2007 Bandy World Championship

The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006.[1]

2007 Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
CityKemerovo
Venue(s)2
Dates28 January – 4 February
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Russia
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Kazakhstan

Participating teams

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Division A

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Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Russia (H) 5 4 1 0 70 14 +56 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2   Finland 5 4 0 1 34 20 +14 8
3   Sweden 5 3 1 1 56 21 +35 7
4   Kazakhstan 5 2 0 3 33 37 −4 4
5   Norway 5 1 0 4 23 55 −32 2
6   Belarus 5 0 0 5 11 80 −69 0 Qualification to Relegation playoffs
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Finland  14–1  Belarus
Kazakhstan  1–8  Sweden
Russia  18–2  Norway
Sweden  21–5  Belarus
Norway  4–11  Kazakhstan
Finland  5–9  Russia
Belarus  1–8  Norway
Kazakhstan  3–17  Russia
Sweden  4–5  Finland
Belarus  3–14  Kazakhstan
Norway  2–5  Finland
Sweden  3–3  Russia
Sweden  20–7  Norway
Finland  5–4  Kazakhstan
Russia  23–1  Belarus

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 February – Kemerovo
 
 
  Russia16
 
4 February – Kemerovo
 
  Kazakhstan3
 
  Russia5
 
3 February – Kemerovo
 
  Sweden1
 
  Finland2(2)
 
 
  Sweden2(3)
 
Third place
 
 
4 February – Kemerovo
 
 
  Kazakhstan4(4)
 
 
  Finland4(5)

Semi-finals

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Russia  16–3  Kazakhstan
Finland  2–3 (sd)  Sweden

Third place play-off

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Kazakhstan  4–5 (sd)  Finland

Final

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Russia  3–1  Sweden

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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19 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Division B

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All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   United States 5 5 0 0 51 5 +46 10
2   Latvia 5 4 0 1 26 8 +18 8
3   Hungary 5 2 1 2 11 25 −14 5
4   Netherlands 5 1 1 3 10 23 −13 3
5   Mongolia 5 0 2 3 4 22 −18 2
6   Estonia 5 1 0 4 11 30 −19 2
Source: [citation needed]
  • 28 January
Netherlands – USA 0–11
Latvia – Mongolia 5–0
Estonia – Hungary 2–4
Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2
  • 29 January
Hungary – Latvia 0–7
USA – Mongolia 8–0
Netherlands – Estonia 5–1
USA – Hungary 12–2
  • 30 January
Estonia – Mongolia 5–0
USA – Latvia 6–1
Netherlands – Hungary 2–3
Estonia – Latvia 1–7
  • 31 January
USA – Estonia 14–2
Netherlands – Latvia 1–6
Hungary – Mongolia 2–2

Final round

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  • 1 February and 2 February
Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2
Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3
Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2

Division A play-off

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Belarus – USA 9–1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
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Bandy World Championship site