Bandy World Championship 2004
The Bandy World Championship 2004 was a competition between Bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played in Hungary from the 25–28 February 2004 Finland won the championship for the 1st time.[1] There were 11 Bandy playing countries participating in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, The Netherlands and The United States (group B).
Results
Group A
Premier tour
- Sweden - Kazakhstan 14 - 2
- Russia - Norway 6 - 3
- Kazakhstan - Russia 3 - 10
- Sweden - Finland 7 - 1
Finland - Norway 5 - 3 Sweden - Russia 4 - 3
- Kazakhstan - Norway 4 - 4
- Russia - Finland 3 - 4
- Finland - Kazakhstan 3 - 7
- Sweden - Norway 6 - 6
Final Tour
Semifinals
- Sweden - Kazakhstan 10 - 3
- Russia - Finland 3 - 4
Match for 3rd place
- Russia - Kazakhstan 5 - 2
Final
- Sweden - Finland 4 - 5 (aet)
Group B
Premier tour
- Canada - USA 3 - 4
- Hungary - Estonia 2 - 3
- Belarus - Netherlands 7 - 0
- Estonia - Canada 2 - 6
- Hungary - USA 1 - 10
- Belarus - Estonia 2 - 1
- Netherlands - USA 0 - 12
- Belarus - Canada 3 - 2
- Estonia - USA 0 - 10
- Hungary - Netherlands 4 - 1
- Hungary - Belarus 4 - 2
- Netherlands - Canada 1 - 6
- Belarus - USA 1 - 6
- Netherlands - Estonia 0 - 6
- Hungary - Canada 3 - 3
Play off matches
Match for 3rd Place
Hungary - Canada 5-1
Final
USA - Belarus 7-0
References