1991 Bandy World Championship
17th Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates17 – 24 March
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played19

The 1991 Bandy World Championship was contested by eight men's bandy playing nations in Finland from 17–24 March 1991. Canada, Hungary and the Netherlands made their championship debuts. The Soviet Union became champions in what would become its last tournament;[1] less than a year later, the Soviet Union was dissolved and would be replaced in international bandy briefly by the Commonwealth of Independent States and then permanently by Russia.[2] The final game was played at Oulunkylä Ice Rink in Helsinki.

Group A

Premier tour

Sweden – Finland 10 – 4
Soviet Union – Norway 12 – 0
Finland – Norway 11 – 2
Soviet Union – Sweden 3 – 4
Sweden – Norway 6 – 1
Soviet Union – Finland 1 – 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 20 8 +12 6
2  Finland 3 2 0 1 17 13 +4 4
3  Soviet Union 3 1 0 2 16 6 +10 2
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 3 29 −26 0
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

Team Canada's debut at the World Championships in Finland, 1991

Premier tour

USA – Canada 10 – 0
Hungary – Netherlands 3 – 2
Canada – Netherlands 8 – 0
USA – Hungary 20 – 0
USA – Netherlands 8 – 1
Canada – Hungary 7 – 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 3 3 0 0 38 1 +37 6
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 4
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 4 29 −25 2
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]

Final Tour

Quarter-finals

Norway – USA 2 – 1

Semifinals

Soviet Union – Finland 3 – 2
Sweden – Norway 6 – 0

Match for 7th place

Hungary – Netherlands 1 – 4

Match for 5th place

USA – Canada 13 – 0

Match for 3rd place

Finland – Norway 8 – 0

Final

Sweden – Soviet Union 3 – 4

References

  1. ^ Video from the final: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02845_4#[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
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