1981 Bandy World Championship

1981 Bandy World Championship
XIIth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Soviet Union
Dates 7 – 15 February 1981
Teams 4
Final positions
Champions   Sweden
Runner-up   Soviet Union
Third place   Finland
Fourth place  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 90 (7.5 per match)
1979
1983

The 1981 Bandy World Championship was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Khabarovsk in the Soviet Union from 7 February-15 February 1981. Sweden became champions for the first time.[1] The Soviet team had won all previous championships.[2]

Squads

Participants

Premier tour

  • 7 February
Norway – Finland 1–6
Soviet Union – Sweden 1–6
  • 8 February
Finland – Sweden 0–3
Soviet Union – Norway 14–0
  • 10 February
Norway – Sweden 0–8
Soviet Union – Finland 8–0
  • 12 February
Norway – Finland 1–5
Soviet Union – Sweden 3–1
  • 14 February
Finland – Sweden 2–5
Soviet Union – Norway 7–0
  • 15 February
Norway – Sweden 1–12
Soviet Union – Finland 5–1
RankCountryPtsWTLBpBcDiff
1 Sweden10501357+28
2 Soviet Union10501388+30
3 Finland42041423−9
4 Norway0006352−49

Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record.

The champion team

References

  1. Lasse Sandlin (7 January 2002). "Bragden i Sibirien" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=77&sprak=eng&land=3
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