| Bandy World Cup for Women | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Sporting event |
| Date(s) | Mid-October |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | Sweden |
| Inaugurated | 2003 |
Bandy World Cup Women is an annual bandy competition for the best women's club teams from around the world hosted in Sweden. Inaugurated in 2003, the competition was named to correspond to the Bandy World Cup for men's club teams.
In 2015, Canada sent to the tournament a Winnipeg-based girls high school ice hockey team which had learned to play bandy. [1]
| Year | Winner | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  AIK | |
| 2004 | AIK | |
| 2005 | Sandvikens AIK | |
| 2006 | Sandvikens AIK | |
| 2007 | Sandvikens AIK | |
| 2008 | AIK | |
| 2009 |  Rekord Irkutsk | |
| 2010 | AIK | |
| 2011 | AIK | |
| 2012 | Rekord Irkutsk | |
| 2013 | Kareby IS | [2] |
| 2014 | Kareby IS | [2] |
| 2015 | Kareby IS | |
| 2016 | Rekord Irkutsk | |
| 2017 | Kareby IS | |
| 2018 | Rekord Irkutsk | |
| 2019 | Västerås SK | [3] |
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