2007 Bandy World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Russia |
| City | Kemerovo |
| Venues | 2 |
| Dates | 28 January – 4 February |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Russia |
Runners-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Finland |
| Fourth place |  Kazakhstan |
The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament, but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006.[1] Russia won the World Cup for the fourth time in its history. Belarus retained their place in Group A after defeating Group B champions the United States.[2][3]
Participating teams
[edit]Division A
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (H) |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 14 | +56 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Finland |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sweden |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 7 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Norway |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Belarus |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 80 | −69 | 0 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
Knockout stage
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
| Russia | 16 | |||||
| 4 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 3 | |||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
| 3 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||
| Finland | 2(2) | |||||
| Sweden | 2(3) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 4 February – Kemerovo | ||||||
| Kazakhstan | 4(4) | |||||
| Finland | 4(5) | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Third place play-off
[edit]| Kazakhstan | 4–5 (sd) | Finland |
|---|---|---|
Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 19 goals
- 16 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- 12 goals
- 11 goals
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Hans Andersson
- Kjetil Bergh
- Vadim Bogdanovich
- Artem Botvenkov
- Mikhail Dobrynin
- Aleksandr Dryagin
- Antti Ekman
- Stian Holmen-Jensen
- Kimmo Huotelin
- Petteri Lampinen
- Jan Magnus Olaisen
- Tommi Österberg
- Anders Östling
- Yury Pogrebnoy
- Roman Poloskin
- Denis Slautin
- Mikhail Tarasenko
- Christian Waaler
- Alexei Zagarskikh
- Alexej Zolotarev
Division B
[edit]All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves
Preliminary round
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 10 |
| 2 |  Latvia |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 5 |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 |
| 5 |  Mongolia |
5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 2 |
| 6 |  Estonia |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 2 |
- 28 January
- Netherlands – USA 0–11
- Latvia – Mongolia 5–0
- Estonia – Hungary 2–4
- Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2
- 29 January
- Hungary – Latvia 0–7
- USA – Mongolia 8–0
- Netherlands – Estonia 5–1
- USA – Hungary 12–2
- 30 January
- Estonia – Mongolia 5–0
- USA – Latvia 6–1
- Netherlands – Hungary 2–3
- Estonia – Latvia 1–7
- 31 January
- USA – Estonia 14–2
- Netherlands – Latvia 1–6
- Hungary – Mongolia 2–2
Final round
[edit]- 1 February and 2 February
- Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2
- Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3
- Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2
Division A play-off
[edit]- Belarus – USA 9–1
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
- ↑ "World Championships 2007" (in Swedish). bandysidan.nu. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- ↑ "Stadiums in Russia". worldstadiums.com. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.