Estonia national bandy team

Estonia
Association Estonian Bandy Association
Head coach Sweden Frank Lundin
Team colors          
First international
Finland Finland 22 – 0 Estonia Estonia
Helsinki, 17 January 1923
Biggest win
Estonia Estonia 14 – 3 China China
Chabarovsk, 4 February 2015
Biggest defeat
Finland Finland 22 – 0 Estonia Estonia
Helsinki, 17 January 1923
Bandy World Championship
Appearances 11 (first in 2003)
Best result 8th (2003)

Estonian national bandy team competed for the first time during the first period of Estonian independence, in the interwar years 1918–1940. Estonia played six international frendlies against Finland between 1923 and 1934,[1] losing them all.[2]

Estonia got occupied by the Soviet Union in 1944 and regained its independence in 1991. The modern Estonian Bandy Association was founded in 2001 and joined the Federation of International Bandy in 2002.

The re-established national bandy team participated in the annual Bandy World Championship for the first time in 2003.[3] Estonia won the Davos Cup in 2016[4] but was disqualified from the 2016 Bandy World Championship.

Team picture

References

  1. ↑ Finnish Bandy Yearbook 2009, p. 41. Finnish Bandy Association. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Estonian Bandy History Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Bandysidan, World Championship 2002/03
  4. ↑ "Davos Cup – Back in the game!". Federation of International Bandy. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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