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Many consider the sport of bandy to be the precursor to hockey. The sport is quite popular in Europe and has a home here in Minnesota. USA Bandy is looking to make a name for itself in Sweden at the 2023 Bandy World Championship. FOX 9's Pierre Noujaim has the story.

MOSCOW, June 17. /TASS/. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has greenlighted an organization of the World Bandy Championships in Russia in 2021 and 2022 and sent a relevant approval to the Federation of International Bandy (FIB), the press office of the Russian Bandy Federation announced in a statement on Thursday.

The next two FIB World Bandy Championships were scheduled to be hosted by the Russian cities of Irkutsk (in October 2021) and Syktyvkar (in March 2022).

"The Federation of International Bandy, FIB, can now confirm that the two World Championship tournaments in Irkutsk and Syktyvkar next season will be carried out as planned," the press service of the FIB stated on Thursday.

"The World Anti-Doping Agency, WADA, has now given its approval that the tournaments may be decided as exceptions to the current CAS-decision of sanctions," the statement continued. "The World Championship for A-nations in Irkutsk will be held October 11-17, and the World Championship for both A-and B-nations will be held in Syktyvkar March 27-April 3, 2022". Sanctions against Russian sports

The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland’s Lausanne partially upheld on December 17, 2020 WADA’s (the World Anti-Doping Agency) previous ruling on a number of sanctions against Russian sports.

According to the CAS decision, Russian athletes were deprived of their right to participate in all World Championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games under the national flag of Russia for a two-year period.

The national anthem of Russia was also prohibited from being played at international sports tournaments over the course of the next two years, even at the upcoming Olympic Games in Japan this summer.

The ruling of the Swiss-based court also stripped Russia of the right to bid for the organization of all international sports tournaments for a period of two years. WADA’s sanctions will be in force until December 2022. Postponed 2020 Bandy World Championship

The 40th edition of the Bandy World Championship was initially scheduled to be played in the Siberian city of Irkutsk between March 28 and April 5, 2020, however the organizers announced later that due to the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was suspended indefinitely.

Bandy was officially recognized as a winter sport competition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001. However, bandy featured as a demonstration sport at the 6th Winter Olympic Games in Norway’s Oslo in 1952 and FIB was officially registered in 1955 by four founding countries, namely Norway, Finland, Sweden and the Soviet Union.

XXXXIInd Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Sweden City Växjö (Åby) Dates 28 March – 2 April (Division A) 24–27 March (Division B) Teams 5 (Division A) and 6 (Division B) Venue(s) Eriksson Arena (in 1 host city) Website 2023 Men's and Women's Bandy World Championship 2023

28 March 10:30 United States – Finland

Eriksson Arena, Åby 28 March 13:30 Norway – Sweden

Eriksson Arena, Åby 29 March 12:00 Finland – Kazakhstan

Eriksson Arena, Åby 29 March 16:30 Sweden – United States

Eriksson Arena, Åby 30 March 10:00 Finland – Norway

Eriksson Arena, Åby 30 March 16:30 Kazakhstan – United States

Eriksson Arena, Åby 31 March 12:30 Kazakhstan – Norway

Eriksson Arena, Åby 31 March 19:00 Sweden – Finland

Eriksson Arena, Åby 1 April 11:30 United States – Norway

Eriksson Arena, Åby 1 April 16:30 Kazakhstan – Sweden

Eriksson Arena, Åby Final Round Third place game 2 April 10:15 3 – 4

Eriksson Arena, Åby Final 2 April 16:30 1 – 2

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Countries invited are thus Finland, Norway, Kazakhstan, United States, Germany, Estonia, and Hungary.