United States women's national bandy team represents the United States in the Women's Bandy World Championship.[1] The team has participated in all Bandy World Championships for women since the first tournament in 2004.
Team USA played their first Women's Bandy World Championship in 2004 along with Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Russia. In their first match, they would lose 9-1 to Finland. In the next two against Sweden and Russia, they would lose 9-1 and 8-0, respectively, losing by exactly eight goals in each their first three matches. Hoping to turn their luck around, they would play Norway to finish off the premier tour, but they would fall 5-1.
Team USA would host the tournament in 2006, playing their matches in Roseville, Minnesota. This tournament would see the addition of a second North American team in team Canada. It would also see them become slightly more competitive, managing to only lose by two against Finland on the opening night. However, they would lose both matches that night, with the other one being against Sweden, falling 7-0 and 2-0. In their only match of the second day, they would lose 7-0 to Russia. On day three of the tournament, they would score their only goal of the 2006 World Championship in a 1-1 draw against the Norwegians. They would lose the final game of the premier tour against Canada 1-0 to come last in the preliminary stage, but in the 5th place playoff, they would win the Canadian rematch 2-0 to win their first Women's World Championship game.
Once again another addition would be made in 2007, this time Hungary would join the lineup as the host country. USA would lose to Finland 5-0 in their opener, but they would blow out Hungary 10-0 in their second match. They wouldn't continue the streak, losing 10-0 to Russia the very next day, but they would keep the score 0-0 against Sweden all the way to a penalty shootout where they would ultimately lose. They would then fall once more to Norway, 3-0. Finally, against the Canadians on the final day of the premier tour, they would lose 6-1. For the first time, they would stay out of dead last, but they would fail to make the knockouts, with only three points to their name. In the 5th place playoff, they would lose to Finland 2-1, meaning they would finish the 7 team tournament in 6th place.
There were no changes to the nations lineup in 2008, but it was hosted in Sweden for the first time. In Team USA's first match, they would lose to Norway just 1-0. They would then lose 13-0 to the hosting Swedes the same night. They would get a score on the Fins the next day but could still only muster up a 1-5 loss, and against Russia later, they would fall 9-0. They would start the final day of the premier tour on a lighter note, beating Hungary 4-0. Against their rivals Canada, the girls would draw 0-0. They would come sixth, and in a rematch with team Canada in the fifth place match, they would lose two-nil.