2013 Bandy World Championship

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

2013 Bandy World Championship
XXXIIIrd Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Sweden
 Norway
Dates27 January–3 February
Teams14
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Russia (7th title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Kazakhstan
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Patrik Nilsson
(21 goals)
MVP Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
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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

Preliminary round
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 5 5 0 0 59 11 +48 15
 Russia 5 4 0 1 57 15 +42 12
 Kazakhstan 5 3 0 2 38 20 +18 9
 Finland 5 2 0 3 41 23 +18 6
 Norway 5 1 0 4 8 44 −36 3
 Belarus 5 0 0 5 6 96 −90 0
Source:

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 February -
 
 
 Russia8
 
3 February -
 
 Kazakhstan2
 
 Russia4
 
2 February -
 
 Sweden3
 
 Sweden10
 
 
 Finland2
 
Third place
 
 
3 February -
 
 
 Kazakhstan6
 
 
 Finland3

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

Goalscorers
21 goals
16 goals
  • Igor Larionov
12 goals
10 goals
9 goals
  • Sergey Pochkunov
8 goals

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 GD Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 35 1 +34 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 14 16 −2 4
 Hungary 3 1 0 2 11 19 −8 2
 Latvia 3 0 0 3 4 28 −24 0
Source:

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 GD Pts
 Estonia 3 3 0 0 22 8 +14 6
 Netherlands 3 2 0 1 10 11 −1 4
 Japan 3 1 0 2 10 19 −9 2
 Ukraine 3 0 0 3 12 26 −14 0
Source:

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

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
  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.
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