2026 Bandy World Championship
XLIV Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
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)Tournament statistics
Games played 12
Goals scored 210 (17.5 per game)
Attendance 5,398 (450 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Division A Sweden Christoffer Edlund (Division A 19 (24) points)Official website
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The 2026 Bandy World Championship is being held in Finland from 12 to 18 January 2026. 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. The visual identity of the games was released in August 2025.
Venues All matches were played at Pori artificial ice rink in Pori , Satakunta and Serwent Arena, Uppsala , Sweden .
Finland Sweden Pori Uppsala Venue Pori artificial ice rink Venue Serwent Arena
Qualified nations Division A Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 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 Marius Andersen 1', 42', 55', 76' Felix Callander 3', 14', 29', 51', 70', 73' Fredrik Nordby 9', 11', 12', 46', 58' Isac Jerner 33' Fritiof Hagberg 38' Jesper Tho 40' Felix Ljungberg 72' Tobias Mofjell 82' Sondre Høydahl 89'
Sweden 34–0 Hungary William Arvidsson 1', 6', 23', 39', 42', 61', 63', 76', 86' Christoffer Edlund 4', 5', 32', 40', 46', 65', 77' Martin Landström 11', 53', 54' Pontus Vilén 14', 15', 60', 69', 72', 84' Joel Broberg 16', 78' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin 20', 28' Sune Gustafsson 25' Martin Karlsson 36', 82' Alexander Härndahl 52' Albin Airisniemi 71'
Finland 14–1 United States Emil Fedorov 2' Ville Hämäläinen 8', 89' Jaakko Hyvönen 10', 52' Tero Liimatainen 22' Tuukka Ässämäki 30', 44', 65' Tatux Ässämäki 39' Niklas Holopainen 47' Teemu Määttä 48' Samuli Helavuori 74' Kalle Lempinen 78' Alexander Turtinen 36'
Sweden 28–0 Netherlands William Arvidsson 2', 10', 36', 66' Christoffer Edlund 9', 33', 41', 46', 54', 62', 65', 87' Albin Airisniemi 15' Joel Broberg 17', 35', 49' Pontus Vilén 18', 21', 46', 63', 79' Martin Karlsson 24', 59' Martin Landström 30', 31', 82' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin 32', 54'
Finland 19–0 Hungary Tuukka Ässämäki 3', 82', 83' Teemu Määttä 14', 90' Niklas Holopainen 25', 34' (p), 79' Emil Fedorov 28', 57', 86' (p) Riku Hämäläinen 31', 46' Tero Liimatainen 35', 77' Jaakko Hyvönen 60', 73' Kalle Lempinen 63' Tatu Ässämäki 69' Tero Liimatainen 77'
Norway 13–3 United States Isac Jerner 12', 53' Marius Andersen 30', 39' Fredrik Nordby 32', 50' Felix Callander 35', 43', 75' Fritiof Hagberg 45+2' Felix Ljungberg 57' Stian Stærkeby 65' Mathias Farnes 89' Michael Fabie 13' Kyle Osterberg 23' John Snodgrass 90'
Netherlands 0–16 Finland Emil Fedorov 5', 26' Tuukka Ässämäki 6', 49' Riku Hämäläinen 15' Topi Saukkonen 17' Jaakko Hyvönen 19', 55' Ville Hämäläinen 24', 75' Niklas Holopainen 53', 63', 85' Kalle Lempinen 60' (p), 71' Teemu Määttä 74'
Norway 1–12 Sweden Felix Callander 82' Martin Landström 1' William Arvidsson 3' Pontus Vilén 12' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin 34', 76' Christoffer Edlund 36', 85' Alexander Härndahl 44' Viktor Spångberg 60' Joel Broberg 63', 89' 69' (o.g. )
United States 10–0 Hungary Lucas Philippenko 19' Alexander Turtinen 27' John Snodgrass 42', 86' Michael Hosfield 45', 89' Nolan Haney 57' Porter Haney 63' Kyle Osterberg 79' Nicholas Cerrato 88'
United States 2–17 Sweden Nicholas Cerrato 33' Nolan Haney 63' Pontus Vilén 3' William Arvidsson 4', 14', 24', 46', 55' Alexander Härndahl 6', 90+2' Anton Dahlberg 10', 28' Joel Broberg 16', 40' Martin Landström 39', 44', 78' Albin Airisniemi 53', 62'
Hungary 3–9 Netherlands Dennis Pacsai 23' Linus Schellin 29' Andre Bergloenn 80' 2' (o.g. ) Sander Heinsbroek 16' William Reuser 22', 45+1', 88' Mikkel Hansen 45', 71' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok 58', 76'
Norway 0–7 Finland Teemu Määttä 20' Topi Saukkonen 24', 34' Kalle Lempinen 25' Emil Fedorov 39' Tuukka Ässämäki 41' Tero Liimatainen 75'
Netherlands 5–7 United States Mikkel Hansen 2', 60' William Reuser 13', 27' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok 66' Kyle Osterberg 3' John Snodgrass 20' 23' (o.g. ) Darian Romanko 26' Alexander Turtinen 64', 84' Michael Fabie 90+4'
Hungary 0–13 Norway Marius Andersen 12', 25', 57', 70' Mathias Farnes 15' Fredrik Nordby 24', 27' Fritiof Hagberg 48' Sondre Høydahl 54' Isac Jerner 79' Felix Callander 80', 82', 88'
Finland 4–3 Sweden Niklas Holopainen 12', 40' 60' (o.g. ) Emil Fedorov 86' William Arvidsson 2', 48' Joel Broberg 4'
Final round Bracket Semifinals Final 17 January Finland 10 18 January United States 1 Finland 1 17 January Sweden 9 Sweden 8 Norway 2 Third place 18 January United States 3 Norway 8
Placement Game 5-6 Netherlands 3–1 Hungary Remo Speijers 11' Sander Heinsbroek 42' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok 86' Peter Jankovics 87'
Semifinals Sweden 8–2 Norway Christoffer Edlund 4', 65' Martin Landström 14' Joel Broberg 19' William Arvidsson 25', 41' Pontus Vilén 31' Sune Gustafsson 84'Felix Ljungberg 15' Isac Jerner 39'
Finland 10–1 United States Teemu Määttä 5' Jaakko Hyvönen 12', 70' Samuli Helavuori 15' Tero Liimatainen 17' Niklas Holopainen 44' Topi Saukkonen 55' Emil Fedorov 56', 90' Elias Gillgren 77' Cullen Munson 34'
Bronze Game United States 3–8 Norway Alexander Turtinen 33' Nolan Haney 73' Michael Fabie 83' Isac Jerner 30', 44' Fredrik Nordby 36', 90+2' Felix Callander 41' Felix Ljungberg 49' (p) Tobias Mofjell 66' Tyler Myrmo 90+3'
Final Finland 1 – 9 Sweden Niklas Holopainen 60' (p) Christoffer Edlund 2', 16' (p), 50', 84', 86' Pontus Vilén 31', 56' Alexander Härndahl 52' Albin Airisniemi 58'
Final ranking Top Scorer Scoring Leaders(Source: profixio):
24 Goals: Sweden Christoffer Edlund 23 Goals: Sweden William Arvidsson 16 Goals: Sweden Pontus Vilén 14 Goals: Norway Felix Callander 11 Goals: Finland Niklas Holopainen 11 Goals: Norway Fredrik Nordby 11 Goals: Sweden Martin Landström 11 Goals: Sweden Joel Broberg 10 Goals: Norway Marius Andersen 10 Goals: Finland Emil Fedorov 9 Goals: Finland Tuukka Ässämäki 8 Goals: Finland Jaakko Hyvönen 7 Goals: Norway Isac Jerner 6 Goals: Sweden Vladimir In-Fa-Lin 6 Goals: Finland Teemu Määttä 5 Goals: Finland Kalle Lempinen 5 Goals: Netherlands William Reuser 5 Goals: Finland Tero Liimatainen 5 Goals: Sweden Alexander Härndahl 5 Goals: Sweden Albin Airisniemi 4 Goals: Sweden Martin Karlsson 4 Goals: Netherlands Mikkel Hansen 4 Goals: United States John Snodgrass 4 Goals: United States Alexander Turtinen 4 Goals: Finland Ville Hämäläinen 4 Goals: Norway Felix Ljungberg 4 Goals: Netherlands Vincent Hole-Ruigrok 4 Goals: Finland Topi Saukkonen 3 Goals: Finland Riku Hämäläinen 3 Goals: United States Kyle Osterberg 3 Goals: Norway Fritiof Hagberg 3 Goals: United States Nolan Haney 3 Goals: United States Michael Fabie 2 Goals: Finland Tatux Ässämäki 2 Goals: Sweden Anton Dahlberg 2 Goals: Norway Sondre Høydahl 2 Goals: United States Michael Hosfield 2 Goals: United States Nicholas Cerrato 2 Goals: Norway Mathias Farnes 2 Goals: Finland Samuli Helavuori 2 Goals: Sweden Sune Gustafsson 2 Goals: Netherlands Sander Heinsbroek 2 Goals: Norway Tobias Mofjell 1 Goal: United States Lucas Philippenko 1 Goal: Norway Stian Stærkeby 1 Goal: Hungary Linus Schellin 1 Goal: United States Darian Romanko 1 Goal: United States Porter Haney 1 Goal: Hungary Dennis Pacsai 1 Goal: Norway Jesper Tho 1 Goal: Hungary Andre Bergloenn 1 Goal: Sweden Viktor Spångberg 1 Goal: Netherlands Remo Speijers 1 Goal: Finland Elias Gillgren 1 Goal: Norway Tyler Myrmo 1 Goal: Hungary Peter Jankovics 1 Goal: United States Cullen Munson 1 Goal: United States Alexander Turtinen Division B Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+1 ).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Great Britain 4 4 0 0 17 11 +6 8 Final 2 Germany 4 3 0 1 17 9 +8 6 3 Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 10 12 −2 2 Third place game 4 Ukraine 4 1 0 3 8 15 −7 2 5 Switzerland 4 1 0 3 10 15 −5 2
The order of places among teams with the same number of points was determined by the goal difference in head-to-head matches (Czechia 5-4, Ukraine 6-6 and Switzerland 5-6).
Switzerland 4-3 (2-1) Ukraine Nicolai Aulie 1' William Sandstedt 24', 54' Gian Luca Beeler 57' self goal 11' Matviy Khotyaintsev 56' Arsenii Shevchuk 58'
Czech Republic 2-4 (0-3) Germany Jiri Doskocil 47' Rene Skala 53' Johan Koch 19', 29' Philip Billington 23' Simon Främgårdh 21'
Great Britain 4-3 (2-1) Switzerland Espen More-Mellem 7' Jack Smith 23' Steven Russel 44' Jacob Signeul 63' William Sandstedt 29' Patrik Meyer 40', 47'
Ukraine 0-5 (0-4) Germany Simon Främgårdh 2', 24' Elias Hjortenhed 6' Jaromir Freiberger 32' Frans Asp Von Schoultz 33'
Czech Republic 3-4 (2-3) Great Britain Jakub Marik 22' Jakub Sorse 26' Miraslav Brokl 61' Jonas Corcoran 9' Thomas Kay 14', 25' Martin Deacon 32'
Switzerland 1-3 (0-2) Czech Republic Gian Luca Beler 33' Peter Benes 2' Jan Petr 21' Jiri Doskocil 33'
Germany 3-5 (1-3) Great Britain Johan Koch 9', 56' Simon Främgårdh 57' Thomas Kay 3' Martin Deacon 4' Jacob Signeul 19' Ulf Carter 36' Jack Smith 39'
Ukraine 3-2 (1-1) Czech Republic Sergii Mozgovoi 14', 47' Matviy Khotyaintsev 32' Tomas Benak 7' Rene Skala 43'
Germany 5-2 (0-2) Switzerland Philip Billington 32', 52', 63' Maximilian Fichter 33' Justus Held 43' Nikolai Aulie 7' Arvid Vogstad 30'
Great Britain 4-2 (2-0) Ukraine Jonas Corcoran 21' Thomas Kay 30' Steven Russel 49' Ulf Carter 52' Matviy Khotyaintsev 38' Oleksandr Nechyporuk 60'
Final round Third place game Czech Republic 4-3 (2-0) Ukraine Rene Skala 17', 31' Pavel Banin 70', 73' Oleksandr Badamshyn 54', 57' Matviy Khotyaintsev 59'
Final Great Britain 12-2 (6-1) Germany Espen More-Mellem 1' Stuart Jackson 7' Martin Deacon 15', 92' Steven Russel 26', 39' Alex Ward 34' Jacob Signeul 48' Thomas Kay 63', 66', 72', 75' Johan Koch 21' Philip Billington 87'
Final ranking Top Scorer 8 Goals: United Kingdom Thomas Kay 5 Goals: Germany Johan Koch 5 Goals: Germany Philip Billington 4 Goals: Czech Republic Rene Skala 4 Goals: Germany Simon Främgårdh 4 Goals: United Kingdom Martin Deacon 4 Goals: United Kingdom Steven Russel 4 Goals: Ukraine Matviy Khotyaintsev 3 Goals: United Kingdom Jacob Signeul 3 Goals: Switzerland William Sandstedt 2 Goals: Czech Republic Jiri Doskocil 2 Goals: Czech Republic Pavel Banin 2 Goals: United Kingdom Jack Smith 2 Goals: United Kingdom Jonas Corcoran 2 Goals: United Kingdom Ulf Carter 2 Goals: United Kingdom Espen More-Mellem 2 Goals: Switzerland Patrik Meyer 2 Goals: Switzerland Gian Luca Beeler 2 Goals: Switzerland Nicolai Aulie 2 Goals: Ukraine Sergii Mozgovoi 2 Goals: Ukraine Oleksandr Badamshyn 1 Goal: Czech Republic Jakub Marik 1 Goal: Czech Republic Jakub Sorse 1 Goal: Czech Republic Miraslav Brokl 1 Goal: Czech Republic Peter Benes 1 Goal: Czech Republic Jan Petr 1 Goal: Czech Republic Tomas Benak 1 Goal: Germany Elias Hjortenhed 1 Goal: Germany Jaromir Freiberger 1 Goal: Germany Frans Asp Von Schoultz 1 Goal: Germany Maximilian Fichter 1 Goal: Germany Justus Held 1 Goal: United Kingdom Stuart Jackson 1 Goal: United Kingdom Alex Ward 1 Goal: Switzerland Arvid Vogstad 1 Goal: Ukraine Arsenii Shevchuk 1 Goal: Ukraine Oleksandr Nechyporuk 1 Self Goal: Switzerland for Ukraine Broadcasting rights Country/region Broadcaster Finland Yle , Satakunnan Kansa Russia Start Sweden Aftonbladet Worldwide FIB TV
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