Four nation bandy tournament in 1954

Four nation bandy tournament in 1954 was a tournament of friendlies played in Moscow, Soviet Union, in February 1954, contested by Finland, Norway, the Soviet Union and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament.

The Soviet Union invited the other three countries after having seen them playing at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. The tournament can be seen as a form of unofficial pre-World Championships. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future.^[1]

The next year, the four countries formally founded the international bandy governing body, which would arrange the Bandy World Championships from 1957 onwards.

Matches

24 February 1954: Soviet Union - Finland 2-1 (0-1), Moscow, Soviet Union
24 February 1954: Sweden - Norway 4-0 (1-0), Moscow, Soviet Union
26 February 1954: Soviet Union - Norway 8-0 (6-0), Moscow, Soviet Union
26 February 1954: Sweden - Finland 4-4 (3-2), Moscow, Soviet Union
28 February 1954: Finland - Norway 2-0, Moscow, Soviet Union
28 February 1954: Sweden - Soviet Union 2-1 (2-1), Moscow, Soviet Union

Final results

Land	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	5	5
Soviet Union	3	2	0	1	11	3	4
Finland	3	1	1	1	7	6	3
Norway	3	0	0	3	0	14	0

References

↑ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

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[1] Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.