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]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Russia |
| City | Kemerovo |
| Venue(s) | 2 |
| Dates | 28 January – 4 February |
| Teams | 12 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Russia |
Runner-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Finland |
| Fourth place |  Kazakhstan |
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)
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 14 | +56 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Finland
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sweden
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 7 | |
| 4 | Kazakhstan
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Norway
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Belarus
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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 | 5 | |||||
| 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
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 10 |
| 2 |  Latvia
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 5 |
| 4 |  Netherlands
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 |
| 5 |  Mongolia
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5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 2 |
| 6 |  Estonia
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
- 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