| Finland | |
| Badge: | Coat of arms of Finland.svg |
| Badge Size: | 130px |
| Association: | Finland's Bandy Association (Suomen Jääpalloliitto) (Finlands Bandyförbund) |
| Coach: |  Ari Holopainen |
| First Game: | Finland 1 – 12  Sweden Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907 |
| Largest Win: | 23–0 (Haparanda, Sweden; 25 March 2001) |
| Largest Loss: | 15–2 (Trollhättan, Sweden; 22 November 1998) |
| World Champ2 Name: | Bandy World Championship |
| World Champ2 Apps: | 38 |
| World Champ2 First: | 1957 |
| World Champ2 Best: | Gold: (2004) |
| Olympic Apps: | 1 |
| Olympic First: | 1952 |
| Olympic Medals: | Bronze: (1952) |
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The Finnish national bandy team (Finnish: Suomen jääpallomaajoukkue, Swedish: Finlands herrlandslag i bandy) has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was launched for the first time in 1957. Finland won the championship title in 2004.[1] [2] They have always finished in the top four, and have won 28 medals in 36 championships.
The team is controlled by Finland's Bandy Association.
Finland was represented by the club Polyteknikkojen Urheiluseura (PUS) in the winter games in Helsinki in 1907, but the team was beaten by a team from Sweden.[3]
The first international bandy game after Finland became independent was held during the 1919 Finnish Winter Games in Helsinki, which were the first international sporting event organized by the recently independent nation.[4] The national team's roster was dominated by players from Viipurin Sudet and included only three players representing other domestic clubs, Harald Nyström from HIFK, Lars Schybergson from Kiffen, and Niilo Tammisalo from HJK. The national team's match against the Swedish club IFK Uppsala was held on 23 February at Töölön Pallokenttä before a crowd of 5,000 spectators, including State Regent of Finland C.G.E. Mannerheim. The Finns won the match 4–1 in a victory that was described in the press as “one of the most amazing achievements of Finnish athletes.” [5]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Finland regularly played friendly games against Sweden and against Estonia.
Finland, Norway, and Sweden played bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.[6]
The first ever World Championships of bandy were organised in 1957 in association with the 50th anniversary of the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body of bandy in Finland. It was played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.
Finland's Bandy Association was founded in 1972.
| Games | Finish | |
|---|---|---|
 Norway 1961, N/A | ||
| Sweden 1963, N/A | ||
| Soviet Union 1965, N/A | 4th place | |
| Finland 1967, N/A | ||
| Sweden 1969, N/A | ||
| Sweden 1971, N/A | ||
| Soviet Union 1973, Moscow / N/A | ||
| Finland 1975, N/A | ||
| Norway 1977, N/A | ||
| Sweden 1979, N/A | ||
| Norway 1985, Oslo / N/A | ||
| Sweden 1987, Stockholm / N/A | ||
| 4th place | ||
| Sweden 1997, Västerås / N/A | ||
| 4th place | ||
| 4th place | ||
| Sweden 2006, Stockholm / N/A | ||
| Sweden 2009, Västerås / N/A | ||
| 4th place | ||
| Sweden and Norway 2013, Vänersborg / N/A | 4th place | |
| 4th place | ||
| 4th place | ||
| COVID-19 pandemic.[7] | ||
| Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
See main article: Russian Government Cup.
| Games | Finish | |
|---|---|---|
| 4th place | ||
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See main article: Youth Bandy World Championship.
| Champions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Y15 Class | ||
| 1996, 2004 | ||
| Y17 Class | ||
| 1979, 2013, 2024 | ||
Finnish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.[8]
| width=40 | Pos. | width=40 | Age | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | GK | align=center | 37 | Timo Oksanen | Bollnäs GIF | ||
| align=center | GK | align=center | 30 | Kimmo Kyllönen | IK Sirius | ||
| align=center | DF | align=center | 28 | Ilari Moisala | Brobergs IF | ||
| align=center | DF | align=center | 35 | Pekka Hiltunen | HT-Bandy | ||
| align=center | DF | align=center | 31 | Antti Ekman | HT-Bandy | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 22 | Samuli Helavuori | Bollnäs GIF | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 39 | Kimmo Huotelin | Kampparit | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 28 | Ville-Veikko Angeria | Akilles | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 34 | Ville Aaltonen | Bollnäs GIF | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 29 | Juho Liukkonen | Bollnäs GIF | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 27 | Tomi Hauska | Vetlanda BK | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 26 | Anssi Hänninen | JPS Jyväskylä | ||
| align=center | MF | align=center | 26 | Samuli Koivuniemi | OLS Oulu | ||
| align=center | FW | align=center | 31 | Mikko Rytkönen | JPS Jyväskylä | ||
| align=center | FW | align=center | 31 | Tomi Tukiainen | Akilles | ||
| align=center | FW | align=center | 27 | Mikko Lukkarila | IFK Kungälv | ||
| align=center | FW | align=center | 26 | Markus Kumpuoja | Hammarby IF | ||
| align=center | FW | align=center | 39 | Sami Laakkonen | Dynamo Kazan |