The FIB 2025 World Championships for Men 17, will he held in Sandviken, Sweden 16-19 January, in Göransson Indoor Arena. That arena has earlier held a World Championship. It was World Championship Men Group A in 2017. The tournament will be played at the same time and place as World Championship Men 19.

GAME SCHEDULE AND TABLE

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

FINLAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN

FINLAND WORLD CHAMPION 2024!

Finland won an exciting final against Sweden on Golden Goal after 3 minutes extra time.
Scorer Oskari Kokko!

THE GOALS IN THE FINAL
1-0 (10) Alfons Altersved, 1-1 (81) Niilo Puhakainen. Golden goal 1-2 (93) Oskari Kokko

THE HOST CITY SANDVIKEN

The company that subsequently came to be called Sandvikens Jernverk was founded in 1862 by Göran Fredrik Göransson, who was first in the world to succeed in using the Bessemer method for steel production on an industrial scale. And Sandviken started to grow. Mr Göransson also gave the name to the indoor Arena for bandy in Sandviken.

On January 1, 1943, the town of Sandviken was formed. Sandvikens Jernverk then changed its name to Sandvik AB. The company is Sandvikens largest employer and the main sponsor for SAIK Bandy. Its operations are based on materials technology and knowledge about industrial processes. This combination, coupled with research and development (R&D), has enabled Sandvik to achieve world-leading positions in several areas. Sandvik has 42 858 employees worldwide, of which just over 5 500 in Sandviken.

38 401 people live in Sandviken Municipality.

Bandy arena is Göransson Arena, which was inaugurated on May 30, 2009. The arena has an audience capacity of 4 000 people at bandy matches and about 10 000 people at concerts. Sandviken is home town for both the men’s team and women’s team of SAIK Bandy. Both teams plays in the Swedish Elitserien.