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ONCE UPON A TIME…
…in 1954 and 1955.
The prominent Swedish bandy leaders Sune Almkvist and Torsten Tegnér made some fruitless attempts at creating bandy contacts with Soviet. Gunnar Galin and Börje Tegfors followed up with more success. The result was a four-nation tournament in Moscow in 1954.
The leaders of the four nations, Norway, Finland, USSR and Sweden, spoke of forming a Federation and a preparatory meeting was held in Helsinki on 4-5 September, 1954. This led to the establishment of the International Bandy Federation IBF (now FIB) in Stockholm on 12 February 1955. Signatures to the founding document were L.I. Suurla, Finland, Jens Raanaas, Norway, Michail Kanunnikov, USSR and Gunnar Galin, Sweden.
Gunnar Galin was elected to be the first Federation President and he chose his own Swedish Federation Secretary, Börje Tegfors, as General Secretary.
At the initial Congress common rules were accepted and already at the Moscow Tournament, the Soviets insured that the Nordic countries gave approval to the boards on the sides of the ice that they had already adopted. And so it was. At the same time the Soviets accepted the somewhat more flexible Swedish Bandy sticks. Also on the agenda stood a proposal to institute a championship competition.
A significant contribution to establishing bandy contacts with Soviet was made by Finlands Bandy Secretary John Gustafsson. He worked intensively with the Sports Committee in Moscow and from there opened the way to Moscow Tournament through the generous offer to pay the travel and accommodation expenses for the three Nordic teams.
Gunnar Galin, the historic first President and held that post 1955-1963.
They say he played bandy like an angel. Possibly due to Galin’s smooth play, his genius for playing off his teammates and his exquisite ball sense. In addition, he was small in stature and had what is usually called a “biblical” profile.
He was the strategist and forward who let the others score the goals. Typical for him is said to be the time in 1920 when AIK beat Nacka 20-1 in bandy at Laduviken: He did not score a single one of the twenty goals. Galin was also a successful ice hockey player, but in bandy he won 4 Swedish championships with IK Göta and played 9 international matches. Gunnar Galin passed away in 1997 at the age of 94.
1992 FIB SJ WORLD CUP MEN
Ljusdal, Sweden
No documentation found on this World Cup tournament but in the final, IK Sirius from Uppsala, Sweden, took a big victory against Sandvikens AIK. Sirius became champion by winning with a whopping 7-0.
FIB 1989 SJ WORLD CUP MEN
Ljusdal, Sweden
Unfortunately no documentation found from this tournament. But the final was played between Västerås SK and Sandvikens AIK. Västerås became World Cup champion after a 3-0 victory.
1992 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
Edsbyn and Ljusdal, Sweden
This is the second World Cup for womens national teams. The teams met each other in 2 games and Sweden won all 4 of the teams matches against USSR and Finland.
1990 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
Köping, Sweden
This is the first World Cup tournament for women. As the participants were national teams it could have been a predecessor for the World Championship tournaments for women. Anyway it was played in Köping Sweden.
2019 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
Ale, Sweden, 25-27 October
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
GROUP A: Västerås SK, Skutskärs IF and AIK Solna from Sweden, Sibskana from Russia and Hoevik from Norway.
GROUP B: Record from Russia, Villa Lidköping, KS Bandy, Skirö AIK and Sandvikens AIK from Sweden.
VÄSTERÅS SK NEW WORLD CUP CHAMPION!
The Swedish teams Västerås SK and Skutskärs IF played the World Cup final. Västerås dominated the game from start and was the best team all 60 minutes and won 5-0. It is the first time for Västerås to win the World Cup!
THE GOALS IN THE FINAL
0-1 (08) Matilda Plan, assist Anna Fosselius
0-2 (36) Charlotte Selbekk, assist Matilda Plan
0-3 (46) Charlotte Selbekk, assist Ingrid Heien Bjonge
0-4 (48) Mathilda Eklund, assist Malin Persson
0-5 (59) Matilda Plan, penalty shot
2004 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN
Grängesberg, Sandviken, Stockholm, Uppsala and Västerås (Group A) 1-8 February
Budapest (Group B) 25-28 February.
The 2004 Bandy World Championship was played in Sweden on 1–8 February for Group A in Grängesberg, Sandviken, Stockholm, Uppsala 
and Västerås. Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest, Hungary on 25–28 February. It was an historic tournament as Finland won the championship and got World Champion for the first time. Eleven bandy playing countries participated in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (Group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Netherlands and United States (Group B).
Finland won the first game ever in a World Championship against Russia. It happened in Grängesberg 4 February. The final against Sweden was an exciting game that ended 4-4. Finland won the World Championship on a Golden Goal!
The B-group was won by USA and the team also won the qualification game to advance to Group A against Belarus 7-0.
2019 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
Ale, Sweden, 25-28 October
Västerås SK won this World Cup tournament. The team beat Skutskärs IF in the final 5-0.
Unfortunately we don’t have the complete statistics from this World Cup tournament but are working to get it as soon as possible.
2018 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
Ale, Sweden, 26-28 October
Record, Irkutsk, Russia won the tournament by beatingn Västerås SK in the final game 4-2.
Unfortunately the results documentation is not complete from this tournament. We are working on getting hold of the complete documentation of the matches.
2017 FIB WORLD CUP WOMEN
27-29 October
Kareby won the World Cup title this year after a victory in the final against Russian team Record 4-3.
Unfortunately the results documentation is not complete from the Women’s World Cup 2017. We are working on getting hold of the complete documentation of the matches.
