Sweden closed the international 2025-2026 season this weekend in Uppsala with a clean sweep in the youth bandy World Championships, winning the titles in Women 17, Men 17 and Men 19. The treble was completed at a single venue, the Serwenthallen Indoor Arena, as part of a joint programme staged in the final stretch of the calendar by the Federation of International Bandy -FIB-.

The Swedish team beat Finland 4-0 in the Women 17 final, overcame Norway 4-2 in Men 17, and wrapped up Sunday with a 12-2 win, again over Norway, in Men 19. The three titles confirmed the hosts’ authority across a weekend that brought together Sweden, Finland and Norway in all three age-group competitions.

Uppsala hosted three youth World Championships at the same venue

The event staged the Women 17, Men 17 and Men 19 tournaments simultaneously, with the Swedish Bandy Association as host and Uppsala BoIS as local organiser. The format brought together several generations of Nordic bandy players over four days in one arena, during one of the busiest weeks of the season’s closing stretch.

The Swedish treble, however, did not come in finals widely seen in advance as formalities. In Women 17, the preliminary round had already pointed to a tighter path between Sweden, Finland and Norway, while in Men 19 the meetings between the Swedes and the Norwegians had offered signs of balance before the 12-2 scoreline in the final. In Men 17, by contrast, Sweden did carry into the final the superiority it had already shown in the preliminary phase.

World Bandy showcases format, development pathway and international reach

Beyond the results, Uppsala also served as a showcase for World Bandy through a format that combined several categories in parallel and gave the competition international streaming exposure. The FIB had announced that every match would be distributed through Bandyplay in Sweden and FIB TV for the rest of the world, as part of an effort to maintain continuity and visibility in the decisive stretch of the international season.

That organisational value had already been highlighted weeks earlier by the international structure itself. FIB president Henrik Nilsson described the concentration of championships in Uppsala as “a historic and impressive achievement” and “an unforgettable celebration of bandy community and world-class competition”, while secretary general Attila Adamfi said the aim was to offer “the perfect stage for this celebration of bandy”.

Sweden’s clean sweep defines the close of the 2025-2026 campaign

The Uppsala edition also formed part of an especially busy end to the season for the Swedish city, which hosted several FIB World Championships this year within the same stretch of the calendar. In that setting, the outcome of the youth tournaments left Sweden on top in all three categories and underlined its competitive strength at the development level of international bandy.

The final international Sunday of the season therefore ended with Sweden as champion in Women 17, Men 17 and Men 19, after a shared programme involving the three Nordic national teams in the event and a tournament that placed much of world bandy’s competitive spotlight on Uppsala at the close of the campaign.