Great Britain national bandy team

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Great Britain
Association Great Britain Bandy Association (GBBA)
Team colors  
First international
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5–0 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg
(Vänersborg, Sweden; 21 January 2019)
Biggest win
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 11–0 China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(Vänersborg, Sweden; 22 January 2019)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3–9 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg
(Vänersborg, Sweden; 25 January 2019)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances1
Best result10th (2nd in B div.) (2019)

England
Association National Bandy Association
Team colors  

The Great Britain national bandy team represents the United Kingdom in international bandy for men since 2019. There used to be a team England in international bandy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but when Britain eventually came back to the sport, it was decided to do it under the name Great Britain.

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Early days: 1890s to 1910s

An England national bandy team was formed in the years around 1900. It was a natural consequence of England being the birthplace of bandy in the 19th century, bandy often being seen as the winter equivalent to either association football or field hockey. Early international games were played against the Netherlands, Germany and France. At the time, bandy in England was administered through the National Bandy Association.

The societal upheavals due to World War I then ended the interest for bandy in Britain. [1]

Present time: 2010s and 2020s

After almost a hundred years, a new national federation for bandy was formed. The Bandy Federation of England joined the Federation of International Bandy in 2010 and England aimed to play in the World Championships in the coming years. Debuting in 2018 was the goal. [2]

The federation changed names to England Bandy Federation in January 2017 and to Great Britain Bandy Association in September 2017. The Great Britain national bandy team made its debut at the 2019 Bandy World Championship in Sweden and managed to become runners-up in the B Division in its début championship tournament, [3] but could not attend the 2020 World Championship in Russia due to problems getting visas for the players. [4] The early 2020s has since seen a hiatus in international play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in 2025 the men's team plan to return. [5]

The troop in the 2019 Bandy World Championship

THE 2019 LINE-UP
NameNumberPosition
Collin Jack5Defender
Alexander Smith6Defender
Thomas Parker8-
Nathan Gilbert 9-
Martin Deacon 10-
Jacob Signeul 15-
Oscar Gillingham-Aukner 18-
Robin Signeul 22-
Christopher Hall29GK
Timothy Smith35GK
Alex Ward42-
Oliver Corcoran 57-
Joe Edwards64-
Michael Willock 65-
Cormac Åhlström Horgan 77-
Lewis Enfield 98-
Anders Gidrup -Manager
Hans Åström -Coach
Patrik LarssonCoach

References

  1. ↑ Ilya Trisvyatsky (14 February 2013). "Bandy: A concise history of the extreme sport". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ↑ An official statement published at Facebook
  3. ↑ "REVEALED: How Kate Middleton and Prince William helped revive THIS historic British sport". 30 January 2019.
  4. ↑ @TheGBBA (20 February 2020). "Unfortunately the GBBA has decided to..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ THE TEAMS READY FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN MARCH!


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