# 1981 Bandy World Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Bandy_World_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1981_Bandy_World_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bandy_World_Championship > Source revision: 1342202333 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International ice hockey competition 1981 Bandy World Championship XIIth Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Soviet Union City Khabarovsk Dates 7–15 February Teams 4 Final positions Champions Sweden (1st title) Runners-up Soviet Union Third place Finland Fourth place Norway Tournament statistics Games played 12 Goals scored 90 (7.5 per game) ← 1979 1983 → The **1981 Bandy World Championship** was the 12th [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship) and was contested by four men's [bandy](/source/Bandy) playing nations. The championship was played in [Khabarovsk](/source/Khabarovsk) in the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) from 7 to 15 February 1981. [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team) became champions for the first time.[1] The [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union_national_bandy_team) had won all previous championships.[2] A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy ## Participants - [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team) - [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union_national_bandy_team) - [Finland](/source/Finland_national_bandy_team) - [Norway](/source/Norway_national_bandy_team) ### Premier tour - 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 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Sweden 6 5 0 1 35 7 +28 10 2 Soviet Union 6 5 0 1 38 8 +30 10 3 Finland 6 2 0 4 14 23 −9 4 4 Norway 6 0 0 6 3 52 −49 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record. ## Sweden's championship squad - [Ångström](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lars_%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Arvidsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mikael_Arvidsson&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Björk](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kent_Bj%C3%B6rk&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Boström](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%B6ren_Bostr%C3%B6m&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Callberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jan-Erik_Callberg&action=edit&redlink=1) - [B. Carlsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengt_Carlsson&action=edit&redlink=1) - [M. Carlsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mats_Carlsson&action=edit&redlink=1) - GK [Fransson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Fransson&action=edit&redlink=1) - GK [J. Johansson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%C3%B6rgen_Johansson_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [O. Johansson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ola_Johansson_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [S. Karlsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stefan_Karlsson_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [H. Karlsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H%C3%A5kan_Karlsson_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Kjellqvist](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christer_Kjellqvist&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Ramström](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bengt_Ramstr%C3%B6m&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Sjödin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lars-Ove_Sj%C3%B6din&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Söderholm](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anders_S%C3%B6derholm_(bandy)&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Togner](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Per_Togner&action=edit&redlink=1) - Coach: [Sundin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H%C3%A5kan_Sundin&action=edit&redlink=1) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lasse Sandlin (7 January 2002). ["Bragden i Sibirien"](https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/article10251873.ab) (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 March 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=77&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 [1981 Bandy World Championship](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bandy_World_Championship) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Bandy_World_Championship?action=history)). 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