Ukraine national bandy team


The Ukraine national bandy team is Ukraine's national representative in the winter team sport of bandy. Two national teams exist, one for men and one for women. Both teams are organized by the Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation. A national junior boys team has also competed internationally for Ukraine. This article deals chiefly with the men's senior national team. The national team's kit is in the Ukrainian colours of yellow and blue.[1]

Ukraine
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationUkrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation
Team colors   
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Home colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Away colours
First international
2013 Bandy World Championship
Biggest win
2020 – Division B
Bandy World Championship
Appearances2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (first in 2013)
Best result
  • Silver Senior: 2nd
  • (Division B)
  • 2020
  • Y15: 4th
  • 2014
Medal record
Bandy World Championships
2013 Norway and Sweden Team
2014 Russia Team
2015 Russia Withdrew
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Russia
Division B
Team
2017 Sweden Team
2018 China and Russia Team
2019 Sweden Team
Silver medal – second place Russia 2020
Division B
2022 Russia Cancelled
Medal record
Y15 Youth Bandy World Championship
2014 Russia Team
2015 Russia Withdrew
2016 Russia Team
2017 Sweden Team
2018 Russia Did not compete
2020-22 Russia Cancelled


The Ukraine national men's bandy team made its debut at the 2013 Bandy World Championship. The Ukraine women's national bandy team was scheduled to make its world debut at the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship but had to withdraw due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The women's team was to next attempt making its world debut at the 2023 Women's Bandy World Championship in Sweden.[2]

History

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The national team made its debut at the men's 2013 Bandy World Championship (XXXIIIrd), and also participated at the 2014 Bandy World Championship (XXXIVth). For the 2015 Bandy World Championship, the team withdrew for political reasons due to the conflict with Russia over Crimea. At the 2016 Bandy World Championship (XXXVIth) they returned, capturing bronze in Division B, currently the national team's best performance in history.

The men's national team did not participate in the 2022 Bandy World Championship which was to be the first time the men's tournament was to be held since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The tournament was cancelled due to the unforeseen impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

World Championship record

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Seniors

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The Ukraine national men's senior bandy team began competing in the Bandy World Championship making its debut at the 2013 Bandy World Championship. It did not compete in the 2015 or 2022 tournament.

Bandy World Championship
Year Location Result
2013    Norway and Sweden 8th
(Division B)
2014   Irkutsk and Shelekhov 8th
(Division B)
2015 Withdrew
due to the conflict with Russia over Crimea
2016   Ulyanovsk Oblast, Ulyanovsk Bronze
(Division B)
2017   Slättbergshallen in Trollhättan 5th
(Division B)
2018   Harbin, Heilongjiang 6th
(Division B)
2019   Vänersborg 9th
(Division B)
2020   Irkutsk Silver
(Division B)
2022 Tournament cancelled
due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Y15 Ukraine

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Y15 Bandy World Championship
Year Location Result
2014   Russia 4th[3]
2016   Russia Did not compete[4]
2018   Russia Did not compete[5]
2020 Tournament cancelled
due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2022 Tournament cancelled
due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Team Ukraine Senior

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2013 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2013 Bandy World Championship in Division B with the following roster:[7]

2014 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2014 Bandy World Championship in Division B with the following roster:[8]

2015 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team did not compete in the 2015 Bandy World Championship. The national team withdrew from the tournament due to the conflict with Russia over Crimea.

2016 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2016 Bandy World Championship in Division B with the following roster:[9]

2017 Seniors

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The Brändö municipality in Finland was sponsor of the Ukraine national bandy team at the 2017 Bandy World Championship.[10][11] The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2017 World Championship in Division B with the following roster:[1]

Pos. Number Name
Goalkeeper Andrii Kurudz
Goalkeeper Dmytro Balashov
Field player Oleh Chykariev
Field player Oleksandr Badamshyn
Field player Dmytro Ziuz
Field player Sergii Mozgovoi
Field player Viacheslav Kuzmin
Field player Dmytro Tsymbal
Field player Illia Ivanov
Field player Roman Levchenko
Field player Yurii Suzdalev
Field player Andrii Vershetskyi
Field player Matviy Khotyaintsev
Field player Anton Lozovoi
Field player Ivan Shvedchenko
Field player Andrey Markovichenko
Field player Mykhailo Skalytskyi
Field player Oleksandr Mitlenko
Administrative and coaching staff
Head coach Magnus Alm
Coach Sergii Babenko
UBRF President Ihor Skalytskyi
Press Officer Hennadii Babenko

2018 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2018 Bandy World Championship in Division B.

2019 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2019 Bandy World Championship in Division B.

2020 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team competed in the 2020 Bandy World Championship in Division B.

2021 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team did not compete in the 2021 Bandy World Championship because it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 Seniors

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The Ukraine national bandy team did not compete in the 2022 Bandy World Championship which was cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Team Ukraine Junior

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The Bandy World Championship for youth teams are held in a number of different age classes and are held regularly for athletes who do not compete for the national senior team. The following are the age classes for males:

The first World Championship Y16 was held in 1994. Since 2002, it has been for Y15 teams only.[12]

2014 Y15

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The following was the Ukrainian youth team squad for the 2014 Y15 Youth Bandy World Championship who finished in 4th place:[1]

Pos. Number Name Club
Goalkeeper 1 Georgiy Sosyedka
Goalkeeper 20 Ignat Lemeshevskii
2 Dmytro Poperezhai Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
3 Bohdan Suzdalev Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
4 Dmytro Bereza Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
5 Artem Zakharchenco
6 Mykhaylo Skalyts'kyy Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7 Mykola Baranov
8 Yevgeniy Medvedyev
10 Ilia Nasekin
11 Ivan Sharkov
13 Volodymyr Golets Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
15 Sergiy Terent'yev Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
21 Oleksandr Malko
22 Semyon Zavarinski
25 Mykhaylo Ivanov Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Team Staff
Head coach
Assistant coach
Assistant coach
Trainer

2015 Y15

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The Ukraine national youth team did not compete in the 2015 Y15 Youth Bandy World Championship. The national Y15 team withdrew from the tournament due to the conflict with Russia over Crimea. The intended roster had been as follows:[1]

  1. Yuri Vyborov (gk)
  2. Arkadiy Nagoga
  3. Kyrylo Shmatchenko
  4. Sergei Smurov
  5. Anton Riapolov
  6. Kiril Dolgikh
  7. Bogdan Arabov
  8. Artur Sysoev
  9. Evgenii Gromnitskii
  10. Volodymyr Golets
  11. Mykhaylo Skalyts`kyy
  12. Maksym Melnychuk (gk)
  13. Ivan Shvvedchenko
  14. Bohdan Sukharov

2016 Y15

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The Ukrainian youth team squad competed in the 2016 Y15 Youth Bandy World Championship.[13]

2020 Y15

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The 2020 World Championship Y15 tournament in Arkhangelsk, Russia, was cancelled.[14]

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation, seen 16 May 2015
  2. ^ "THE TEAMS READY FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS SPRING!". www.worldbandy.com. Federation of International Bandy. 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "World Championships U15 2013/14". bandysidan.nu. 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Чемпионат мира среди мл. юношей (U-15) - 2016" [World Championship ml. youth (U-15) - 2016] (in Russian). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. ^ Первенство мира среди мл. юношей U-15 - 2018
  6. ^ "World Championship Y15". facebook.com. 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  7. ^ "UBRF Official Website | STAFF OF THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2013". www.ukrbandy.org.ua. 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian national team squad for the World Championship 2014". 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Ukrainian national team squad for the World Championship 2016". 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ Спонсором збірної України з хокею з м’ячем став острів у Фінляндії, sport.ua, 6 July 2017 (in Ukrainian).
  11. ^ Українська федерація хокею з м'ячем (see "Збірні України на чемпіонатах світу 2017 року").
  12. ^ "P15-landslaget: Historik och statistik". Swedish Bandy Association. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Чемпионат мира среди мл. юношей (U-15) - 2016" [World Championship ml. youth (U-15) - 2016] (in Russian). Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  14. ^ "World Championship Y15". facebook.com. 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2022.