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]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Russia |
City | Kemerovo |
Venue(s) | 2 |
Dates | 28 January – 4 February |
Teams | 12 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Russia |
Runner-up | Sweden |
Third place | Finland |
Fourth place | Kazakhstan |
Participating teams
editDivision A
editPreliminary round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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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 |
Knockout stage
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
3 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
Russia | 16 | |||||
4 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||
Russia | 5 | |||||
3 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||
Finland | 2(2) | |||||
Sweden | 2(3) | |||||
Third place | ||||||
4 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 4(4) | |||||
Finland | 4(5) |
Semi-finals
editThird place play-off
editKazakhstan | 4–5 (sd) | Finland |
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Final
editStatistics
editGoalscorers
edit- 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
- Hans Andersson
- Kjetil Bergh
- Vadim Bogdanovich
- Artem Botvenkov
- Mikhail Dobrynin
- Aleksandr Dryagin
- Antti Ekman
- Stian Holmen-Jensen
- Kimmo Huotelin
- Petteri Lampinen
- Jan Magnus Olaisen
- Tommi Österberg
- Anders Östling
- Yury Pogrebnoy
- Roman Poloskin
- Denis Slautin
- Mikhail Tarasenko
- Christian Waaler
- Alexei Zagarskikh
- Alexej Zolotarev
Division B
editAll Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves
Preliminary round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
edit- 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
edit- Belarus – USA 9–1