# 1997 Bandy World Championship

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1997 Bandy World Championship 20th Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Sweden Dates 1–9 February Teams 9 Final positions Champions Sweden (6th title) Runners-up Russia Third place Finland Fourth place Kazakhstan Tournament statistics Games played 25 Goals scored 280 (11.2 per game) ← Roseville 1995 Arkhangelsk 1999 →

The **1997 [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship)** was contested between 9 men's [bandy](/source/Bandy) playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden from 1 to 9 February 1997. The Netherlands participated again, after having skipped the tournament for the last couple of editions. Sweden won the championship.[1]

The ball for the first game of the championship was ceremonially handed over by H.M. King [Carl XVI Gustaf](/source/Carl_XVI_Gustaf) of Sweden.[2]

## Squads

Main article: [1997 Bandy World Championship squads](/source/1997_Bandy_World_Championship_squads)

## Group A

- [Sweden](/source/Sweden_national_bandy_team)

- [Russia](/source/Russia_national_bandy_team)

- [Finland](/source/Finland_national_bandy_team)

- [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan_national_bandy_team)

- [Norway](/source/Norway_national_bandy_team)

### Premier tour

- 1 February

- Finland v Sweden **3–11**

- Kazakhstan v Russia **6–13**

- 2 February

- Kazakhstan v Finland **2–7**

- Sweden v Norway **5–2**

- 3 February

- Russia v Finland **6–2**

- Norway v Kazakhstan **7–7**

- 4 February

- Norway v Russia **3–3**

- Sweden v Kazakhstan **15–4**

- 5 February

- Norway v Finland **4–5**

- Russia v Sweden **7–5**

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Russia 4 3 1 0 29 16 +13 7 Semifinals 2 Sweden 4 3 0 1 36 16 +20 6 3 Finland 4 2 0 2 17 23 −6 4 Quarterfinals 4 Norway 4 0 2 2 16 20 −4 2 5 Kazakhstan 4 0 1 3 19 42 −23 1

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

## Group B

- [United States](/source/United_States_national_bandy_team)

- [Canada](/source/Canada_national_bandy_team)

- [Hungary](/source/Hungary_national_bandy_team)

- [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_bandy_team)

### Premier tour

- 2 February

- Hungary v USA **0–12**

- Canada v Netherlands **9–0**

- 4 February

- Hungary v Canada **4–10**

- Netherlands v USA **1–13**

- 5 February

- Hungary v Netherlands **9–3**

- Canada v USA **2–5**

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United States 3 3 0 0 30 3 +27 6 Quarterfinals 2 Canada 3 2 0 1 21 9 +12 4 Match for 6th place 3 Hungary 3 1 0 2 13 25 −12 2 Match for 8th place 4 Netherlands 3 0 0 3 4 31 −27 0

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

## Final tour

### Quarterfinals

- 7 February

- Norway v Kazakhstan **2–5**

- USA v Finland **0–13**

### Match for 5th place

- 8 February

- Norway v USA **7–1**

### Match for 8th place

- 8 February

- Hungary v Netherlands **5–3**

### Semifinals

- 8 February

- Russia v Kazakhstan **12–3**

- Sweden v Finland **8–5**

### Match for 6th place

- 9 February

- USA v Canada **5–1**

### Match for 3rd place

- 9 February

- Finland v Kazakhstan **7–3**

### Final

- 9 February

- Sweden v Russia **10–5**

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang"](http://www.bandysidan.nu/event.php?EVID=). *www.bandysidan.nu*. Retrieved Aug 6, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [http://arkiv.bandyforbundet.no](http://arkiv.bandyforbundet.no/bandy/apr2004.asp) retrieved 3 January 2018

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