2026 Bandy World Championship

2026 Bandy World Championship

XLIV Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Cities	Pori (Division A), Uppsala (Division B)
Venue(s)	Pori artificial ice rink (Division A) Serwent Indoor Arena (Division B)
Dates	12 – 18 January (Division A) 17 – 21 March (Division B)
Teams	6 (Division A) and 5 (Division B)
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (15th title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Games played	12
Goals scored	210 (17.5 per game)
Attendance	5,398 (450 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Division A Christoffer Edlund (Division A 19 (24) points)
Official website
https://www.bandywc2026.fi/

The 2026 Bandy World Championship was held in Finland from 12 to 18 January 2026. The tournament is the 42nd Bandy World Championship. The last time the championship was held in Finland was in 2001. The tournament is the seventh Bandy World Championship to be held in Finland.

The Federation of International Bandy awarded the games to Finland in June 2025. The visual identity of the games was released in August 2025.

Venues

All matches were played at Pori artificial ice rink in Pori, Satakunta and Serwent Arena, Uppsala, Sweden.

Finland	Sweden
Pori	Uppsala
Venue Pori artificial ice rink	Venue Serwent Arena

Qualified nations

Division A

• Finland
• Hungary
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Sweden
• United States

Division B

• Czech Republic
• Germany
• Great Britain
• Switzerland
• Ukraine

Division A

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (H)	5	5	0	0	60	4	+56	10	Semifinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	94	7	+87	8
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	48	22	+26	6
4	United States	5	2	0	3	23	49	−26	4
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	14	75	−61	2	Fifth place match
6	Hungary	5	0	0	5	3	85	−82	0

Source: 2026 WCS MEN A – GAME SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
(H) Hosts

12 January 2026

13:00

Netherlands	0–21	Norway
	Report	Marius Andersen  1', 42', 55', 76' Felix Callander  3', 14', 29', 51', 70', 73' Fredrik Nordby  9', 11', 12', 46', 58' Isac Jerner  33' Fritiof Hagberg  38' Jesper Tho  40' Felix Ljungberg  72' Tobias Mofjell  82' Sondre Høydahl  89'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

12 January 2026

16:00

Sweden	34–0	Hungary
William Arvidsson  1', 6', 23', 39', 42', 61', 63', 76', 86' Christoffer Edlund  4', 5', 32', 40', 46', 65', 77' Martin Landström  11', 53', 54' Pontus Vilén  14', 15', 60', 69', 72', 84' Joel Broberg  16', 78' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin  20', 28' Sune Gustafsson  25' Martin Karlsson  36', 82' Alexander Härndahl  52' Albin Airisniemi  71'	Report

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Referee: Adam Jokinen

12 January 2026

19:00

Finland	14–1	United States
Emil Fedorov  2' Ville Hämäläinen  8', 89' Jaakko Hyvönen  10', 52' Tero Liimatainen  22' Tuukka Ässämäki  30', 44', 65' Tatux Ässämäki  39' Niklas Holopainen  47' Teemu Määttä  48' Samuli Helavuori  74' Kalle Lempinen  78'	Report	Alexander Turtinen  36'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 756

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

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13 January 2026

10:00

Sweden	28–0	Netherlands
William Arvidsson  2', 10', 36', 66' Christoffer Edlund  9', 33', 41', 46', 54', 62', 65', 87' Albin Airisniemi  15' Joel Broberg  17', 35', 49' Pontus Vilén  18', 21', 46', 63', 79' Martin Karlsson  24', 59' Martin Landström  30', 31', 82' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin  32', 54'	Report

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 63

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

13 January 2026

13:00

Finland	19–0	Hungary
Tuukka Ässämäki  3', 82', 83' Teemu Määttä  14', 90' Niklas Holopainen  25', 34' (p), 79' Emil Fedorov  28', 57', 86' (p) Riku Hämäläinen  31', 46' Tero Liimatainen  35', 77' Jaakko Hyvönen  60', 73' Kalle Lempinen  63' Tatu Ässämäki  69' Tero Liimatainen  77'	Report

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 1,253

Referee: Antti Malaska

13 January 2026

16:00

Norway	13–3	United States
Isac Jerner  12', 53' Marius Andersen  30', 39' Fredrik Nordby  32', 50' Felix Callander  35', 43', 75' Fritiof Hagberg  45+2' Felix Ljungberg  57' Stian Stærkeby  65' Mathias Farnes  89'	Report	Michael Fabie  13' Kyle Osterberg  23' John Snodgrass  90'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 78

Referee: Adam Jokinen

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14 January 2026

08:00

Netherlands	0–16	Finland
	Report	Emil Fedorov  5', 26' Tuukka Ässämäki  6', 49' Riku Hämäläinen  15' Topi Saukkonen  17' Jaakko Hyvönen  19', 55' Ville Hämäläinen  24', 75' Niklas Holopainen  53', 63', 85' Kalle Lempinen  60' (p), 71' Teemu Määttä  74'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 887

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

14 January 2026

11:00

Norway	1–12	Sweden
Felix Callander  82'	Report	Martin Landström  1' William Arvidsson  3' Pontus Vilén  12' Vladimir In-Fa-Lin 34', 76' Christoffer Edlund  36', 85' Alexander Härndahl  44' Viktor Spångberg  60' Joel Broberg  63', 89'  69' (o.g.)

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 152

Referee: Antti Malaska

14 January 2026

14:00

United States	10–0	Hungary
Lucas Philippenko  19' Alexander Turtinen  27' John Snodgrass  42', 86' Michael Hosfield  45', 89' Nolan Haney  57' Porter Haney  63' Kyle Osterberg  79' Nicholas Cerrato  88'	Report

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 124

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

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15 January 2026

08:00

United States	2–17	Sweden
Nicholas Cerrato  33' Nolan Haney  63'	Report	Pontus Vilén  3' William Arvidsson  4', 14', 24', 46', 55' Alexander Härndahl  6', 90+2' Anton Dahlberg  10', 28' Joel Broberg  16', 40' Martin Landström  39', 44', 78' Albin Airisniemi  53', 62'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 155

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

15 January 2026

14:00

Hungary	3–9	Netherlands
Dennis Pacsai  23' Linus Schellin  29' Andre Bergloenn  80'	Report	2' (o.g.) Sander Heinsbroek  16' William Reuser  22', 45+1', 88' Mikkel Hansen  45', 71' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok  58', 76'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 118

Referee: Antti Malaska

15 January 2026

20:00

Norway	0–7	Finland
	Report	Teemu Määttä  20' Topi Saukkonen  24', 34' Kalle Lempinen  25' Emil Fedorov  39' Tuukka Ässämäki  41' Tero Liimatainen  75'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 1,813

Referee: Adam Jokinen

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16 January 2026

12:00

Netherlands	5–7	United States
Mikkel Hansen  2', 60' William Reuser  13', 27' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok  66'	Report	Kyle Osterberg  3' John Snodgrass  20'  23' (o.g.) Darian Romanko  26' Alexander Turtinen  64', 84' Michael Fabie  90+4'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

16 January 2026

15:00

Hungary	0–13	Norway
	Report	Marius Andersen  12', 25', 57', 70' Mathias Farnes  15' Fredrik Nordby  24', 27' Fritiof Hagberg  48' Sondre Høydahl  54' Isac Jerner  79' Felix Callander  80', 82', 88'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 532

Referee: Adam Jokinen

16 January 2026

18:00

Finland	4–3	Sweden
Niklas Holopainen  12', 40'  60' (o.g.) Emil Fedorov  86'	Report	William Arvidsson  2', 48' Joel Broberg  4'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

Final round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	17 January
	Finland	10
					18 January
	United States	1
					Finland	1
	17 January
					Sweden	9
	Sweden	8
	Norway	2
					Third place
					18 January
					United States	3
					Norway	8

Placement Game 5-6

17 January 2026

7:30

Netherlands	3–1	Hungary
Remo Speijers  11' Sander Heinsbroek  42' Vincent Hole-Ruigrok  86'	Report	Peter Jankovics  87'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 102

Referee: Antti Malaska

Semifinals

17 January 2026

13:30

Sweden	8–2	Norway
Christoffer Edlund  4', 65' Martin Landström  14' Joel Broberg  19' William Arvidsson  25', 41' Pontus Vilén  31' Sune Gustafsson  84'	Report	Felix Ljungberg  15' Isac Jerner  39'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 414

Referee: Adam Jokinen

17 January 2026

19:15

Finland	10–1	United States
Teemu Määttä  5' Jaakko Hyvönen  12', 70' Samuli Helavuori  15' Tero Liimatainen  17' Niklas Holopainen  44' Topi Saukkonen  55' Emil Fedorov  56', 90' Elias Gillgren  77'	Report	Cullen Munson  34'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 2,712

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

Bronze Game

18 January 2026

11:00

United States	3–8	Norway
Alexander Turtinen  33' Nolan Haney  73' Michael Fabie  83'	Report	Isac Jerner  30', 44' Fredrik Nordby  36', 90+2' Felix Callander  41' Felix Ljungberg  49' (p) Tobias Mofjell  66' Tyler Myrmo  90+3'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 372

Referee: Fredrik Bjørseth Vigsnæs

Final

18 January 2026

17:30

Finland	1 – 9	Sweden
Niklas Holopainen  60' (p)	Report	Christoffer Edlund  2', 16' (p), 50', 84', 86' Pontus Vilén  31', 56' Alexander Härndahl  52' Albin Airisniemi  58'

Pori artificial ice rink, Pori

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Sweden
	Finland
	Norway
4	United States
5	Netherlands
6	Hungary

Top Scorer

Scoring Leaders (Source: profixio):

• 24 Goals: Christoffer Edlund
• 23 Goals: William Arvidsson
• 16 Goals: Pontus Vilén
• 14 Goals: Felix Callander
• 11 Goals: Niklas Holopainen
• 11 Goals: Fredrik Nordby
• 11 Goals: Martin Landström
• 11 Goals: Joel Broberg
• 10 Goals: Marius Andersen
• 10 Goals: Emil Fedorov
• 9 Goals: Tuukka Ässämäki
• 8 Goals: Jaakko Hyvönen
• 7 Goals: Isac Jerner
• 6 Goals: Vladimir In-Fa-Lin
• 6 Goals: Teemu Määttä
• 5 Goals: Kalle Lempinen
• 5 Goals: William Reuser
• 5 Goals: Tero Liimatainen
• 5 Goals: Alexander Härndahl
• 5 Goals: Albin Airisniemi
• 4 Goals: Martin Karlsson
• 4 Goals: Mikkel Hansen
• 4 Goals: John Snodgrass
• 4 Goals: Alexander Turtinen
• 4 Goals: Ville Hämäläinen
• 4 Goals: Felix Ljungberg
• 4 Goals: Vincent Hole-Ruigrok
• 4 Goals: Topi Saukkonen
• 3 Goals: Riku Hämäläinen
• 3 Goals: Kyle Osterberg
• 3 Goals: Fritiof Hagberg
• 3 Goals: Nolan Haney
• 3 Goals: Michael Fabie
• 2 Goals: Tatux Ässämäki
• 2 Goals: Anton Dahlberg
• 2 Goals: Sondre Høydahl
• 2 Goals: Michael Hosfield
• 2 Goals: Nicholas Cerrato
• 2 Goals: Mathias Farnes
• 2 Goals: Samuli Helavuori
• 2 Goals: Sune Gustafsson
• 2 Goals: Sander Heinsbroek
• 2 Goals: Tobias Mofjell
• 1 Goal: Lucas Philippenko
• 1 Goal: Stian Stærkeby
• 1 Goal: Linus Schellin
• 1 Goal: Darian Romanko
• 1 Goal: Porter Haney
• 1 Goal: Dennis Pacsai
• 1 Goal: Jesper Tho
• 1 Goal: Andre Bergloenn
• 1 Goal: Viktor Spångberg
• 1 Goal: Remo Speijers
• 1 Goal: Elias Gillgren
• 1 Goal: Tyler Myrmo
• 1 Goal: Peter Jankovics
• 1 Goal: Cullen Munson
• 1 Goal: Alexander Turtinen

Division B

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	4	4	0	0	17	11	+6	8	Final
2	Germany	4	3	0	1	17	9	+8	6
3	Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	10	12	−2	2	Third place game
4	Ukraine	4	1	0	3	8	15	−7	2
5	Switzerland	4	1	0	3	10	15	−5	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 March 2026. Source: FIB

The order of places among teams with the same number of points was determined by the goal difference in head-to-head matches (Czechia 5-4, Ukraine 6-6 and Switzerland 5-6).

17 March 2026

10:00

Switzerland	4-3 (2-1)	Ukraine
Nicolai Aulie  1' William Sandstedt  24', 54' Gian Luca Beeler  57'		self goal  11' Matviy Khotyaintsev  56' Arsenii Shevchuk  58'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

17 March 2026

12:00

Czech Republic	2-4 (0-3)	Germany
Jiri Doskocil  47' Rene Skala  53'		Johan Koch  19', 29' Philip Billington  23' Simon Främgårdh  21'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

17 March 2026

20:00

Great Britain	4-3 (2-1)	Switzerland
Espen More-Mellem  7' Jack Smith  23' Steven Russel  44' Jacob Signeul  63'		William Sandstedt  29' Patrik Meyer  40', 47'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

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18 March 2026

12:00

Ukraine	0-5 (0-4)	Germany
		Simon Främgårdh  2', 24' Elias Hjortenhed  6' Jaromir Freiberger  32' Frans Asp Von Schoultz  33'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

18 March 2026

14:00

Czech Republic	3-4 (2-3)	Great Britain
Jakub Marik  22' Jakub Sorse  26' Miraslav Brokl  61'		Jonas Corcoran  9' Thomas Kay  14', 25' Martin Deacon  32'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

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19 March 2026

10:00

Switzerland	1-3 (0-2)	Czech Republic
Gian Luca Beler  33'		Peter Benes  2' Jan Petr  21' Jiri Doskocil  33'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

19 March 2026

12:00

Germany	3-5 (1-3)	Great Britain
Johan Koch  9', 56' Simon Främgårdh  57'		Thomas Kay  3' Martin Deacon  4' Jacob Signeul  19' Ulf Carter  36' Jack Smith  39'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

19 March 2026

20:00

Ukraine	3-2 (1-1)	Czech Republic
Sergii Mozgovoi  14', 47' Matviy Khotyaintsev  32'		Tomas Benak  7' Rene Skala  43'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

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20 March 2026

15:00

Germany	5-2 (0-2)	Switzerland
Philip Billington  32', 52', 63' Maximilian Fichter  33' Justus Held  43'		Nikolai Aulie  7' Arvid Vogstad  30'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

20 March 2026

17:00

Great Britain	4-2 (2-0)	Ukraine
Jonas Corcoran  21' Thomas Kay  30' Steven Russel  49' Ulf Carter  52'		Matviy Khotyaintsev  38' Oleksandr Nechyporuk  60'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

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Final round

Third place game

21 March 2026

11:00

Czech Republic	4-3 (2-0)	Ukraine
Rene Skala  17', 31' Pavel Banin  70', 73'		Oleksandr Badamshyn  54', 57' Matviy Khotyaintsev  59'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

Final

21 March 2026

17:00

Great Britain	12-2 (6-1)	Germany
Espen More-Mellem  1' Stuart Jackson  7' Martin Deacon  15', 92' Steven Russel  26', 39' Alex Ward  34' Jacob Signeul  48' Thomas Kay  63', 66', 72', 75'		Johan Koch  21' Philip Billington  87'

Serwent Arena, Uppsala

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Great Britain
	Germany
	Czech Republic
4	Ukraine
5	Switzerland

Top Scorer

• 8 Goals: Thomas Kay
• 5 Goals: Johan Koch
• 5 Goals: Philip Billington
• 4 Goals: Rene Skala
• 4 Goals: Simon Främgårdh
• 4 Goals: Martin Deacon
• 4 Goals: Steven Russel
• 4 Goals: Matviy Khotyaintsev
• 3 Goals: Jacob Signeul
• 3 Goals: William Sandstedt
• 2 Goals: Jiri Doskocil
• 2 Goals: Pavel Banin
• 2 Goals: Jack Smith
• 2 Goals: Jonas Corcoran
• 2 Goals: Ulf Carter
• 2 Goals: Espen More-Mellem
• 2 Goals: Patrik Meyer
• 2 Goals: Gian Luca Beeler
• 2 Goals: Nicolai Aulie
• 2 Goals: Sergii Mozgovoi
• 2 Goals: Oleksandr Badamshyn
• 1 Goal: Jakub Marik
• 1 Goal: Jakub Sorse
• 1 Goal: Miraslav Brokl
• 1 Goal: Peter Benes
• 1 Goal: Jan Petr
• 1 Goal: Tomas Benak
• 1 Goal: Elias Hjortenhed
• 1 Goal: Jaromir Freiberger
• 1 Goal: Frans Asp Von Schoultz
• 1 Goal: Maximilian Fichter
• 1 Goal: Justus Held
• 1 Goal: Stuart Jackson
• 1 Goal: Alex Ward
• 1 Goal: Arvid Vogstad
• 1 Goal: Arsenii Shevchuk
• 1 Goal: Oleksandr Nechyporuk
• 1 Self Goal: for

Broadcasting rights

Country/region	Broadcaster
Finland	Yle, Satakunnan Kansa
Russia	Start
Sweden	Aftonbladet
Worldwide	FIB TV

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