{{Infobox international hockey competition | year = 1981 | other_titles = XIIth Bandy World Championship | image = 1981 Bandy World Championship logo.jpeg | size = 200px | country = Soviet Union | city = [[Khabarovsk]] | dates = 7–15 February | num_teams = 4 | venues = | cities = | type = bandy | winners = SWE | count = 1 | second = URS | third = FIN | fourth = NOR | games = 12 | goals = 90 | attendance = | scoring_leader = | points = | mvp = | prevseason = [[1979 Bandy World Championship|1979]] | nextseason = [[1983 Bandy World Championship|1983]] }}
The '''1981 Bandy World Championship''' was the 12th [[Bandy World Championship]] and was contested by four men's [[bandy]] playing nations. The championship was played in [[Khabarovsk]] in the [[Soviet Union]] from 7 to 15 February 1981. [[Sweden national bandy team|Sweden]] became champions for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/article10251873.ab|title=Bragden i Sibirien|publisher=Sportbladet|language=Swedish|author=Lasse Sandlin|date=7 January 2002|accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref> The [[Soviet Union national bandy team|Soviet Union]] had won all previous championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=77&sprak=eng&land=3|title = Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang}}</ref> {{stack|[[File:USSR 1981 5082 2979 0.jpg|thumb|A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy]]}} ==Participants== *{{Bandy|SWE}} *{{Bandy|URS}} *{{Bandy|FIN}} *{{Bandy|NOR}}
===Premier tour=== <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:1981 Bandy World Championship mascot.jpeg|thumb|upright|The [[mascot]] of the 1981 Bandy World Championship was a [[Siberian tiger]], an animal of the natural fauna of the region]] --> * 7 February : Norway – Finland 1–6 : Soviet Union – Sweden 1–6 * 8 February : Finland – Sweden 0–3 : Soviet Union – Norway 14–0 * 10 February : Norway – Sweden 0–8 : Soviet Union – Finland 8–0 * 12 February : Norway – Finland 1–5 : Soviet Union – Sweden 3–1 * 14 February : Finland – Sweden 2–5 : Soviet Union – Norway 7–0 * 15 February : Norway – Sweden 1–12 : Soviet Union – Finland 5–1 {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL |res_col_header=Q |winpoints=2
|team1=SWE|name_SWE={{Bandy|SWE}} |team2=URS|name_URS={{Bandy|URS}} |team3=FIN|name_FIN={{Bandy|FIN}} |team4=NOR|name_NOR={{Bandy|NOR}} |win_SWE=5|draw_SWE=0|loss_SWE=1|gf_SWE=35|ga_SWE=7 |win_URS=5|draw_URS=0|loss_URS=1|gf_URS=38|ga_URS=8 |win_FIN=2|draw_FIN=0|loss_FIN=4|gf_FIN=14|ga_FIN=23 |win_NOR=0|draw_NOR=0|loss_NOR=6|gf_NOR=3|ga_NOR=52
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Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record.
==Sweden's championship squad== {{colbegin|colwidth=15em}} * [[Lars Ångström (bandy)|Ångström]] * [[Mikael Arvidsson|Arvidsson]] * [[Kent Björk|Björk]] * [[Sören Boström|Boström]] * [[Jan-Erik Callberg|Callberg]] * [[Bengt Carlsson|B. Carlsson]] * [[Mats Carlsson|M. Carlsson]] * <small>GK</small> [[Thomas Fransson|Fransson]] * <small>GK</small> [[Jörgen Johansson (bandy)|J. Johansson]] * [[Ola Johansson (bandy)|O. Johansson]] * [[Stefan Karlsson (bandy)|S. Karlsson]] * [[Håkan Karlsson (bandy)|H. Karlsson]] * [[Christer Kjellqvist|Kjellqvist]] * [[Bengt Ramström|Ramström]] * [[Lars-Ove Sjödin|Sjödin]] * [[Anders Söderholm (bandy)|Söderholm]] * [[Per Togner|Togner]] * <small>Coach:</small> [[Håkan Sundin|Sundin]] {{colend}} ==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Bandy World Championships}}
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