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| Association | Canada Bandy | ||
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| Head coach |  | ||
| Team colors | |||
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| First international | |||
Canada0–4 Norway(Roseville, Minnesota; February 14,2006) | |||
| Women's Bandy World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in2006) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2007,2010,2012,2016) | ||
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Bandy World Championship | ||
| 2004 | No Team | |
| 2006 United States | Team | |
| 2007 Hungary | Team | |
| 2008 Sweden | Team | |
| 2010 Norway | Team | |
| 2012 Russia | Team | |
| 2014 Finland | Team | |
| 2016 United States | Team | |
| 2018 China | No Team | |
| 2020 Norway | No Team | |
| 2022 Sweden | No Team | |
| 2023 Sweden | No Team | |
| Women's Under-18 Bandy World Cup | ||
| 2015 Sweden | St. Mary’s Academy Flames[1] | |
Canada's women's national bandy team[2][3] (French:Équipe nationale féminine de bandy du Canada) is the women'sbandy team representingCanada. Historically the squad has been based inWinnipeg,Manitoba. The women's national team has competed in theWomen's Bandy World Championship andNorth American Bandy Championship. It made its world debut at the2004 Women's Bandy World Championship. Team Canada has not competed internationally since the2016 Women's Bandy World Championship.[4]
The governing body for the sport of bandy in Canada isCanada Bandy whose headquarters are located in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[5] Canada also has aCanadian national bandy team for men. This article deals chiefly with Canada's women's national bandy team.
Because bandy is a "cult sport" in Canada without a grassroots base the team therefore draws its talent from the sports ofringette andwomen's ice hockey. A majority of its senior-level team members have been high performance athletes who come from the sport of ringette, some having played forCanada's national ringette team and/or in Canada's semi-professional showcase ringette league, theNational Ringette League.[6][7][8][9][10]
While Canada is a country with a strong tradition inice hockey andringette, both sports are played on anice rink and Canada does not have artificial ice rinks large enough to qualify as regulation sizedbandy fields.[11] In the past, the Canadian women's bandy team practiced on a frozen water hazard on a Winnipeg golf course. Team Canada has competed in the United States where full-sized bandy fields exist.[12]
The team has participated in every Women's Bandy World Championship since the second tournament in2006 but has not competed since 2016. During its existence, the national women's bandy team reached a historic 4th place internationally in the2007,2010,2012, and2016Women's Bandy World Championships, but to date has never finished higher, nor has the Canadian team ever medaled. It is unclear whether the women's national team is still active.
In thejunior age group, a girls ice hockey team from Winnipeg competed in theWomen's Under-18 Bandy World Cup inSweden in 2015,[1] the first ever Canadian youth team to play in the international tournament. However this was an international tournament for club teams only and not the international junior competition which is theBandy World Championship G-17 or U17 (under 17) world championship in bandy for girls, known asF17 WC. G17 is sometimes written as F17 and the Y designations may also be written with a U.
A group of ladies participated in a bandy tournament inRussia in 1990 and also had some exhibition matches in theNetherlands that year.[citation needed] Team Canada played its first official international series against theUnited States women's national bandy team in December, 2005.[13] The team practiced on a frozen water hazard at theHarbour View Golf Course inWinnipeg, Manitoba.
The women's program really began in 2006 with a number ofringette players taking on a new sport and participating in the2006 Women's Bandy World Championship inRoseville, Minnesota.
For the under 19 age group, Canada has only had a girls bandy team once in the nation's history to date which has competed in an international competition of any kind. In 2015, a girls high schoolice hockey team fromWinnipeg, the St. Mary's Academy Flames, competed in theWomen's Under-18 Bandy World Cup inSweden.[14] The Flames were the first ever Canadian Under-18 team to play in the international tournament which is a competition for the best women's club teams from around the world.
Canada competed in everyWomen's Bandy World Championship from 2006 until 2018. Historically, Canada has established a senior national women's bandy team which competes in the Women's Bandy World Championship, but has not established a junior women's national bandy team to compete in the world junior bandy tournament for girls.
| Women's Bandy World Championships | |||
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| Year | Location | Result | Notes |
| 2004 Details |  Lappeenranta, Finland | No team | |
| 2006 Details |  Roseville, USA | 5th | |
| 2007 Details |  Budapest, Hungary | 4th | |
| 2008 Details |  Borlänge,GrängesbergandKarlsbyheden, Sweden | 5th | |
| 2010 Details | Drammen, Norway | 4th | |
| 2012 Details |  Irkutsk, Russia | 4th | |
| 2014 Details | Lappeenranta, Finland | 5th | |
| 2016 Details | Roseville, USA | 4th | |
| 2018 Details |  Chengde, China | No team | |
| 2020 Details | Oslo, Norway | No team | |
| 2022 Details | Åby, Sweden | No team | |
| 2023 Details | Åby, Sweden | No team | |
The2007 Women's Bandy World Championship took place in February 11–17 in Budapest, Hungary. It was only the second time Canada fielded a team to compete at a World Bandy Championship. The international tournament included representative teams from Russia, Finland, Norway, United States, Sweden and the host nation, Hungary.
The Canadian team, coached by Gennaro Macchia and Goran Svensson, put forth a spirited effort against each of the competing nations, and for the first time, a North American team competed for a medal with Team Canada playing the favoured Norway team in the bronze medal game. The game finished tied 3-3 after regulation time, only to see the Canadians come up short in a penalty shot shootout. Team Canada opened the scoring, later falling behind 3–1, but fought hard to get back to even and carried the play throughout most of the second half. In all, Team Canada posted victories against Hungary, USA and Finland, finishing the round-robin play with 3 wins and 3 losses, losing to the World Champions from Sweden, Russia and Norway. As a result of their play, Team Canada earned a place in a semi-final game against Russia, before playing Norway in the bronze medal final, February 16. The Canadian Team was made up of elite athletes from Winnipeg and surrounding areas.
"They did Canada proud" said Genarro Macchia, the coach for Team Canada. "Last year we posted only one win and scored just two goals. This year we improved that position winning three round robin games, scoring 19 goals and playing in a bronze medal final for the first time in Canadian Bandy history, only to fall short after playing to a 3-3 tie during regulation time. Considering this is only our second year playing and our second world championship, Team Canada served notice that they are now ready to compete against the elite teams in the world. The future of Women's Bandy in Canada looks bright," added Macchia.
Christine Deslisle wound up playing for a Swedish women's bandy team,Stockholm AIK for the 2007/2008 season.
| 2007 Seniors | ||
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| Number | Name | Position |
| Shelly Hruska | ||
| Mandy Nordstrom | ||
| Dominique Carriere | ||
| Christine Delisle | ||
| Lindsay Myseniuk | ||
| Kristy Maksymyk | ||
| Caley Miskimmin | ||
| Amy Clarkson | ||
| Danielle Sykes | ||
| Lynn Despiegelaere | ||
| Courtney Burns | ||
| Lindsay Burns | ||
| Aisnley Ferguson | ||
| Andrea Ferguson | ||
| Michelle Madziak | ||
| Chelsea Hansen | ||
| Sheena MacDonald | ||
| Team Staff | |
|---|---|
| Position | Name |
| Coach | Gennaro Macchia (from Sweden) |
| Coach | Goren Svensson (from Sweden) |
| Manager | Jan Burns |
| Team Leader | Colin Ferguson |
Team members of the Team Canada's 2016 Women's bandy squad includedStonewall's Sheena MacDonald,Winnipeg's Ainsley Ferguson, Kenora-born Julie Johnson, Delisle-Nyström, Winnipeg's Taylor Homenick, Winnipeg's Amy Clarkson, and Lindsay Burns among others.[4]
This competition is a cross-border contest between bandy teams from Canada and the USA. The event is hosted inRoseville, Minnesota byUSA Bandy.
In February 2015, team Canada beat the rival U.S. national team in a best-of-three series to retain the North American Bandy Championship.[15]
The women's national bandy team was part of a 2 part documentary created in 2010 by Ora Walker called "True North Strong",[13] however the documentary did not mention the players with backgrounds inringette, theCanadian national ringette team, or theNational Ringette League of Canada.
Notable players includeShelly Hruska and Lindsay Burns. Burns scored Canada's first goal in the nations history of organized women's bandy.[16] Hruska and Burns have also played semi-professional ringette in the CanadianNational Ringette League and for theCanadian National Ringette Team.[17]
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