# 1979 Bandy World Championship

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1979 Bandy World Championship 11th Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Sweden Dates 27 January – 4 February Teams 4 Final positions Champions Soviet Union (11th title) Runners-up Sweden Third place Finland Fourth place Norway Tournament statistics Games played 12 Goals scored 96 (8 per game) ← 1977 1981 →

The **1979 [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship)** was contested among four men's [bandy](/source/Bandy) playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden from 27 January to 4 February 1979. Soviet Union, who remained unbeaten through the tournament, became champions.[1]

## 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)

### Premier tour

- 27 January

- Norway – Finland 2–8

- Soviet Union – Sweden 4–3

- 28 January

- Norway – Sweden 1–7

- Soviet Union – Finland 4–4

- 30 January

- Finland – Sweden 1–8

- Soviet Union – Norway 6–4

- 1 February

- Norway – Sweden 0–4

- Soviet Union – Finland 6–3

- 2 February

- Finland – Sweden 1–7

- Soviet Union – Norway 7–2

- 4 February

- Norway – Finland 2–6

- Soviet Union – Sweden 4–2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Soviet Union 6 5 1 0 31 18 +13 11 2 Sweden 6 4 0 2 31 11 +20 8 3 Finland 6 2 1 3 23 29 −6 5 4 Norway 6 0 0 6 11 38 −27 0

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=78&sprak=eng&land=3).

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