Gustafsson
- 2 Goals: Sander Heinsbroek
- 2 Goals: Tobias Mofjell
- 1 Goal: Lucas Philippenko
- 1 Goal: Stian Stærkeby
- 1 Goal:
Linus Schellin - 1 Goal: Darian Romanko
- 1 Goal: Porter Haney
- 1 Goal: Dennis Pacsai
- 1 Goal: Jesper Tho
- 1 Goal: Andre Bergloenn
- 1 Goal: Viktor Spångberg
- 1 Goal: Remo Speijers
- 1 Goal: Elias Gillgren
- 1 Goal: Tyler Myrmo
- 1 Goal: Peter Jankovics
- 1 Goal: Cullen Munson
- 1 Goal: Alexander Turtinen
