# 1957 Bandy World Championship

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International ice hockey competition

1957 Bandy World Championship 1st Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Finland City Helsinki Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Dates 28 February – 3 March Teams 3 Final positions Champions Soviet Union Runners-up Finland Third place Sweden Tournament statistics Games played 3 Goals scored 18 (6 per game) Scoring leader(s) Alpo Aho (FIN), Valentin Antamaiev (URS), Yevgeny Papugin (URS) (each 3 points) ← None 1961 →

The **1957 Bandy World Championship** was contested among three men's [bandy](/source/Bandy) playing nations and was the first ever [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship). Norway declined to take part due to the [Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956](/source/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956).[1]

The venue of the games was the [Helsinki Olympic Stadium](/source/Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium).

The championship was played in [Finland](/source/Finland) from 28 February to 3 March 1957, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the [Ball Association of Finland](/source/Football_Association_of_Finland), which at the time was the governing body for bandy in Finland. The tournament was officially opened by [President of the republic](/source/President_of_Finland) [Urho Kekkonen](/source/Urho_Kekkonen).[2] All three games of the tournament were played at the [Helsinki Olympic Stadium](/source/Helsinki_Olympic_Stadium). The Soviet Union became champions.[3][4][5]

## Participants

Participating countries in the 1957 Bandy World Championship
Blue: countries participating
Green: members of the [Federation of International Bandy](/source/Federation_of_International_Bandy) not participating in this year's World Championship

- [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union_national_bandy_team)

- [Finland](/source/Finland_national_bandy_team)

- [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team)

### 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)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 8 3 +5 3 2 Finland 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 2 3 Sweden 2 0 1 1 5 6 −1 1

Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Tor Audun Sørensen (22 February 2021). ["VM bandy Norge 1961"](https://bandyforbundet.no/bandy/?msswb-post=historiske-tilbakeblikk-vm-bandy-norge-1961) (in Norwegian). Bandy Association of Norway. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Arne Argus](/source/Arne_Argus) (2003). *Mästarglans kring bandy-VM* (in Swedish). Svenska bandyförbundet ([Swedish Bandy Association](/source/Swedish_Bandy_Association)). p. 2.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Video from the tournament: [http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02869_1](http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02869_1)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=88&sprak=eng&land=3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Picture of the champions"](http://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/21184.jpeg).

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