1961 Bandy World Championship
The 1961 Bandy World Championship was the second Bandy World Championship, after the first having been arranged four years earlier. From now on, the world championships were to be played every other year, so the next tournamet was two years later. The 1961 tournament was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Norway from 22–26 February 1961. The Soviet Union became champions.[1]
| IInd Bandy World Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  |
| Dates | 22 – 26 February 1961 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  |
Runner-up  |  |
Third place  |  |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Goals scored | 33 (5.5 per match) |
← 1957 1963 → | |
Norway, having boycotted the first championship in 1957, made its championship début on home turf but lost all its games and came in last of the four participating nations.
Participants
Games
The championship was played as a round-robin tournament.
| Date | Teams | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 February | |
2–1 | Herøya |
| 22 February | |
3–2 | Stabekkbanen, Bærum |
| 24 February | |
9–1 | Mjøndalen |
| 24 February | |
4–1 | Gressbanen, Oslo |
| 26 February | |
4–3 | Marienlyst, Drammen |
| 26 February | |
2–1 | Bislett, Oslo |
Results table
| Rank | Country | Pts | W | T | L | Bp | Bc | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 |
| 2 | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| 3 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 |
| 4 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 |
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