United States men's national bandy team

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United States
Association American Bandy Association
General manager Flag of the United States.svg Magnus Sköld
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Chris Halden
Assistants Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Sandberg
Home stadium Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval
Team colors  
First international
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6–1 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Oslo, Norway; 5 November 1983)
Biggest win
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20–0 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg
(Porvoo, Finland; 18 March 1991)
Biggest defeat
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 21–1 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Skövde, Sweden; 1 February 1987)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 21–1 United States  Flag of the United States.svg
(Helsinki, Finland; 21 March 1991)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances25 (first in 1985 )
Best result5th (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2018)

United States national bandy team has been taking part in the Bandy World Championships since 1985, being the first nation to join apart from the four teams which had so far participated in almost all the world championships; the Soviet Union, Sweden, Finland and Norway. However, the American team has yet to make it to the championship medals.

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America also plays Canada in the annual Can-Am Bandy Cup.

World Championship record

TournamentFinal standing
Norway 1985 Finished in 5th place
Sweden 1987 Finished in 5th place
Soviet Union 1989 Finished in 5th place
Finland 1991 Finished in 5th place (1st in Group B)
Norway 1993 Finished in 5th place (1st in Group B)
USA 1995 Finished in 6th place (2nd in Group B)
Sweden 1997 Finished in 6th place (1st in Group B)
Russia 1999 Finished in 6th place
Finland and Sweden 2001 Finished in 6th place
Russia 2003 Finished in 7th place (2nd in Group B)
Sweden 2004; (B-group in Hungary) Finished in 6th place (1st in Group B, won qualification to Group A in 2005)
Russia 2005 Finished in 6th place in Group A, lost qualification to Group A in 2006
Sweden 2006 Finished in 7th place (1st in Group B, lost qualification to Group A in 2007)
Russia 2007 Finished in 7th place (1st in Group B, lost qualification to Group A in 2008)
Russia 2008 Finished in 7th place (1st in Group B, lost qualification to Group A in 2009)
Sweden 2009 Finished in 7th place (1st in Group B, lost qualification to Group A in 2010)
Russia 2010 Finished in 6th place in Group A, won qualification to Group A in 2011
Russia 2011 Finished in 6th place in Group A, won qualification to Group A in 2012
Kazakhstan 2012 Finished in 6th place in Group A, relegated to Group B in 2013
Sweden 2013 Finished in 7th place (1st in Group B, qualified to Group A in 2014)
Russia 2014 Finished in 6th place out of 8 in Division A
Russia 2015 Finished in 8th place out of 8 in Division A
Russia 2016 Finished in 7th place out of 8 in Division A
Sweden 2017 Finished in 6th place out of 8 in Division A
Russia 2018 Finished in 5th place out of 8 in Division A

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