2003 Bandy World Championship

The Bandy World Championship 2003 was a competition between Bandy playing nations for men. The championship was played in Russia from the 24–30 March 2003 Sweden won the championship. There were 9 countries participating in the 2003 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Estonia, The Netherlands and The United States (group B).^[1]

Group A

•  Sweden
•  Russia
•  Finland
•  Kazakhstan
•  Norway

Premier tour

• 24 March

Finland - Kazakhstan 4 - 2

Russia - Norway 8 - 1

• 25 March

Sweden - Finland 9 - 4

Kazakhstan - Russia 3 - 12

• 26 March

Norway - Kazakhstan 5 - 6

Russia - Sweden 2 - 6

• 27 March

Finland - Norway 5 - 1

Sweden - Kazakhstan 6 - 1

• 28 March

Sweden - Norway 6 - 2

Russia - Finland 5 - 1

Rank	Country	Pts	W	T	L	Bp	Bc	Diff
1	Sweden	8	4	0	0	27	9	+18
2	Russia	6	3	0	1	27	11	+16
3	Finland	4	2	0	2	14	17	-3
4	Kazakhstan	2	1	0	3	12	27	-15
5	Norway	0	0	0	4	9	25	-16

Final Tour

Semifinals

• 29 March

Semi finals

Russia - Finland 7 - 3

Sweden - Kazakhstan 6 - 1

Match for 3rd place

• 30 March

Finland - Kazakhstan 1 - 4

Final

• 30 March

Russia - Sweden 4 - 5

Group B

•  Belarus
•  United States
•  Estonia
•  Netherlands

Premier tour

• 24 March

Estonia - Belarus 4 - 21

• 25 March

USA - Netherlands 18 - 0

• 26 March

Netherlands - Estonia 3 - 7

• 27 March

USA - Belarus 4 - 6

• 28 March

Estonia - USA 0 - 15

• 29 March

Netherlands - Belarus 1 - 9

Rank	Country	Pts	W	T	L	Bp	Bc	Diff
1	Belarus	6	3	0	0	36	9	+27
2	United States	4	2	0	1	37	6	+31
3	Estonia	2	1	0	2	11	39	-28
4	Netherlands	0	0	0	3	4	34	-30

Play off matches

Match for 7th Place

• February 28

USA - Estonia 19-3

Match for 5th place

• February 28

Norway - Belarus 7-3

References

Bandy world championships Men's 1957 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Women's 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016