2007 Bandy World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Kemerovo
Venue(s)	2
Dates	28 January – 4 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
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The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006.^[1]

Participating teams

Division A

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Russia (H)	5	4	1	0	70	14	+56	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Finland	5	4	0	1	34	20	+14	8
3	Sweden	5	3	1	1	56	21	+35	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	3	33	37	−4	4
5	Norway	5	1	0	4	23	55	−32	2
6	Belarus	5	0	0	5	11	80	−69	0	Qualification to Relegation playoffs

28 January 2007

Finland	14–1	Belarus

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

28 January 2007

Kazakhstan	1–8	Sweden

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

28 January 2007

Russia	18–2	Norway

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

29 January 2007

Sweden	21–5	Belarus

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

29 January 2007

Norway	4–11	Kazakhstan

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

29 January 2007

Finland	5–9	Russia

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

30 January 2007

Belarus	1–8	Norway

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

30 January 2007

Kazakhstan	3–17	Russia

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

30 January 2007

Sweden	4–5	Finland

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

31 January 2007

Belarus	3–14	Kazakhstan

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

31 January 2007

Norway	2–5	Finland

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

31 January 2007

Sweden	3–3	Russia

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

2 February 2007

Sweden	20–7	Norway

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

2 February 2007

Finland	5–4	Kazakhstan

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

2 February 2007

Russia	23–1	Belarus

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 February – Kemerovo
	Russia	16
					4 February – Kemerovo
	Kazakhstan	3
					Russia	5
	3 February – Kemerovo
					Sweden	1
	Finland	2(2)
	Sweden	2(3)
					Third place
					4 February – Kemerovo
					Kazakhstan	4(4)
					Finland	4(5)

Semi-finals

3 February 2007

Russia	16–3	Kazakhstan

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

3 February 2007

Finland	2–3 (sd)	Sweden

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

Third place play-off

4 February 2007

Kazakhstan	4–5 (sd)	Finland

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

Final

4 February 2007

Russia	3–1	Sweden

Khimik Stadium, Kemerovo

Statistics

Goalscorers

19 goals

16 goals

14 goals

13 goals

12 goals

11 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Division B

All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	5	5	0	0	51	5	+46	10
2	Latvia	5	4	0	1	26	8	+18	8
3	Hungary	5	2	1	2	11	25	−14	5
4	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	10	23	−13	3
5	Mongolia	5	0	2	3	4	22	−18	2
6	Estonia	5	1	0	4	11	30	−19	2

• 28 January

Netherlands – USA 0–11

Latvia – Mongolia 5–0

Estonia – Hungary 2–4

Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2

• 29 January

Hungary – Latvia 0–7

USA – Mongolia 8–0

Netherlands – Estonia 5–1

USA – Hungary 12–2

• 30 January

Estonia – Mongolia 5–0

USA – Latvia 6–1

Netherlands – Hungary 2–3

Estonia – Latvia 1–7

• 31 January

USA – Estonia 14–2

Netherlands – Latvia 1–6

Hungary – Mongolia 2–2

Final round

• 1 February and 2 February

Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2

Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3

Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2

Division A play-off

Belarus – USA 9–1