The 1997 Bandy World Championship was contested between 9 men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden from 1 to 9 February 1997. The Netherlands participated again, after having skipped the tournament for the last couple of editions. Sweden won the championship.
The ball for the first game of the championship was ceremonially handed over by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.http://arkiv.bandyforbundet.no retrieved 3 January 2018
Squads
Group A
Premier tour 1 February Finland v Sweden 3–11 Kazakhstan v Russia 6–13 2 February Kazakhstan v Finland 2–7 Sweden v Norway 5–2 3 February Russia v Finland 6–2 Norway v Kazakhstan 7–7 4 February Norway v Russia 3–3 Sweden v Kazakhstan 15–4 5 February Norway v Finland 4–5 Russia v Sweden 7–5
Group B
Premier tour 2 February Hungary v USA 0–12 Canada v Netherlands 9–0 4 February Hungary v Canada 4–10 Netherlands v USA 1–13 5 February Hungary v Netherlands 9–3 Canada v USA 2–5
Final tour
Quarterfinals 7 February Norway v Kazakhstan 2–5 USA v Finland 0–13
Match for 5th place 8 February Norway v USA 7–1
Match for 8th place 8 February Hungary v Netherlands 5–3
Semifinals 8 February Russia v Kazakhstan 12–3 Sweden v Finland 8–5
Match for 6th place 9 February USA v Canada 5–1
Match for 3rd place 9 February Finland v Kazakhstan 7–3
Final 9 February Sweden v Russia 10–5
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