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{{Short description|Recurring international bandy tournament for men's national teams}}
{{Infobox Sports league
| title = Bandy World Championship
| current_season = 2025 Bandy World Championship
| logo = 
| pixels =  
| sport = Bandy
| chairman =
| ceotag =
| ceo = 
| inaugural = [[1957 Bandy World Championship|1957]] 
| teams = 10 ([[2025 Bandy World Championship|2025]]) 
| champion = {{bandy|SWE}}<br />(14th title)
| most_champs = {{bandy|URS}}<br />{{bandy|SWE}}<br />(14 titles each)
| countries = Worldwide 
| TV = 
| website = {{url|https://www.worldbandy.com/|worldbandy.com}}
}}
[[File:BandyCountriesWC2017.png|thumb|260px|right|A record twenty countries participated in the World Championships of [[2019 Bandy World Championship|2019]]. Blue means Division A countries, red Division B countries and green the other [[Federation of International Bandy|FIB]] members. Latvia, which was relegated from Division A in 2016, made a late cancellation in 2017.]]
[[File:Bandy corner.jpg|thumb|260px|The old outdoor arena in Västerås, Sweden, where Finland won in 2004 for the first and only time.]]
[[File:Zinkensdamms IP February 2012.jpg|thumb|260px|[[Zinkensdamms IP]], Stockholm, Sweden. Venue for the final at the XXVIth championships in 2006]]
[[File:ABB Arena Syd.jpg|thumb|260px|[[ABB Arena|ABB Arena Syd]] in Västerås, Sweden, host for the XXIXth championships in 2009]]

The '''Bandy World Championship''' is a competition for the men's teams of [[bandy]]-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the [[Federation of International Bandy]]. It is distinct from the [[Bandy World Cup]], a club competition, and from the [[Women's Bandy World Championship]]. A [[Youth Bandy World Championship]] also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories.

The 2020 Bandy World Championship for Division A was scheduled to be played in [[Irkutsk|Irkutsk, Russia]] in 2020 but was postponed twice due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

The 2021 Bandy World Championship for Division A and B was initially scheduled to be played in [[Syktyvkar|Syktyvkar, Russia]], but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was rescheduled for Division B to 8–13 March 2022 and for Division A to 27 March–3 April 2022. However, in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Finland and Sweden withdrew from the tournament,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119706/sweden-finland-bandy-russia-boycott|title = Sweden and Finland boycott World Bandy Championships in Russia}}</ref> which was then cancelled completely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldbandy.com/2022/03/01/world-championships-in-russia-postponed/|title=FIB - World Championships in Russia postponed!}}</ref> Subsequent tournaments have taken place without the participation of Russia.

==History==
Although bandy has been played since the 19th century, the first men's world championships were only played as recently as 1957, and the first women's championships not until 2004.

Before this, friendlies had been played regularly between the Nordic countries. A film from [[British Pathé]] created in [[1935]] called "Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)"<ref>[https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/41892/ Ice Hockey At Helsingfors On Sleeve As Ice Hockey At Halsingfors News In A Nutshell (1935)]</ref> shows an international bandy match between [[Finland women's national bandy team|women bandy players from Finland]] and [[Sweden women's national bandy team|women bandy players from Sweden]] being played outdoors at [[Helsinki Ice Stadium, Finland|Helsingfors Ice Stadium]] ([[Helsinki]]) in [[Finland]] where the narrator corrects the misconception that it is an international women's ice hockey game. Helsingfors is the Swedish name for Helsinki and comes from the name of the surrounding parish, [[Helsingin pitäjän kirkonkylä|Helsinge]] (etymological origin of the Finnish name Helsinki) and the rapids (in Swedish: ''fors''), which flowed through the original town.

A [[Bandy at the 1952 Winter Olympics|bandy tournament]] for men was held as a [[demonstration sport]] at the [[1952 Winter Olympics]] in [[Oslo]], but this had no world championship status. A [[Four nation bandy tournament in 1954|four-nation tournament in 1954]] for men was played in [[Moscow]], this was the first time the [[Soviet Union]] met teams from other countries and the first time the new, jointly agreed rules were used, however this was not called a world championship. The [[Federation of International Bandy|international federation]] was founded in 1955 by the four countries which had men's national bandy teams who had played in Moscow.

The first ever men's Bandy World Championship was organised in 1957 in association with the 50th anniversary of the [[Football Association of Finland|Ball Association of Finland]], which at the time was the governing body of bandy in Finland. It was played at the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]].<ref name="fib">{{cite web|url=http://www.finbandy.fi/fi/?page_id=2002|publisher=Finnish Bandy Federation|title=The Finnish Bandy Federation, in English|access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref>

From 1961 to 2003, the men's championships were played every two years, but since then has been played annually. (During the period 1972–1990, the [[Rossiya Tournament]] was held for national teams in the years when there was no world championship. This was always played in the Soviet Union and arranged by newspaper ''[[Sovetskaya Rossiya]]''. It was affectionately called "the small world championship".)

==Participating nations==

For a long time, only four countries competed at the world championships: the Soviet Union, [[Sweden]], [[Finland]] and [[Norway]], with the Soviet Union dominating. More countries have joined the tournaments in recent decades, starting with the [[United States]] in 1985. The interest in the sport has spread to other parts of [[Europe]], [[North America]] and [[Asia]], and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 also opened the way for separate national teams from the former Soviet republics. [[Somalia]] became the first team from [[Africa]] to compete, in the 2014 tournament in Irkutsk.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25492503 Somali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy]", BBC-online, 3 January 2014.</ref> The record number of participants is 20, set in 2019.

[[Denmark]], [[Switzerland]], [[Armenia]] and [[Poland]] are countries that a few years ago expressed interest in participating in future tournaments.<ref>[http://habex.ru/paper/718/13686/ 35-й чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом стартовал в Хабаровске] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201112101/http://habex.ru/paper/718/13686/ |date=2020-12-01 }},(in Russian), Retrieved 5 February 2016</ref> Denmark and Poland have left FIB, while Switzerland debuted in the [[2019 Bandy World Championship|2019 edition]], as did  Great Britain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/12381/|title=Венерсборг идёт на рекорд! - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России}}</ref> Armenia wished to participate in the [[2011 Bandy World Championship|2011]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/879/|title = Армения готова участвовать в чемпионате мира - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России}}</ref> but was not allowed to, as the tournament format at the time only allowed twelve teams and several more wanted to come. Of the countries which still have not taken part, [[India]] was also denied in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bandynet.ru/v1/node/15183|title=Борис Скрынник: Хоккей с мячом – третий по посещаемости игровой вид спорта в России &#124; BANDYNET.RU}}</ref> Most probably also Lithuania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.rusbandy.ru/news/879/|title = Армения готова участвовать в чемпионате мира - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://bandynet.ru/v1/node/8822|title = Литва и Беларусь могут принять участие в чемпионате мира &#124; BANDYNET.RU}}</ref> The reason for the 2011 tournament having only eleven teams, was a late cancellation from Australia,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cs10970.vk.me/u16068958/126587056/x_6851a48b.jpg |title=A poster showing the flags of the registered teams for the 2011 tournament, including that of Australia, which in the end did not show up |access-date=2017-02-19 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001903/http://cs10970.vk.me/u16068958/126587056/x_6851a48b.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> another country no longer an FIB member.

With more nations competing, Group B was created in 1991. In 2012 there was a Group C for the first time as 14 countries participated. Group C was abolished in 2013, when instead two sub-groups of Group B were created. In 2014 there were two sub-groups also in Group A, increasing the number of teams in that division from six to eight. The number of groups is not fixed, it is changed from year to year and there are discussions about reinstating a Group C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.co.uk&sl=ru&sp=nmt4&u=https://tass.ru/sport/6053435%3F | title=ТАСС }}</ref> Japan and Kyrgyzstan attended their first World Championships in 2012, Ukraine joined in 2013, Germany and Somalia made their debuts in 2014, China in 2015, and the Czech Republic in 2016. [[Russia national bandy team|Russia]], [[Finland national bandy team|Finland]], [[Sweden national bandy team|Sweden]], [[Kazakhstan national bandy team|Kazakhstan]], [[Norway national bandy team|Norway]], [[United States national bandy team|USA]] and [[Belarus national bandy team|Belarus]] usually play in group A. Until 2011, the best team in group B Went into a playoff match with the team which came bottom of the A-group, replacing them if they won. In 2004 the B-pool was played in a location separate from group A for the first time, at the [[City Park Ice Rink]] in [[Budapest]]. In 2013 this happened again as [[Vetlanda]] hosted the B-pool, whereas [[Vänersborg]] was the main venue of the A-pool with three matches played at other locations, [[Trollhättan]], [[Gothenburg]] and [[Oslo]]. In 2015 and 2016 the tournaments were separated in time while in the same cities. The Division B matches are shorter in time, except for the end matches.

<gallery>
File:Bandy in Medeu Kazakhstan.JPG|[[Medeu]] was the main arena for the XXXIInd championships in 2012. Here the final of the [[Bandy at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Asian Winter Games]].
File:Canada national bandy team.JPG|The reserve field of [[Almaty Central Stadium]] was the venue for Division B and C in 2012. Here [[Canada national bandy team|Canada]].
File:Arena Vänersborg - November 2010.jpg|[[Arena Vänersborg]] in Sweden, the main venue of the XXXIIIrd championship, held in 2013
File:УФХМР IMG 0475.jpg|[[Arena Yerofey]], the final of the XXXVth championship in 2015
File:УФХМР IMG 1299.jpg|[[Trud Stadium (Ulyanovsk)|Trud Stadium]], the final of the XXXVIth championship in 2016
</gallery>

===Participation details===
;1957-2001
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width: 120px;"|Team || [[1957 Bandy World Championship|57]] || [[1961 Bandy World Championship|61]] || [[1963 Bandy World Championship|63]] || [[1965 Bandy World Championship|65]] || [[1967 Bandy World Championship|67]] || [[1969 Bandy World Championship|69]] || [[1971 Bandy World Championship|71]] || [[1973 Bandy World Championship|73]] || [[1975 Bandy World Championship|75]] || [[1977 Bandy World Championship|77]] || [[1979 Bandy World Championship|79]] || [[1981 Bandy World Championship|81]] || [[1983 Bandy World Championship|83]] || [[1985 Bandy World Championship|85]] || [[1987 Bandy World Championship|87]] || [[1989 Bandy World Championship|89]] || [[1991 Bandy World Championship|91]] || [[1993 Bandy World Championship|93]] || [[1995 Bandy World Championship|95]] || [[1997 Bandy World Championship|97]] || [[1999 Bandy World Championship|99]] || [[2001 Bandy World Championship|01]] 
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|BLR}} || colspan="17"|''part of Soviet Union''|| {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} |||7th
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|CAN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} ||| 6th || 6th || 7th || 7th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}}
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|FIN}} || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || 4th || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red"  bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|HUN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 8th || 7th || 8th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}}
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|KAZ}} || colspan="17"|''part of Soviet Union'' || {{sort|99|–}} ||| 4th || 4th || 5th || 4th
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|NED}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 7th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || 9th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}}
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|NOR}} || {{sort|99|–}} || style="border:3px solid red"|4th|| 4th || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || 4th || {{sort|99|–}} || 4th || 4th || 4th || style="border:3px solid red"|4th|| 4th || 4th || 4th || style="border:3px solid red"|4th|| 4th || 4th || 4th || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || 5th || 5th || 4th || 5th
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|RUS}} || colspan="17"|''see Soviet Union''|| bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|URS}} || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || colspan="5"|''defunct'' 
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|SWE}} || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|USA}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} ||| 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || style="border:3px solid red"|6th || 6th || 6th || 6th
|- style="background:#ddd" class="sortbottom"
!align=left|Total teams || 3 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 5 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 9 || 6 || 7
|}

;2003-2025
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! style="width: 120px;"|Team || [[2003 Bandy World Championship|03]]|| [[2004 Bandy World Championship|04]] || [[2005 Bandy World Championship|05]] || [[2006 Bandy World Championship|06]] || [[2007 Bandy World Championship|07]] || [[2008 Bandy World Championship|08]] || [[2009 Bandy World Championship|09]] || [[2010 Bandy World Championship|10]] || [[2011 Bandy World Championship|11]] || [[2012 Bandy World Championship|12]] || [[2013 Bandy World Championship|13]] || [[2014 Bandy World Championship|14]] || [[2015 Bandy World Championship|15]] || [[2016 Bandy World Championship|16]] || [[2017 Bandy World Championship|17]] || [[2018 Bandy World Championship|18]] || [[2019 Bandy World Championship|19]] || [[2020 Bandy World Championship|20]] 
![[2022 Bandy World Championship|22]]
![[2023 Bandy World Championship|23]]
![[2025 Bandy World Championship|25]]|| Total
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|BLR}} || 6th || 7th || 6th || 6th || 6th || 6th || 6th || {{sort|99|–}} || 7th || 7th || 6th || 7th || 6th || 6th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''15'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|CAN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 9th || 8th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || 8th || 8th || 7th || 8th || 8th || 8th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 9th || {{sort|99|–}} || 14th || {{sort|99|–}} 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''16'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|CHN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 15th || 16th || 17th || style="border:3px solid red"|12th || 18th || {{sort|99|–}} 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|CZE}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 15th || 16th || {{sort|99|–}} || 15th || 16th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|10th
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|GER}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 15th || 12th || 9th || 7th || 7th || 7th || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|7th
|7th|| '''8'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|EST}} || 8th || 10th || 10th || 12th || 12th || 10th || 9th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 12th || 11th || 10th || 9th ||{{sort|98|DSQ}} || 14th || 11th || 9th || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''15'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|FIN}} || 4th || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=silver|{{sort|02|'''2nd'''}} || 4th || 4th || 4th || 4th || bgcolor=silver|{{sort|02|'''2nd'''}} || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || x 
|{{sort|99|–}} ||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' 
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || '''41'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|GBR}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 10th || {{sort|99|–}} 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|8th|| '''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|HUN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || style="border:3px solid red"|{{sort|08|8th}} || 11th || 9th || 10th || 13th || 13th || 10th || 10th || 9th || 10th || 11th || 10th || 10th || 10th || 8th || 11th || 9th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|6th
|5th|| '''23'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|JPN}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 13th || 13th || 12th || 13th || 13th || 12th || 10th || 12th || 15th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|KAZ}} || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || 4th || 4th || 4th || 4th || 4th || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || 4th || 5th || 4th || 4th || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|4th
| x || '''22'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|KGZ}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 14th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|LAT}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 8th || 9th || 10th || 8th || 9th || 10th || 9th || 9th || 7th || 8th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 13th || 14th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''12'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|MGL}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 11th || 11th || 12th || 12th || 11th || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 14th || 14th || 12th || 11th || 13th || {{sort|99|–}} || 12th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''11'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|NED}} || 9th || 11th || 9th || 10th || 9th || 11th || 11th || 9th || 11th || 11th || 12th || 13th || 11th || 14th || 15th || 9th || 8th || 13th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|8th
|6th|| '''23'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|NOR}} || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || 5th || style="border:3px solid red"|{{sort|05|5th}} || 5th || 5th || 5th || 4th || 6th || 5th || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''|| '''39'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|RUS}} || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor="silver"|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''22'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|SVK}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 15th || 16th || 11th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|9th
|10th|| '''5'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|SOM}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 17th || 16th || 17th || 18th || 16th || 20th || 18th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|SWE}} || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' || bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|'''2nd''' || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||style="border:3px solid red" bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''|| '''41'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|SUI}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 19th || 17th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|11th
|9th|| '''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|UKR}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || {{sort|99|–}} || 14th || 16th || {{sort|99|–}} || 11th || 13th || 14th || 17th || 10th 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}
|{{sort|99|–}}|| '''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{bandy|USA}} || 7th || 6th || 7th || 7th || 7th || 7th || 7th || 6th || 6th || 6th || 7th || 6th || 8th || 7th || 6th || 5th || 6th || x 
|{{sort|99|–}}
|5th
|4th|| '''28'''
|- style="background:#ddd" class="sortbottom"
!align=left|Total teams || 9 || 11 || 11 || 12 || 12 || 13 || 13 || 11 || 11 || 14 || 14 || 17 || 16 || 18 || 18 || 16 || 20 || 10 (18*) 
! – 
! 11
!10||
|}

<small>*18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate (teams marked with "x" could not participate).</small>

==Debut of national teams==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=3| Debuting teams
! rowspan=2| Successor teams
|-
! Teams
!width=40| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
!width=40| {{abbr|Cum.|Cumulative total}}
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1957 Bandy World Championship|1957]]
| {{bandy|FIN}}, {{bandy|URS}}, {{bandy|SWE}}
| 3
| 3
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1961 Bandy World Championship|1961]]
| {{bandy|NOR}}
| 1
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1963 Bandy World Championship|1963]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1965 Bandy World Championship|1965]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1967 Bandy World Championship|1967]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1969 Bandy World Championship|1969]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1971 Bandy World Championship|1971]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1973 Bandy World Championship|1973]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1975 Bandy World Championship|1975]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1977 Bandy World Championship|1977]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center| [[1979 Bandy World Championship|1979]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1981 Bandy World Championship|1981]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1983 Bandy World Championship|1983]]
| -
| 0
| 4
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1985 Bandy World Championship|1985]]
| {{bandy|USA}}
| 1
| 5
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1987 Bandy World Championship|1987]]
| -
| 0
| 5
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1989 Bandy World Championship|1989]]
| -
| 0
| 5
|align=left|
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1991 Bandy World Championship|1991]]
| {{bandy|CAN}}, {{bandy|HUN}}, {{bandy|NED}}
| 3
| 8
|align=left|
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1993 Bandy World Championship|1993]]
| {{bandy|RUS}}
| 0
| 8
|align=left| {{bandy|URS}}
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1995 Bandy World Championship|1995]]
| {{bandy|KAZ}}
| 1
| 9
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1997 Bandy World Championship|1997]]
| -
| 0
| 9
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[1999 Bandy World Championship|1999]]
| -
| 0
| 9
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2001 Bandy World Championship|2001]]
| {{bandy|BLR}}
| 1
| 10
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2003 Bandy World Championship|2003]]
| {{bandy|EST}}
| 1
| 11
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2004 Bandy World Championship|2004]]
| -
| 0
| 11
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2005 Bandy World Championship|2005]]
| -
| 0
| 11
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2006 Bandy World Championship|2006]]
| {{bandy|MGL}}
| 1
| 12
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2007 Bandy World Championship|2007]]
| {{bandy|LAT}}
| 1
| 13
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2008 Bandy World Championship|2008]]
| -
| 0
| 13
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2009 Bandy World Championship|2009]]
| -
| 0
| 13
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2010 Bandy World Championship|2010]]
| -
| 0
| 13
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2011 Bandy World Championship|2011]]
| -
| 0
| 13
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2012 Bandy World Championship|2012]]
| {{bandy|JPN}}, {{bandy|KGZ}}
| 2
| 15
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2013 Bandy World Championship|2013]]
| {{bandy|UKR}}
| 1
| 16
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2014 Bandy World Championship|2014]]
| {{bandy|SOM}}, {{bandy|GER}}
| 2
| 18
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2015 Bandy World Championship|2015]]
| {{bandy|CHN}}
| 1
| 19
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2016 Bandy World Championship|2016]]
| {{bandy|CZE}}
| 1
| 20
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2017 Bandy World Championship|2017]]
| -
| 0
| 20
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2018 Bandy World Championship|2018]]
| {{bandy|SVK}}
| 1
| 21
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2019 Bandy World Championship|2019]]
| {{bandy|GBR}}, {{bandy|SUI}}
| 2
| 23
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2020 Bandy World Championship|2020]]-[[2022 Bandy World Championship|2022]]
| -
| 0
| 23
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2023 Bandy World Championship|2023]]
| -
| 0
| 23
|align=left| 
|-
|valign=top; align=center|[[2025 Bandy World Championship|2025]]
| -
| 0
| 23
|align=left| 
|}

==Competition format==
Originally, the competition was played as an all-meet-all [[round-robin tournament]]. Starting in 1983, semifinals and a final was added to follow the round-robin stage.

When the number of participating nations increased, the championship was split up in two groups from 2003 onwards, A and B, with the better teams in Group A. The winner of Group B for some years played a game against the least successful team of Group A to determine qualification for Group A for next year, but in 2016, 2017, and 2018 winning Group B has been directly qualifying for group A for the following year while the last placed team of Group A is automatically relegated to Group B.

==Broadcasting==
The interest is biggest in Sweden, Finland and Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldbandy.com/news.asp?newsid=59&title=World%20Championship%20will%20be%20broadcasted%20on%20main%20TV%20channels |title=World Championship will be broadcast on main TV channels |access-date=2012-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709071231/http://worldbandy.com/news.asp?newsid=59&title=World%20Championship%20will%20be%20broadcasted%20on%20main%20TV%20channels |archive-date=2015-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On several occasions it was shown on [[Eurosport 2]].

The games are also viewable via [[Streaming media|online streaming]].

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:100%"
|-
!width=2%|No.
!width=4%|Year
!width=10%|Host <br /> 
!width=10%|Final venue (host city) *
!width=1% rowspan=40 bgcolor=ffffff|
!width=14%|Gold medal
!width=10%|Result
!width=14%|Silver medal
!width=1% rowspan=40 bgcolor=ffffff|
!width=14%|Bronze medal
!width=10%|Result
!width=14%|Fourth place
!width=3%|Teams
|-
|I
|1957 <br /> ''[[1957 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}} || ''[[Helsinki Olympic Stadium|Olympic Stadium]] ([[Helsinki]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(6–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|''Only three teams participated''
|3
|-
|II
|1961 <br /> ''[[1961 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Norway}} || ''[[Bislett Stadium]] ([[Oslo]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(2–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(4–3)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|III
|1963 <br /> ''[[1963 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || ''[[Skogsvallen, Nässjö|Skogsvallen]] ([[Nässjö]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(6–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(12–0)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|IV
|1965 <br /> ''[[1965 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}} || ''[[Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg)|Central Stadium]] ([[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(4–0)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(1–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|4
|-
|V
|1967 <br /> ''[[1967 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}} || ''[[Raatti Stadium]] ([[Oulu]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(1–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(2–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|VI
|1969 <br /> ''[[1969 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || ''[[Vinterstadion]] ([[Örebro]]) and [[Studenternas IP]] ([[Uppsala]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(4–2, 2–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|''Only three teams participated''
|3
|-
|VII
|1971 <br /> ''[[1971 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || ''[[Vinterstadion]] ([[Örebro]]) and [[Söderstadion]] ([[Stockholm]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(2–2, 2–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(6–1, 7–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|VIII
|1973 <br /> ''[[1973 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}} || ''[[Central Dynamo Stadium]] ([[Moscow]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(5–1, 1–0)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(3–2, 3–4)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|IX
|1975 <br /> ''[[1975 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}} || ''[[Pohjan stadion]] ([[Tornio]]) and [[Hänninhauta]] ([[Mikkeli]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(1–3, 7–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(2–1, 2–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|X
|1977 <br /> ''[[1977 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Norway}} || ''[[Valle Hovin]] ([[Oslo]]) and [[Marienlyst Stadion]] ([[Drammen]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(2–3, 3–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(5–1, 2–4)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|XI
|1979 <br /> ''[[1979 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || ''[[Vänersborgs isstadion]] ([[Vänersborg]]) and [[Spånga IP]] ([[Stockholm]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|URS|1955}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(4–3, 4–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(8–2, 6–2)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|XII
|1981 <br /> ''[[1981 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}  || ''[[Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk)|Central Lenin Stadium]] ([[Khabarovsk]])''
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(6–1, 1–3)'''
|{{bandy-big|URS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]<br />'''(6–1, 5–1)'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|XIII
|1983 <br /> ''[[1983 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}}  || [[Oulunkylä Ice Rink]] ([[Helsinki]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''9–3'''
|{{bandy-big|URS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''4–1'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|4
|-
|XIV
|1985 <br /> ''[[1985 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Norway}}  || [[Valle Hovin]] ([[Oslo]])
|'''{{bandy-big|URS}}'''
|'''5–4''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''6–2'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|5
|-
|XV
|1987 <br /> ''[[1987 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}}  || [[Söderstadion]] ([[Stockholm]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''7–2'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|URS}}
|'''11–3'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|5
|-
|XVI
|1989 <br /> ''[[1989 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}  || [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|Olympic Stadium]] ([[Moscow]])
|'''{{bandy-big|URS}}'''
|'''12–2'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|'''6–0'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|5
|-
|XVII
|1991 <br /> ''[[1991 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}}  || [[Oulunkylä Ice Rink]] ([[Helsinki]])
|'''{{bandy-big|URS}}'''
|'''4–3'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''8–0'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|8
|-
|XVIII
|1993 <br /> ''[[1993 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Norway}}  || [[Vikingskipet|Hamar Olympic Hall]] ([[Hamar]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''8–0'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS|1991}}
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|'''5–3'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|8
|-
|XIX
|1995 <br /> ''[[1995 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|United States}} || [[Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval|John Rose Minnesota Oval]] ([[Roseville, Minnesota|Roseville]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''6–4'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|8
|-
|XX
|1997 <br /> ''[[1997 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || [[Rocklunda IP]] ([[Västerås]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''10–5'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''9–3'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|9
|-
|XXI
|1999 <br /> ''[[1999 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trud Stadium (Arkhangelsk)|Trud Stadium]] ([[Arkhangelsk]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''5–0'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|'''9–1'''
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|6
|-
|XXII
|2001 <br /> ''[[2001 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Finland}} <br /> {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Raksila Artificial Ice Rink Pakkalan kenttä|Raksila Ice Rink]] ([[Oulu]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|7
|-
|XXIII
|2003 <br /> ''[[2003 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trud Stadium (Arkhangelsk)|Trud Stadium]] ([[Arkhangelsk]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''5–4'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''4–1'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|9
|-
|XXIV
|2004 <br /> ''[[2004 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}}  <br /> {{flag|Hungary}}|| [[Rocklunda IP]] ([[Västerås]])
|'''{{bandy-big|FIN}}'''
|'''5–4''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|'''5–2'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|11
|-
|XXV
|2005 <br /> ''[[2005 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trudovye Rezervy Stadium (Kazan)|Trudovye Rezervy Stadium]] ([[Kazan]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''5–2'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''5–3'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|11
|-
|XXVI
|2006 <br /> ''[[2006 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || [[Zinkensdamms IP]] ([[Stockholm]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''7–4'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|12
|-
|XXVII
|2007 <br /> ''[[2007 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Khimik Stadium (Kemerovo)|Khimik Stadium]] ([[Kemerovo]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''5–4''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|12
|-
|XXVIII
|2008 <br /> ''[[2008 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|Olympic Stadium]] ([[Moscow]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''8–3'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|13
|-
|XXIX
|2009 <br /> ''[[2009 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || [[ABB Arena|ABB Arena South]] ([[Västerås]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''7–3'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|13
|-
|XXX
|2010 <br /> ''[[2010 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Ice Palace Krylatskoye]] ([[Moscow]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''6–5''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''4–3''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|11
|-
|XXXI
|2011 <br /> ''[[2011 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trudovye Rezervy Stadium (Kazan)|Trudovye Rezervy Stadium]] ([[Kazan]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|'''14–3'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|11
|-
|XXXII
|2012 <br /> ''[[2012 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Kazakhstan}} || [[Medeu]] ([[Almaty]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''5–4'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''10–5'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|14
|-
|XXXIII
|2013 <br /> ''[[2013 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} <br /> {{flag|Norway}} || [[Arena Vänersborg]] ([[Vänersborg]]) 
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''4–3'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''6–3'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|14
|-
|XXXIV
|2014 <br /> ''[[2014 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trud Stadium (Irkutsk)|Trud Stadium]] ([[Irkutsk]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''5–3'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|17
|-
|XXXV
|2015 <br /> ''[[2015 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Arena Yerofey]] ([[Khabarovsk]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''5–3'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|'''8–6'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|16
|-
|XXXVI
|2016 <br /> ''[[2016 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} || [[Trud Stadium (Ulyanovsk)|Trud Stadium]] ([[Ulyanovsk]])
|{{flagicon|RUS|size=30px}} <br /> '''[[Russia national bandy team|Russia]]'''
|'''6–1'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|'''4–0'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|18
|-
|XXXVII
|2017 <br /> ''[[2017 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Sweden}} || [[Göransson Arena]] ([[Sandviken]])
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''4–3'''
|{{bandy-big|RUS}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''11–1'''
|{{flagicon|NOR|size=30px}} <br /> [[Norway national bandy team|Norway]]
|18
|-
|XXXVIII
|2018 <br /> ''[[2018 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
|{{flag|Russia}} <br /> {{flag|China}} || [[Arena Yerofey]] ([[Khabarovsk]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''5–4'''
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''8–4'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|16
|-
|XXXIX
|2019 <br /> ''[[2019 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Arena Vänersborg]] ([[Vänersborg]])
|'''{{bandy-big|RUS}}'''
|'''6–5''' <br /> {{aet}}
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|'''8–2'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|20
|-
|XL
|2020<br /> ''[[2020 Bandy World Championship|Details]]'' 
| {{flag|Russia}}
! colspan=9 | "A" Division cancelled
|10 (18**)
|-
|XLI
|2022<br /> ''[[2022 Bandy World Championship|Details]]'' 
| {{flag|Russia}}
! colspan=9 | Cancelled
| -
|-
|XLII
|2023<br /> ''[[2023 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Eriksson Arena]] ([[Växjö]])
!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|
|'''{{bandy-big|SWE}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
!width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff|
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
|'''5–1'''
|{{bandy-big|KAZ}}
|11
|-
|XLIII
|2025<br /> ''[[2025 Bandy World Championship|Details]]''
| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[Sparbanken Lidköping Arena]] ([[Lidköping]])
|{{bandy-big|SWE}}
| '''5–3'''
|{{bandy-big|FIN}}
|{{bandy-big|NOR}}
| '''12–1'''
|{{bandy-big|USA}}
|10
|-
|XLIV
|2026<br> ''[[2026 Bandy World Championship|Detalis]]''
| {{Flag|Finland}} || [[Narukerä|Narukerä Ice Rink]] ([[Pori]])<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldbandy.com/2025/06/26/world-championship-for-men-a-and-women-to-pori-finland-2026/ |website= World Bandy |title= World Championship for Men A and Women to Pori, Finland 2026! |author=<!-- not stated --> |publisher= Federation of International Bandy |date= 26 June 2025 |access-date= 26 June 2025}} </ref>
|
| 
|
|
| 
|
|
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> For 1959–1981 championships, there are listed venues (host cities) of the decisive matches of [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin tournaments]] (i.e. matches between champions and runners-up for each tournament), not final matches.<br />
<nowiki>**</nowiki> 18 teams were enrolled in 2020, but only 10 (the B division) could participate.

[[File:Bandy 2012. KYR - JPN.JPG|thumb|[[Kyrgyzstan national bandy team|Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Japan national bandy team|Japan]] were the newcomers in 2012. Here, the Kyrgyzstan team defend their goal when Japan is about to make a corner stroke. Kyrgyzstan has yet to make another world championship appearance.]]

===Medal table===
Countries in ''italics'' no longer compete at the World Championships.
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = bandy
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_SWE = 14 | silver_SWE = 19 | bronze_SWE = 8
 | gold_URS = 14 | silver_URS = 2 | bronze_URS = 1 | name_URS = ''{{bandy|SOV}}''
 | gold_RUS = 12 | silver_RUS = 9 | bronze_RUS = 1
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 10 | bronze_FIN = 22
 | gold_NOR = 0 | silver_NOR = 1 | bronze_NOR = 3
 | gold_KAZ = 0 | silver_KAZ = 0 | bronze_KAZ = 6
}}

===Consecutive wins===

The most consecutive gold medals were won by the Soviet Union with 11. Russia has won four consecutive gold medals and Sweden has won three consecutive gold medals.

== Final arenas (since 1983) ==
Until 1981, the championship was always decided by round-robin games, so only since 1983 there have been designated venues for the championship final game.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;
|-
!No.
!Times
!Country
!Arena 
!City
!Years
!Note
|-
|align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Finland}}  
| [[Oulunkylä Ice Rink]] 
| [[Helsinki]]
| 1983, 1991
|
|-
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Trud Stadium (Arkhangelsk)|Trud Stadium]] 
| [[Arkhangelsk]]
| 1999, 2003
|
|-
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Rocklunda IP]] 
| [[Västerås]]
| 1997, 2004
| 
|-
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Russia}}  
| [[Olympic Stadium (Moscow)|Olympic Stadium]]
| [[Moscow]]
| 1989, 2008
| Indoor arena
|- 
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Trudovye Rezervy Stadium (Kazan)|Trudovye Rezervy Stadium]] 
| [[Kazan]]
| 2005, 2011
| 
|- 
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Arena Yerofey]] 
| [[Khabarovsk]]
| 2015, 2018
| Indoor arena
|- 
| align=right| 1
| align=right| 2
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Arena Vänersborg]] 
| [[Vänersborg]]
| 2013, 2019
| Indoor arena
|- 
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Norway}}  
| [[Valle Hovin]] 
| [[Oslo]]
| 1985
|
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}}  
| [[Söderstadion]] 
| [[Stockholm]]
| 1987
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Norway}}  
| [[Vikingskipet|Hamar Olympic Hall]]
| [[Hamar]]
| 1993
| Indoor arena
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|United States}} 
| [[Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval|John Rose Minnesota Oval]] 
| [[Roseville, Minnesota|Roseville]]
| 1995
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Finland}} 
| [[Raksila Artificial Ice Rink Pakkalan kenttä|Raksila Ice Rink]] 
| [[Oulu]]
| 2001
|
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Zinkensdamms IP]] 
| [[Stockholm]]
| 2006
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Khimik Stadium (Kemerovo)|Khimik Stadium]] 
| [[Kemerovo]]
| 2007
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[ABB Arena|ABB Arena South]] 
| [[Västerås]]
| 2009
| Indoor arena
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Ice Palace Krylatskoye]] 
| [[Moscow]]
| 2010
| Indoor arena
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} 
| [[Medeu]] 
| [[Almaty]]
| 2012
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Trud Stadium (Irkutsk)|Trud Stadium]] 
| [[Irkutsk]]
| 2014
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Russia}} 
| [[Trud Stadium (Ulyanovsk)|Trud Stadium]] 
| [[Ulyanovsk]]
| 2016
| 
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Göransson Arena]] 
| [[Sandviken]]
| 2017
| Indoor arena
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Eriksson Arena]] 
| [[Växjö]]
| 2023
| Indoor arena
|-
| align=right| 8
| align=right| 1
| {{flag|Sweden}} 
| [[Sparbanken Lidköping Arena]] 
| [[Lidköping]]
| 2025
| Indoor arena
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/Kalenderbiteri/VMres.html |title=Results from the championships 1957-1999 by Per G. Olsson |access-date=2006-02-03 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028045110/http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/Kalenderbiteri/VMres.html |archive-date=2009-10-28 }}

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