2013 Bandy World Championship

2013 Bandy World Championship
XXXIIIrd Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries  Sweden
 Norway
Dates 27 January–3 February
Teams 14
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions   Russia (7th title)
Runner-up   Sweden
Third place   Kazakhstan
Fourth place  Finland
Scoring leader(s) Patrik Nilsson
(21 goals)
MVP Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
2012
2014

The 2013 Bandy World Championship for men was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 23 and February 3, 2013, in Norway and Sweden.

14 countries participated in the 2013 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A), Canada, Estonia, Japan, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States (group B). The B-group Championship was played in Sapa Arena in Vetlanda. The B-Group games were only played 2x30 minutes.[1]

Venues

Vänersborg Gothenburg Trollhättan Oslo Vetlanda
Arena Vänersborg
Capacity: 5,700
Heden Arena
Capacity: 5,700
Slättbergshallen
Capacity: 4,000
Frogner stadion
Capacity: 4,200
Sapa Arena
Capacity: 2,200

Participating teams

Division A

Division B

Division A

Preliminary round

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Sweden 5500591110
 Russia 540157158
 Kazakhstan 530238206
 Finland 520341234
 Norway 51048442
 Belarus 50056960

All times local (UTC+1)

27 January 2013
Sweden 5–3 Finland
Norway 5–2 Belarus
Russia 6–4 Kazakhstan
28 January 2013
Finland 21–2 Belarus
Norway 0–12 Russia
Sweden 9–2 Kazakhstan
29 January 2013
Kazakhstan 10–1 Norway
Finland 3–6 Russia
Sweden 28–1 Belarus
30 January 2013
Finland 4–8 Kazakhstan
Russia 28–1 Belarus
Sweden 10–0 Norway
31 January 2013
Kazakhstan 14–0 Belarus
Norway 2–10 Finland
Sweden 7–5 Russia

Match for fifth place

2 February 2013
 Norway11–0 Belarus

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
2 February -
  Russia  8  
  Kazakhstan  2  
 
3 February -
      Russia  4
    Sweden  3
Third place
2 February - 3 February -
  Sweden  10   Kazakhstan  6
  Finland  2     Finland  3

Semi-finals

2 February 2013
Russia 8–2 Kazakhstan
Sweden 10–2 Finland

Match for third place

3 February 2013
Kazakhstan 6–3 Finland

Final

3 February 2013
Russia 4–3 Sweden

Final standings

1.  Russia
2.  Sweden
3.  Kazakhstan
4.  Finland
5.  Norway
6.  Belarus

Statistics

Goalscorers

21 goals
16 goals
  • Russia Igor Larionov
12 goals
  • Sweden Daniel Andersson
  • Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Bronnikov
  • Russia Yevgeny Ivanushkin
10 goals
9 goals
  • Kazakhstan Sergey Pochkunov
8 goals
  • Sweden Johan Esplund
  • Sweden Johan Löfstedt

Division B

Group 1

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 United States 33003516
 Canada 320114164
 Hungary 310211192
 Latvia 30034280

All times local (UTC+1)

23 January 2013
United States 10–1 Canada
24 January 2013
Canada 6–3 Latvia
Hungary 0–11 United States
Latvia 0–14 United States
Canada 7–3 Hungary
25 January 2013
Hungary 8–1 Latvia

Group 2

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Estonia 33002286
 Netherlands 320110114
 Japan 310210192
 Ukraine 300312260

All times local (UTC+1)

24 January 2013
Estonia 13–6 Ukraine
Japan 2–3 Netherlands
Ukraine 3–5 Netherlands
Estonia 3–0 Japan
25 January 2013
Japan 8–5 Ukraine
Netherlands 2–6 Estonia

Knockout phase

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
      A1   United States 8  
  A4   Latvia 4     A4   Latvia 1    
  B1   Estonia 1         A1   United States 4
      A2   Canada 2
      A2   Canada 8    
  A3   Hungary 7     A3   Hungary 1   Third place
  B2   Netherlands 1   A4   Latvia 3
  A3   Hungary 2

Final tour

Match for seventh place

25 January 2013
Japan 6–5 Ukraine
26 January 2013
Japan 3–1 Ukraine

Quarterfinals

25 January 2013
Hungary 7–1 Netherlands
Latvia 4–1 Estonia

Semifinals

26 January 2013
United States 8–1 Latvia
Canada 8–1 Hungary

Match for fifth place

26 January 2013
Netherlands 1–2 Estonia

Match for third place

26 January 2013
Latvia 3–2 Hungary

Final

26 January 2013
United States 4–2 Canada

Final standings

1.  United States
2.  Canada
3.  Latvia
4.  Hungary
5.  Estonia
6.  Netherlands
7.  Japan
8.  Ukraine

The USA will replace Belarus in group A next year.[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2013 Bandy World Championship.
  1. "B-VM spelas i Vetlanda". Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. emh solutions. "Norge kvar i A-VM: Vitryssland ker ur och erstts av USA". Retrieved 14 December 2014.