Somalia national bandy team

Somalia
Association	Somali National Bandy Association
Head coach	Per Fosshaug
Captain	Hassan Bashir
Most games	Mahmoud Raagi
Top scorer	Mo Bullet
Most points	Hassan Bashir
Home stadium	Shafar Buush
Team colors
First international
	Somalia 1–22 Germany ; Irkutsk, 27 January 2014
Biggest win
	Somalia 15–0 Afghanistan ; Borlänge, 25 February 2016
Biggest defeat
	Somalia 0–22 Latvia; Vänersborg, 24 January 2019
Bandy World Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2014)
Best result	16th (2015, 2018)

Somalia national bandy team represents Somalia in the Bandy World Championship. It is controlled by the Somali National Bandy Association, which is a member of the Federation of International Bandy. The squad participated in the 2014 Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, the first team from Africa to take part in bandy competitions.^[2] They participated in all following tournaments as well, consistently taking the last position.

Background

All selected players, except an ice hockey player living in Canada, are Somali nationals who live in the Swedish town of Borlänge and play for the local club Borlänge Bandy^[3] (Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK, later renamed Peace & Love City). The team is coached by former Swedish international Per Fosshaug. Somalia national bandy team is financed by the municipality of Borlänge and Somali Olympic Committee. The project was launched in May 2013 and the team planned already by then to participate in at least two World Championship tournaments. This has been reported in media from around the world.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In the 2014 Bandy World Championship, the Somalia squad played in the Group D of Division B with Germany, Japan, Mongolia, and Ukraine. The tournament was played between 26 January and 2 February.^[7] In the first game, they lost to Germany 1–22, and consequently scored their first WCS goal.^[8] They subsequently lost all other games, scoring one more goal against Mongolia, and then one more in play-offs against Ukraine.

In 2016 and 2017, Somalia also played friendlies against an unofficial Afghanistan national bandy team. The Afghan team is created by Afghan expatriates in Karlstad, Sweden, but is not sanctioned by the sports governing bodies in Afghanistan, so it is not allowed to take part in the World Championship.^[9]

Team 2014 squad

Somali squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, 26 January – 2 February 2014.^[10]^[11]

Pos.	Age	Name	Club
GK	18	Mohamed Ahmed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
GK	18	Farah Hassan	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	17	Abdi Abdiirahiin	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	19	Warsame Abdisalam	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	16	Osman Salad Abdullahi	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	15	Abdi Ahmed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	16	Ahmed Ahmed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	30	Bari Ahmed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	24	Deeq Abdulle Ahmed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	16	Warsame Alibashir	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	17	Anwar Hared	Aurora Tigers
	19	Ahmed Abdi Mohamed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	18	Ahmed Abdullahi Mohamed	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	19	Abdi Mohamed Mohamud	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
	18	Ahmed Sadiiq	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK
		Hussein Yoonis	Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK

References

^ SE SOMALIAS FÖRSTA SEGER NÅGONSIN 2016-02-25
^ "Somali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy". BBC News. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Shearlaw, Maeve The Cool Runnings of the refugee crisis: Somalia's bandy team at home on ice Guardian. 6 January 2016.
^ "Somali bandy team get their skates on". Reuters. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ "From Somalia via Sweden, With Skates". The Wall Street Journal. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ "Bandy-ing about on the rinks of Sweden". Cannel 4 News, Youtube channel. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
^ 2014 Bandy World Championships Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ Video with the first goal
^ somaliabandy.com: "Vinst mot Afghanistan", januari 24, 2017 (in Swedish), read July 10, 2017
^ Japan–Somalia Match Report Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
^ "Xulka Soomaaliya oo ka geyb Tartanka ciyaaraha koobka Adduunka" (in Somali). Gool FM. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

External links

China - Somalia game of 3 Feb 2015 at Youtube from the 2015 Bandy World Championship (the game starts about 5:10 in)
Somalia - the Netherlands game of 1 Feb 2015 at Youtube from the 2015 Bandy World Championship (the game starts about 4:55 in)

[1] SE SOMALIAS FÖRSTA SEGER NÅGONSIN 2016-02-25

[2] "Somali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy". BBC News. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[3] Shearlaw, Maeve The Cool Runnings of the refugee crisis: Somalia's bandy team at home on ice Guardian. 6 January 2016.

[4] "Somali bandy team get their skates on". Reuters. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[5] "From Somalia via Sweden, With Skates". The Wall Street Journal. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[6] "Bandy-ing about on the rinks of Sweden". Cannel 4 News, Youtube channel. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[7] 2014 Bandy World Championships Retrieved 6 January 2014.

[8] Video with the first goal

[9] somaliabandy.com: "Vinst mot Afghanistan", januari 24, 2017 (in Swedish), read July 10, 2017

[10] Japan–Somalia Match Report Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[11] "Xulka Soomaaliya oo ka geyb Tartanka ciyaaraha koobka Adduunka" (in Somali). Gool FM. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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