2011 Bandy World Championship

2011 Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Russia
CityKazan
Teams11
Final positions
Champions  Russia
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)Sergey Lomanov, Jr.[1]
(12 goals)

The 2011 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international men's bandy, held between January 23 and January 30, 2011, in Kazan, Russia.

11 countries participated in the 2011 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Hungary, Latvia, and the Netherlands (group B).[2] Australia was supposed to participate[3] but didn't come because of the floodings. At least five more countries wanted to come, but the tournament format at the time did not allow more than twelve teams.[4] For the first time, Finland won the group stage. Russia became the world champion, with Finland second, and Sweden third.[5]

Group A

Preliminary round

Finals

Date Match Res.
Semifinals
January 29  Finland Kazakhstan 5–4
 Russia Sweden 3–2
Match for 3rd place
January 30  Kazakhstan Sweden 3–14
Final
January 30  Finland Russia 1–6

Group B

Preliminary round

Final tour

Date Match Res.
Match for 4th place
January 29  Hungary Netherlands 9–1
Match for 2nd place
January 29  Canada Latvia 18–1

Qualifiers to Group A 2012

The team that finished last in Group A and the winner in Group B met in a qualifying match for the vacant seat in the 2012 Bandy World Championship Group A.

Date Match Res.
January 29  United States Belarus 5–2

References

  1. ^ "VM-skyttekungar - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  2. ^ Календарь / Результаты (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  3. ^ "A poster showing the Australian flag". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
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