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.
Venues VänersborgGothenburgTrollhättanOsloVetlanda Arena VänersborgCapacity: 5,700 Heden ArenaCapacity: 5,700 SlättbergshallenCapacity: 4,000 Frogner stadionCapacity: 4,200 Sapa ArenaCapacity: 2,200
Participating teams
Division A
Division B
Division A
Preliminary round
All times local (UTC+1)
27 January 20135–35–26–428 January 201321–20–129–229 January 201310–13–628–130 January 20134–828–110–031 January 201314–02–107–5
Match for fifth place 2 February 201311–0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals 2 February 20138–210–2
Match for third place 3 February 20136–3
Final 3 February 20134–3
Final standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Statistics Goalscorers 21 goals
Patrik Nilsson
16 goals
Igor Larionov
12 goals
Daniel Andersson Vyacheslav Bronnikov Yevgeny Ivanushkin
10 goals
Sami Laakkonen Pavel Ryazantsev
9 goals
Sergey Pochkunov
8 goals
Johan Esplund Johan Löfstedt
Division B
Group 1 Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.
All times local (UTC+1)
23 January 201310–124 January 20136–30–110–147–325 January 20138–1
Group 2 Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.
All times local (UTC+1)
24 January 201313–62–33–53–025 January 20138–52–6
Knockout phase
Final tour
Match for seventh place 25 January 20136–526 January 20133–1
Quarterfinals 25 January 20137–14–1
Semifinals 26 January 20138–18–1
Match for fifth place 26 January 20131–2
Match for third place 26 January 20133–2
Final 26 January 20134–2
Final standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
The USA will replace Belarus in group A next year.
References
External links Sweden - Russia game on 2013.01.31, Youtube with Russian commentators (the game starts about 6:50 in)