sport did however formalize in England at the same time when ice hockey was being formalized in Canada. The first Team Canada for bandy was the Canadian men's national bandy team in 1991. World Championship record The men's team has competed in the annual Bandy World Championship several times starting in 1991. Team Canada Senior 1991 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad made its world debut at the 1991 Bandy World Championship, in the championship in Helsinki, Finland. 1993 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed at the 1993 Bandy World Championship in Norway. 1995 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed at the 1995 Bandy World Championship in the USA. 1997 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed at the 1997 Bandy World Championship in Sweden. 1999 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad did not compete in the 1999 Bandy World Championship. 2001 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad did not compete in the 2001 Bandy World Championship. 2003 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad did not compete in the 2003 Bandy World Championship. 2005 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed in the 2005 in Kazan, Russia, where they lost to the Belarus national bandy team for the "B" title. 2010 Seniors At the 2010 Bandy World Championship Canada won Group B for the first time. Canada, however, lost the Group A qualification match against the United States by a score of 6–9, and thus would again play in Group B at the 2011 Bandy World Championship in Kazan, Russia. For this Championship Canada's team included 4 players playing professionally in club teams in Sweden. 2012 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed at the 2012 Bandy World Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 2014 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad competed at the 2014 Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, 26 January – 2 February 2014. 2015 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad did not participate in the 2015 Bandy World Championship. There were reports about them returning to the tournament for the 2016 Bandy World Championship (2016 WCS), but in the end they did not. 2016 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad did not participate in the 2016 Bandy World Championship. 2017 Seniors The senior Team Canada squad participated in the 2017 Bandy World Championship, where they won the Gold Medal of the Division B tournament, qualifying for Division A in 2018. 2018 Seniors The senior Team Canada