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1997 Bandy World Championship

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1997 Bandy World Championship
20th Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates1 – 9 February
Teams9
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Russia
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Games played25

The 1997 Bandy World Championship was contested between 9 men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden on 1–9 February 1997. The Netherlands participated again, after having skipped the tournament for the last couple of editions. Sweden won the championship.[1]

The ball for the first game of the championship was ceremonially handed over by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.[2]

Squads

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Group A

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Premier tour

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  • 1 February
Finland – Sweden 3–11
Kazakhstan – Russia 6–13
  • 2 February
Kazakhstan – Finland 2–7
Sweden – Norway 5–2
  • 3 February
Russia – Finland 6–2
Norway – Kazakhstan 7–7
  • 4 February
Norway – Russia 3–3
Sweden – Kazakhstan 15–4
  • 5 February
Norway – Finland 4–5
Russia – Sweden 7–5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Russia 4 3 1 0 29 16 +13 7
2  Sweden 4 3 0 1 36 16 +20 6
3  Finland 4 2 0 2 17 23 −6 4
4  Norway 4 0 2 2 16 20 −4 2
5  Kazakhstan 4 0 1 3 19 42 −23 1
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Premier tour

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  • 2 February
Hungary – USA 0–12
Canada – Netherlands 9–0
  • 4 February
Hungary – Canada 4–10
Netherlands – USA 1–13
  • 5 February
Hungary – Netherlands 9–3
Canada – USA 2–5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 0 30 3 +27 6
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 21 9 +12 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 13 25 −12 2
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 4 31 −27 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final tour

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Quarter-finals

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  • 7 February
Norway – Kazakhstan 2 – 5
USA – Finland 0 – 13

Match for 5th place

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  • 8 February
Norway – USA 7–1

Match for 8th place

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  • 8 February
Hungary – Netherlands 5–3

Semifinals

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  • 8 February
Russia – Kazakhstan 12–3
Sweden – Finland 8–5

Match for 6th place

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  • 9 February
USA – Canada 5–1

Match for 3rd place

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  • 9 February
Finland – Kazakhstan 7–3

Final

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  • 9 February
Sweden – Russia 10–5

References

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  1. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang". www.bandysidan.nu. Retrieved Aug 6, 2019.
  2. ^ http://arkiv.bandyforbundet.no retrieved 3 January 2018