title: List of United States bandy champions
text: # List of United States bandy champions
  
  United States bandy champions are the winners of the annual play-offs following the regular league of the Division I in the American Bandy League, the top league for bandy in the United States. The championship trophy is called the Gunnar Cup, named for Gunnar Fast, a Swedish army captain who introduced bandy to the United States around 1980.
  
  ## Winners through the years
  
  Winners since 1981. The championship is usually decided in a play-off at the end of the regular season, but some years the league winner has been named champion instead.
  
  | Year | Champion | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1981 | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 1982 | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 1983 | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 1984 | Bagheera Blades |
  | 1985 | Bagheera Blades |
  | 1986 | Jesco |
  | 1987 | Slice on Ice |
  | 1988 | Slice on Ice |
  | 1989 | TC Rats |
  | 1990 | Minnesota Reindeer |
  | 1991 | Minnesota Reindeer |
  | 1992 | Parkwood |
  | 1993 | Minnesota Reindeer |
  | 1994 | Minnetonka Dynamo |
  | 1995 | Minnesota Reindeer |
  | 1996 | Sirius Minnesota |
  | 1997 | Sirius Minnesota |
  | 1998 | Minnetonka Dynamo |
  | 1999 | Amur Tigers |
  | 2000 | Minnetonka Dynamo |
  | 2001 | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 2002 | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 2003 | Amur Tigers |
  | 2004 | Minnesota Blades | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 2005 | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2006 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Amur Tigers |
  | 2007 | Sirius Minnesota | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2008 | Minnesota Blades | Amur Tigers |
  | 2009 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2010 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2011 | Minnesota Blades | Minneapolis Bandolier |
  | 2012 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Dynamo Duluth |
  | 2013 | Dynamo Duluth | Mississippi Mojo |
  | 2014 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2015 | Dinkytown Dukes | Mississippi Mojo |
  | 2016 | Minneapolis Bandolier | Minnesota Blades |
  | 2017 | Dinkytown Dukes | Mississippi Mojo |
  | 2018 | | |
  | 2019 | | |
  | 2020 | | |
  | 2021 | | |
  | 2022 | | |
  | 2023 | | |
  