2013 Bandy World Championship

XXXIIIrd Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Sweden  Norway
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	27 January–3 February
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Russia (7th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Patrik Nilsson (21 goals)
MVP	Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
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The 2013 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 23 and February 3, 2013, in Norway and Sweden.

14 countries participated in the 2013 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A), Canada, Estonia, Japan, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States (group B). The B-group Championship was played in Sapa Arena in Vetlanda. The B-Group games were only played 2x30 minutes.^[1]

Venues

Vänersborg	Gothenburg	Trollhättan	Oslo	Vetlanda
Arena Vänersborg Capacity: 5,700	Heden Arena Capacity: 5,700	Slättbergshallen Capacity: 4,000	Frogner stadion Capacity: 4,200	Sapa Arena Capacity: 2,200

Participating teams

Division A

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	5	5	0	0	59	11	+48	15
Russia	5	4	0	1	57	15	+42	12
Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	38	20	+18	9
Finland	5	2	0	3	41	23	+18	6
Norway	5	1	0	4	8	44	−36	3
Belarus	5	0	0	5	6	96	−90	0

All times local (UTC+1)

27 January 2013
Sweden	5–3	Finland
Norway	5–2	Belarus
Russia	6–4	Kazakhstan
28 January 2013
Finland	21–2	Belarus
Norway	0–12	Russia
Sweden	9–2	Kazakhstan
29 January 2013
Kazakhstan	10–1	Norway
Finland	3–6	Russia
Sweden	28–1	Belarus
30 January 2013
Finland	4–8	Kazakhstan
Russia	28–1	Belarus
Sweden	10–0	Norway
31 January 2013
Kazakhstan	14–0	Belarus
Norway	2–10	Finland
Sweden	7–5	Russia

Match for fifth place

2 February 2013
Norway	11–0	Belarus

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 February -
	Russia	8
					3 February -
	Kazakhstan	2
					Russia	4
	2 February -
					Sweden	3
	Sweden	10
	Finland	2
					Third place
					3 February -
					Kazakhstan	6
					Finland	3

Semi-finals

2 February 2013
Russia	8–2	Kazakhstan
Sweden	10–2	Finland

Match for third place

3 February 2013
Kazakhstan	6–3	Finland

Final

3 February 2013
Russia	4–3	Sweden

Final standings

1.	Russia
2.	Sweden
3.	Kazakhstan
4.	Finland
5.	Norway
6.	Belarus

Statistics

Goalscorers

21 goals

16 goals

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

Division B

Group 1

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	35	1	+34	6
Canada	3	2	0	1	14	16	−2	4
Hungary	3	1	0	2	11	19	−8	2
Latvia	3	0	0	3	4	28	−24	0

All times local (UTC+1)

23 January 2013
United States	10–1	Canada
24 January 2013
Canada	6–3	Latvia
Hungary	0–11	United States
Latvia	0–14	United States
Canada	7–3	Hungary
25 January 2013
Hungary	8–1	Latvia

Group 2

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	3	3	0	0	22	8	+14	6
Netherlands	3	2	0	1	10	11	−1	4
Japan	3	1	0	2	10	19	−9	2
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	12	26	−14	0

All times local (UTC+1)

24 January 2013
Estonia	13–6	Ukraine
Japan	2–3	Netherlands
Ukraine	3–5	Netherlands
Estonia	3–0	Japan
25 January 2013
Japan	8–5	Ukraine
Netherlands	2–6	Estonia

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

United States

8

A4

Latvia

4

A4

Latvia

1

B1

Estonia

1

A1

United States

4

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

8

A3

Hungary

7

A3

Hungary

1

B2

Netherlands

1

Third place

A4

Latvia

3

A3

Hungary

2

Final tour

Match for seventh place

25 January 2013
Japan	6–5	Ukraine
26 January 2013
Japan	3–1	Ukraine

Quarterfinals

25 January 2013
Hungary	7–1	Netherlands
Latvia	4–1	Estonia

Semifinals

26 January 2013
United States	8–1	Latvia
Canada	8–1	Hungary

Match for fifth place

26 January 2013
Netherlands	1–2	Estonia

Match for third place

26 January 2013
Latvia	3–2	Hungary

Final

26 January 2013
United States	4–2	Canada

Final standings

1.	United States
2.	Canada
3.	Latvia
4.	Hungary
5.	Estonia
6.	Netherlands
7.	Japan
8.	Ukraine

The USA will replace Belarus in group A next year.^[2]