Russian Government Cup
Statusdefunct
Genrebandy
Frequencybiannually
CountryRussia
Inaugurated1972 (1972)
Most recent2012 (2012)

Russian Government Cup was a tournament for national teams in bandy, arranged in Russia every other year from 1972[1] until 2012. The cup has not been played since 2012.

When the Bandy World Championships were held every other year, this tournament was held in around the same time of the year (February/March) in the years when there was no World Championships. Starting in 2003, it was arranged in December instead.

History

Besides the national teams, there have sometimes been irregular teams representing federation subjects of Russia (earlier the USSR) or a "Russia no. 2" team – these are written with italics below and marked with two flags if they are federation subjects – or Russian club teams, to fill out the tournament. Youth national teams have also occationally been invited.

It was called the Rossiya Tournament until 1990, because it was arranged by the newspaper Sovetskaya Rossiya. Since then, it was instead being arranged by the Russian government, hence the latter name.

Tournaments

Year Venue(s) Winner Second place Third place Fourth place
1972
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Ulyanovsk  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland  Norway
1974
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Arkhangelsk  Sweden  Soviet Union  Finland  Norway
1976
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Khabarovsk  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland  Norway
1978
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Kemerovo  Soviet Union  Finland  Sweden  Norway
1980
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Syktyvkar  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Komi ASSR
1982
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Syktyvkar  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland  Norway
1984
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Kemerovo  Soviet Union  Sweden  Norway  Finland
1986
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Irkutsk  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland Soviet UnionRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Russian SFSR
1988
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Abakan  Soviet Union  Sweden  Finland  Norway
1990
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Novosibirsk  Sweden  Finland  Soviet Union  Norway
1992
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Krasnoyarsk  Russia  Sweden Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Independent States  Finland
1994
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Krasnoyarsk and Moscow  Sweden  Norway  Russia  Finland
1996
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Arkhangelsk  Sweden  Russia Russia Russia-2  Finland
1998
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Nizhny Novgorod  Russia  Sweden  Finland  Norway
2000
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Kazan  Russia RussiaTatarstan Tatarstan  Sweden  Finland
2002
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Arkhangelsk  Russia Russia Russia-2  Finland  Sweden
2003
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Krasnogorsk  Sweden Russia Russia-2  Russia Sweden Sweden U
2006
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Krasnogorsk  Russia  Sweden Baykal-Energiya Irkutsk  Norway
2008
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Novosibirsk  Russia  Sweden Russia Russia-2  Finland
2010
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Kirov  Russia  Sweden Russia Russia-2 RussiaUlyanovsk Oblast Ulyanovsk Oblast
2012
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Abakan  Russia  Finland Russia Russia-2 RussiaKhakassia Khakassia

References

  1. Anders Söderman (14 December 2008). "Två svenska skador inför Rossija-turneringen" (in Swedish). Svenska fans. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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