1981 Bandy World Championship

The 1981 Bandy World Championship was the 12th Bandy World Championship and was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Khabarovsk in the Soviet Union from 7 February-15 February 1981. Sweden became champions for the first time.[1] The Soviet Union had won all previous championships.[2]

1981 Bandy World Championship
XIIth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Soviet Union
Dates7 – 15 February 1981
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Sweden
Runner-up  Soviet Union
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored90 (7.5 per match)
1979
1983
The mascot of the 1981 Bandy World Championship was a Siberian tiger, an animal of the natural fauna of the region.
A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy.

Squads

Participants

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
RankCountryPtsWTLBpBcDiff
1 Sweden10501357+28
2 Soviet Union10501388+30
3 Finland42041423−9
4 Norway0006352−49

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

The champion team

References

  1. Lasse Sandlin (7 January 2002). "Bragden i Sibirien" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=77&sprak=eng&land=3
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