# 2012 Bandy World Championship > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_Bandy_World_Championship > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2012_Bandy_World_Championship.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Bandy_World_Championship > Source revision: 1259718828 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) International ice hockey competition 2012 Bandy World Championship Tournament details Host country Kazakhstan Teams 14 Final positions Champions Sweden Runners-up Russia Third place Kazakhstan Fourth place Finland Tournament statistics Scoring leader(s) Yevgeny Ivanushkin[1] (12 goals) ← Kazan 2011 Vänersborg 2013 → The **2012 [Bandy World Championship](/source/Bandy_World_Championship)** was an edition of the top annual event in international [bandy](/source/Bandy), held between January 29 and February 5, 2012, in [Almaty](/source/Almaty), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan). 14 countries participated in the 2012 championships: [Finland](/source/Finland), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan), [Norway](/source/Norway), [Russia](/source/Russia), [Sweden](/source/Sweden), the [United States](/source/United_States) (group A), [Belarus](/source/Belarus), [Canada](/source/Canada), [Hungary](/source/Hungary), [Latvia](/source/Latvia), and the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) (group B), and [Estonia](/source/Estonia), [Japan](/source/Japan), and [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan) (group C).[2] Group C was introduced, and 14 teams made the record number for Bandy World Championships. The qualifiers match between the team in the last place in Group A and the first team in Group B was not played. The United States, who finished sixth in Group A, in 2013 will play in group B, and Belarus, the winner of Group B, will play in 2013 in Group A. Estonia, the winner of Group C, will play in Group B in 2013. The team relegated to Group C was not the last of Group B, but [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia_national_bandy_team), because they withdrew late from the tournament. Sweden, which were the 2010 champion but in 2011 only finished third, became the champion again. Russia, the defending champion, lost to Sweden in the finals. Kazakhstan took the bronze medal, for the third time in their history. The semifinal match between Kazakhstan and Sweden, which Sweden won on penalties, ended in a controversy, since the Swedish player [Daniel Mossberg](/source/Daniel_Mossberg) was not listed in the paperwork submitted by Sweden before the match. Kazakhstan filed a protest. As the result, Sweden were fined, but the result was kept, and Sweden went on to the finals against Russia.[3] ## Squads Main article: [2012 Bandy World Championship squads](/source/2012_Bandy_World_Championship_squads) ## Group A ### Preliminary round Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Russia 5 5 0 0 54 16 +38 10 Sweden 5 4 0 1 49 7 +42 8 Kazakhstan 5 3 0 2 40 25 +15 6 Finland 5 2 0 3 22 30 −8 4 Norway 5 1 0 4 10 47 −37 2 United States 5 0 0 5 10 60 −50 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 29 January 2012 Sweden 12–0 Finland Russia 19–3 United States Kazakhstan 10–1 Norway 30 January 2012 Russia 5–4 Finland Sweden 11–0 Norway Kazakhstan 13–3 United States 31 January 2012 Finland 7–1 United States Russia 16–1 Norway Kazakhstan 1–9 Sweden 1 February 2012 Finland 7–2 Norway Sweden 15–0 United States Kazakhstan 6–8 Russia 2 February 2012 Norway 6–3 United States Kazakhstan 10–4 Finland Russia 6–2 Sweden ### Knockout phase Semi-finals Final 4 February - Almaty Russia 6 5 February - Almaty Finland 4 Russia 4 4 February - Almaty Sweden 5 Kazakhstan 4 (5) Sweden 4 (6) Third place 5 February - Almaty Kazakhstan 10 Finland 5 #### Semi-finals 4 February 2012 Russia 6–4 Finland Kazakhstan 4–4 (5–6) Sweden #### Match for third place 5 February 2012 Kazakhstan 10–5 Finland #### Final 5 February 2012 Russia 4–5 Sweden ## Group B ### Preliminary round Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Belarus 4 4 0 0 43 10 +33 8 Canada 4 3 0 1 35 10 +25 6 Hungary 4 2 0 2 15 27 −12 4 Netherlands 4 1 0 3 10 23 −13 2 Latvia 4 0 0 4 9 42 −33 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 30 January 2012 Netherlands 6–2 Latvia Belarus 13–5 Hungary 31 January 2012 Hungary 4–2 Latvia Canada 11–1 Netherlands 1 February 2012 Canada 11–1 Hungary Belarus 19–3 Latvia 2 February 2012 Belarus 6–0 Canada Hungary 5–1 Netherlands 3 February 2012 Belarus 5–2 Netherlands Canada 13–2 Latvia ### Final tour #### Match for fourth place 4 February 2012 Latvia 2–1 Netherlands #### Match for second place 4 February 2012 Canada 9–2 Hungary ## Group C ### Preliminary round *Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Groups A and B.'* Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Estonia 4 3 1 0 33 5 +28 7 Japan 4 2 1 1 25 8 +17 5 Kyrgyzstan 4 0 0 4 1 46 −45 0 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 30 January 2012 Estonia 6–2 Japan Estonia 13–0 Kyrgyzstan 31 January 2012 Japan 13–0 Kyrgyzstan Estonia 12–1 Kyrgyzstan 1 February 2012 Estonia 2–2 Japan Japan 8–0 Kyrgyzstan ### Final tour #### Match for second place 4 February 2012 Japan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan ## Gallery - The final match between Russia (pictured) and Sweden. - Japan and Kyrgyzstan - [Canadian men's national bandy team](/source/Canada_national_bandy_team), 2012 Bandy World Championship ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [2012 Bandy World Championship](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2012_Bandy_World_Championship). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["VM-skyttekungar - Svenska Bandyförbundet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150213222139/http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/Historikochstatistik/VM-skyttekungar/). Archived from [the original](http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/Historikochstatistik/VM-skyttekungar/) on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-04-06. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["World Bandy Championship 2012 in Almaty"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120124005338/http://bandy2012.kz/en/). World Bandy Championship Organizers. Archived from [the original](http://bandy2012.kz/en/) on 24 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Бенди. Чемпионат Мира. Матч за третье место. Казахстан - Финляндия - 10:5. Бронза в третий раз](http://sportlive.kz/scores/26412-bendi-chempionat-mira-match-za-trete-mesto-kazahstan-finlyandiya-104-bronza-v-tretiy-raz.html) (in Russian). Sport Live. 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