{{Infobox international hockey competition | year = 1957 | other_titles = 1st Bandy World Championship | image = 1957 Bandy World Championship logo.png | size = 200px | country = Finland | country2 = | dates = 28 February – 3 March | num_teams = 3 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | city = [[Helsinki]] | type = bandy | winners = Soviet Union | count = | second = Finland | third = Sweden | fourth = | games = 3 | goals = 18 | attendance = | scoring_leader = [[Alpo Aho]] (FIN), [[Valentin Antamaiev]] (URS), [[Yevgeny Papugin]] (URS) | points = each 3 | mvp = | prevseason = ''None'' | nextseason = [[1961 Bandy World Championship|1961]] }} The '''1957 Bandy World Championship''' was contested among three men's [[bandy]] playing nations and was the first ever [[Bandy World Championship]]. Norway declined to take part due to the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bandyforbundet.no/bandy/?msswb-post=historiske-tilbakeblikk-vm-bandy-norge-1961|title=VM bandy Norge 1961|publisher=Bandy Association of Norway|author=Tor Audun Sørensen|language=Norwegian|date=22 February 2021|accessdate=13 January 2022}}</ref> {{stack|[[File:Helsinki Olympic Stadium-7147.jpg|thumb|The venue of the games was the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]].]]}} The championship was played in [[Finland]] from 28 February to 3 March 1957, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the [[Football Association of Finland|Ball Association of Finland]], which at the time was the governing body for bandy in Finland. The tournament was officially opened by [[President of Finland|President of the republic]] [[Urho Kekkonen]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Arne Argus|author-link=Arne Argus|title=Mästarglans kring bandy-VM|language=Swedish|page=2|publisher=Svenska bandyförbundet ([[Swedish Bandy Association]])|year=2003}}</ref> All three games of the tournament were played at the [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]]. The Soviet Union became champions.<ref>Video from the tournament: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02869_1{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=88&sprak=eng&land=3|title = Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/21184.jpeg|title=Picture of the champions}}</ref>
==Participants== [[File:BandyCountries-WC1957.png|thumb|right|400px|Participating countries in the 1957 Bandy World Championship <br />Blue: countries participating<br />Green: members of the [[Federation of International Bandy]] not participating in this year's World Championship]] *{{Bandy|URS}} *{{Bandy|FIN}} *{{Bandy|SWE}}
===Premier tour=== * 28 February : Finland – Sweden 4–3 (Timoska (2), Aho (2) - Vikner, Vikman, Fredblad) * 2 March : Soviet Union – Sweden 2–2 (Papugin, Atamanychev - Janson, Saav) * 3 March : Soviet Union – Finland 6–1 (Atamanychev (2), Vodyanov, Papugin (2), Shunin - Aho)
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==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bandy World Championships}}
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