2022 Bandy World Championship
| 2022 World Championships | |
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| Location |  Syktyvkar,Russia |
| Dates | 27 March – 3 April (Division A)[a] |
The2022Bandy World Championshipwas to be held from 27 March to 3 April 2022 inSyktyvkar,Russia.[1]
History
[edit]The championship was originally scheduled to take place from 30 March to 4 April2021but was postponed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[2]
TheFederation of International Bandy(FIB) had announced that the2020 Division A tournamentinIrkutskwould be finalised in October 2021, and the subsequent World Championship inSyktyvkar(originally scheduled for 2021) would instead be played in 2022. On 24 August 2021, Sweden announced its withdrawals from the competition in Irkutsk, due to the continued threat of COVID-19; Finland and Norway had already made the same decisions earlier.[3]Subsequently, on 30 August 2021, the FIB decided to postpone the championships once again, now to March - April 2022.[4]
On 24 February 2022, theFinland's Bandy Associationannounced that they would not take part in the competition due to theRussian invasion of Ukrainethat day.[5]Later on the same day, Sweden, Norway, and the United States also pulled out of the tournament.[6]TheFIBthen announced on 1 March 2022 that the tournament would be cancelled altogether due to so few countries wanting to participate.[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^Cancelled
References
[edit]- ^"Decisions on tournaments 2021–2022".FIB.31 January 2021.Retrieved8 February2021.
- ^"Vitaly Savilov: We will be ready to welcome the championship on other dates".komi-bandy2021.ru.1 February 2021.Retrieved8 February2021.
- ^"Sweden and Finland refrain from participating in Irkutsk".Federation of International Bandy. 24 August 2021.Retrieved24 August2021.
- ^FIB-decisions regarding upcoming international tournaments!
- ^"Suomi ei osallistu jääpallon MM-kisoihin Venäjällä –" Vastuullamme on turvata Suomen kansalaisten turvallisuus ""[Finland won't join the Bandy World Championship in Russia: "It's our responsibility to secure the safety of Finnish nationals" ].Ilta-Sanomat(in Finnish). 2022-02-24.Retrieved2022-02-24.
- ^"Bekräftat: Sverige drar sig ur bandy-VM".www.aftonbladet.se(in Swedish). 24 February 2022.Retrieved2022-02-24.
- ^"Herrarnas bandy-VM i Ryssland ställs in - ryssarna stängs av från mästerskap i Sverige".March 2022.
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