# 1961 Bandy World Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1961_Bandy_World_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1961_Bandy_World_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Bandy_World_Championship > Source revision: 1334073510 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International ice hockey competition 1961 Bandy World Championship 2nd Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Norway Venues 6 (in 5 host cities) Dates 22 – 26 February Teams 4 Final positions Champions Soviet Union Runners-up Sweden Third place Finland Fourth place Norway Tournament statistics Games played 6 Goals scored 33 (5.5 per game) ← 1957 1963 → The **1961 Bandy World Championship** was the second [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship), after the first having been arranged four years earlier. The world championships were subsequently played every other year, so the next tournament was held in 1963. Norway hosted the competition as part of the 100th anniversary of the [Norwegian Confederation of Sports](/source/Norwegian_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Committee_and_Confederation_of_Sports).[1] The 1961 tournament was contested by four men's [bandy](/source/Bandy) playing nations. The championship was played in [Norway](/source/Norway) from 22 to 26 February 1961. The Soviet Union became champions.[2] Norway, having boycotted the first championship in [1957](/source/1957_Bandy_World_Championship), made its championship début on home turf but lost all its games and came in last of the four participating nations. ## Participants - [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union_national_bandy_team) - [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team) - [Finland](/source/Finland_national_bandy_team) - [Norway](/source/Norway_national_bandy_team) ### Games The championship was played as a [round-robin tournament](/source/Round-robin_tournament). Date Teams Result Venue 22 February Sweden – Norway 2–1 Herøya 22 February Soviet Union – Finland 3–2 Stabekkbanen, Bærum 24 February Soviet Union – Norway 9–1 Mjøndalen 24 February Sweden – Finland 4–1 Gressbanen, Oslo 26 February Finland – Norway 4–3 Marienlyst, Drammen 26 February Soviet Union – Sweden 2–1 Bislett, Oslo ### Results table Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Soviet Union 3 3 0 0 14 4 +10 6 2 Sweden 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 4 3 Finland 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2 4 Norway 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10 0 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)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=87&sprak=eng&land=3). v t e Bandy World Championships Men's Tournaments 1957 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2025 2026 Squads 1957 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2025 Women's Tournaments 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2023 2025 2026 Squads 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2022 2025 Youth Girls G-17 Youth U-19 Youth U-21 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1961 Bandy World Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Bandy_World_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Bandy_World_Championship?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.