Japan national bandy team

Japan national bandy team is competing for Japan in the international bandy tournaments. Japan Bandy Federation was established in April 2011 and the national team made its world championship debut in 2012.[1] After having competed every time since then, at the 2023 World Championship the team will not participate.[2]

Japan
AssociationJapan Bandy Federation
Head coachJapan Takamura Hiromasa
Team colors     
First international
 Japan 2–6 Estonia 
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 31 January 2012)
Biggest win
 Kyrgyzstan 0–13 Japan 
(Almaty, Kazakhstan; 1 February 2012)
Biggest defeat
 Estonia 12–1 Japan 
(Vänersborg, 24 January 2019)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2012)
Best result10th (2018)
Japan playing Kyrgyzstan at the 2012 world championship.

Tournament participation

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World Championships

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  • 2012 – 13th place (2nd in Group C)
  • 2013 – 13th place (7th in Division B)
  • 2014 – 12th place (4th in Division B)
  • 2015 – 13th place (6th in Division B)
  • 2016 – 13th place (5th in Division B)
  • 2017 – 12th place (4th in Division B)
  • 2018 – 10th place (2nd in Division B)
  • 2019 – 12th place (4th in Division B)

References

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  1. ^ "日本バンディ連盟:トップページ". Archived from the original on 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ^ The teams ready for the World Championships this spring!
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