1981 Bandy World Championship

1981 Bandy World Championship
XIIth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Soviet Union
CityKhabarovsk
Dates7–15 February
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (1st title)
Runners-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played12
Goals scored90 (7.5 per game)
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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 became champions for the first time. The Soviet Union had won all previous championships.

A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy

Participants

Premier tour

Norway – Finland 1–6
Soviet Union – Sweden 1–6
Finland – Sweden 0–3
Soviet Union – Norway 14–0
Norway – Sweden 0–8
Soviet Union – Finland 8–0
Norway – Finland 1–5
Soviet Union – Sweden 3–1
Finland – Sweden 2–5
Soviet Union – Norway 7–0
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]

Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record.

Sweden's championship squad

References

  1. ↑ Lasse Sandlin (7 January 2002). "Bragden i Sibirien" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".