Åby, Växjö, Sweden, 29 March-2 April
Sunday, 2 April, was the final day of the Womens World Championships. Sweden won a big victory against Finland 15-0! It was a very good Swedish team and the gold medals are well deserved. Early this morning USA won the bronze medals after a victory against Netherlands 4-0.
Bronze opponents but still bandy friends – USA and Netherlands!
Photos from the tournament: Swedish Bandy Federation
BEST PLAYERS IN THE TOURNAMENT
GOAL KEEPER
Emilia Piekkari, Finland
DEFENDERS
Mikayla Rogers, USA
Viktoria Karlsson, Sweden
MIDFIELDER
Ida Friman, Sweden
FORWARD
Tilda Ström, Sweden
BEST GOAL SCORER
Tilda Ström, Sweden 11 goals
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
Ida Friman, Sweden
THIS IS ÅBY, VÄXJÖ
Växjö is a town in southern Småland as well as a residential town for Kronoberg County. Åby, where the indoor arena is situated, is a small village with only 500 inhabitants. Växjö received city rights in year 1342.
The Växjö countryside has had a resident population at least since the younger Stone Age 4100-1700 BC. The fact that roads from five different directions radiated together at the northern tip of Växjö Lake has been crucial to the development of Växjö in this location.
93 020 people live in the city of Växjö and 500 in little Åby.
The “Eriksson Arena” was built in 2019.