2014 Bandy World Championship

The 2014 Bandy World Championship was held between 26 January and 2 February 2014, in Irkutsk and Shelekhov, Russia. 17 nations participated in the tournament, playing in two divisions partitioned into two subdivisions.^[1] A team representing Somalia took part, the first squad from Africa to play in the Bandy World Championship.^[2]

2014 Bandy World Championship

XXXIVth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	4 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26 January – 2 February
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Russia (8th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Christoffer Edlund (12 goals)
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Participating teams

Participating countries in the Bandy World Championship 2014.
Blue: Division A
Red: Division B
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship

Division A

•  Belarus
•  Canada
•  Finland
•  Kazakhstan
•  Norway
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  United States

Division B

•  Estonia
•  Germany
•  Hungary
•  Japan
•  Latvia
•  Mongolia
•  Netherlands
•  Somalia
•  Ukraine

Venues

• Trud Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 16,500)
• Rekord Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 5,300)
• Zenith Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 4,000)
• Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov (capacity: 4,000)

Division A

• After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	19	5	+14	5[a]
2	Sweden	3	2	1	0	22	5	+17	5[a]
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	10	24	−14	2
4	Finland	3	0	0	3	6	23	−17	0

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of points obtained in matches between tied teams 3) after-match penalty goals in matches between tied teams
Notes:

1. Russia won after-match penalties against Sweden 3–1.

All times are local (UTC+8).

26 January 2014

15:00

Russia	10–1	Kazakhstan
Lomanov  6', 51' Bushuyev  15' Zakharov  25' Dorovskikh  49' Yegorchev  62' Ivanushkin  64', 68' Dzhusoyev  79', 86'	Report	Zavidovsky  87'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Christoffer Ajdesjö (Sweden)

26 January 2014

20:00

Sweden	9–1	Finland
Edlund  19', 62', 84' (pen) Nilsson  25' (pen) D. Andersson  43', 69' Berlin  54' E. Pettersson  80', 82'	Report	Angeria  67'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Nikita Yuklyayevskikh (Russia)

27 January 2014

16:00

Finland	2–7	Russia
Angeria  27' Aaltonen  72'	Report	Bondarenko  17' Befus  23' Ivanushkin  29' Lomanov  68', 85' Ishkeldin  81' Zakharov  90'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Håkan Sjösten (Sweden)

27 January 2014

20:00

Kazakhstan	2–11	Sweden
Nasonov  52' Issaliev  57'	Report	Nilsson  3', 24', 37', 75' Gilljam  10' Berlin  17' Löftstedt  31', 79' Edlund  58', 90' E. Pettersson  69'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Juha-Matti Kanniainen (Finland)

29 January 2014

16:00

Kazakhstan	7–3	Finland
Zavidovsky  8', 12' Pochkunov  49', 75' Nasonov  68' Dubovik  74' Issaliev  79'	Report	Liukkonen  6' Ekman  17' Lukkarila  62'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)

29 January 2014

20:00

Russia	2–2	Sweden
Dzhusoyev  22' Lomanov  75'	Report	Löfstedt  45' Edlund  51'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	40	9	+31	5[a]
2	United States	3	2	1	0	19	9	+10	5[a]
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	13	33	−20	2
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	7	27	−20	0

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of points obtained in matches between tied teams 3) after-match penalty goals in matches between tied teams
Notes:

1. Norway won after-match penalties against United States 2–1.

26 January 2014

United States	7–4	Belarus

Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk

26 January 2014

Norway	12–3	Canada

Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov

27 January 2014

Canada	1–7	United States

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

27 January 2014

Belarus	1–23	Norway

Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk

29 January 2014

United States	5–5	Norway

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

29 January 2014

Canada	3–8	Belarus

Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 January – Irkutsk
	Norway	2
					1 February – Irkutsk
	Finland	9
					Finland	1
	30 January – Irkutsk
					Russia	3
	Russia	22
									2 February – Irkutsk
	Canada	1
									Russia	3
	30 January – Irkutsk
									Sweden	2
	Sweden	33
					1 February – Irkutsk
	Belarus	5
					Sweden	4
	30 January – Shelekhov
					Kazakhstan	3			Third place
	United States	3
									2 February – Irkutsk
	Kazakhstan	11
									Finland	3
									Kazakhstan	5

Quarter-finals

30 January 2014

12:45

Norway	2–9	Finland
	Report

Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 250

Referee: Christoffer Ajdesjö (Sweden)

30 January 2014

13:00

United States	3–11	Kazakhstan
	Report

Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov

Attendance: 300

Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)

30 January 2014

15:00

Sweden	33–5	Belarus
	Report

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 300

Referee: Juha-Matti Kanniainen (Finland)

30 January 2014

19:00

Russia	22–1	Canada
Lomanov  2', 33' Bondarenko  6', 19', 25', 72', 81' Larionov  13', 41', 45', 52', 66', 67' Ivanushkin  18', 54', 61', 79', 84' Tyukavin  31', 59' Ishkeldin  36' Befus  44'	Report	D. Ellement  69'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 500

Referee: Christoffer Ajdesjö (Sweden)

Semi-finals

1 February 2014

16:00

Finland	1–3	Russia
Lukkarila  86'	Report	Vikulin  45' Larionov  56' Ivanushkin  70'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Håkan Sjösten (Sweden)

1 February 2014

20:00

Sweden	4–3	Kazakhstan
	Report

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)

Third place game

2 February 2014

10:00

Finland	3–5	Kazakhstan
	Report

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Håkan Sjösten (Sweden)

Final

2 February 2014

14:00

Russia	3–2	Sweden
Zakharov  5' (p) Lomanov  40' Ivanushkin  67'	Report	Berlin  3' Nilsson  48'

Trud Stadium, Irkutsk

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Juha-Matti Kanniainen (Finland)

Consolation tournament

5–8th place semifinals

2 February 2014

United States	3–2	Belarus
	report (in Russian)

Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk

2 February 2014

Norway	7–1	Canada
	report (in Russian)

Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov

7th place game

2 February 2014

Belarus	7–5	Canada
	report (in Russian)

Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov

5th place game

2 February 2014

United States	3–6	Norway
	report (in Russian)

Zenit Stadium, Irkutsk

Final standings

1.	Russia
2.	Sweden
3.	Kazakhstan
4.	Finland
5.	Norway
6.	United States
7.	Belarus
8.	Canada

Division B

• After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points

Preliminary round

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	3	2	1	0	21	11	+10	5
Estonia	3	1	2	0	12	10	+2	4
Hungary	3	1	1	1	12	13	−1	3
Netherlands	3	0	0	3	7	18	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 January 2014
Netherlands	2–4	Hungary
Latvia	4–4 (3–2 penalties)	Estonia
28 January 2014
Netherlands	3–10	Latvia
Hungary	4–4 (4–3 penalties)	Estonia
29 January 2014
Estonia	4–2	Netherlands
Latvia	7–4	Hungary

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	3	1	0	21	7	+14	7
Mongolia	4	3	0	1	24	7	+17	6
Ukraine	4	2	0	2	24	12	+12	4
Germany	4	1	1	2	30	16	+14	3
Somalia	4	0	0	4	2	59	−57	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

27 January 2014
Japan	2–1	Ukraine
Somalia	1–22	Germany
Mongolia	2–3	Japan
28 January 2014
Ukraine	13–0	Somalia
Mongolia	3–1	Germany
Japan	12–0	Somalia
Ukraine	2–7	Mongolia
29 January 2014
Germany	4–4 (0–1 penalties)	Japan
Somalia	1–12	Mongolia
Germany	3–8	Ukraine

• Matches in Group D are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes

Knockout phase

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 January –
	Latvia	9
					31 January –
	Germany	3
					Latvia	8
	30 January –
					Japan	0
	Netherlands	2
									1 February –
	Japan	3
									Latvia	8
	30 January –
									Estonia	1
	Hungary	5
					31 January –
	Mongolia	4
					Hungary	2
	30 January –
					Estonia	5			Third place
	Estonia	5
									1 February –
	Ukraine	1
									Japan	2
									Hungary	6

Quarterfinals

30 January 2014
Latvia	9–3	Germany
Estonia	5–1	Ukraine
Hungary	5–4	Mongolia
Netherlands	2–3	Japan

Match for 7th place (60 mins)

31 January 2014
Germany	5–4	Ukraine

Match for 5th place (60 mins)

31 January 2014
Mongolia	2–3	Netherlands

Match for 8th place (60 mins)

31 January 2014
Ukraine	13–1	Somalia

Semi-finals

31 January 2014
Latvia	8–0	Japan
Hungary	2–5	Estonia

Match for third place

1 February 2014
Japan	2–6	Hungary

Final

1 February 2014
Latvia	8–1	Estonia

Final standings

1.	Latvia
2.	Estonia
3.	Hungary
4.	Japan
5.	Netherlands
6.	Mongolia
7.	Germany
8.	Ukraine
9.	Somalia

Sources

• Bandy World Championships 2014 Official Website (English and Russian)
• Federation of International Bandy Official Website (English)