1991 Bandy World Championship

1991 Bandy World Championship

17th Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	17 – 24 March
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played	19
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The 1991 Bandy World Championship was contested by eight men's bandy playing nations in Finland from 17 to 24 March 1991. Canada, Hungary and the Netherlands made their championship debuts. The Soviet Union became champions in what would be its last tournament; ^[1] less than a year later, the Soviet Union was dissolved and was briefly replaced in international bandy by the Commonwealth of Independent States, and then permanently by Russia. ^[2] The final game was played at Oulunkylä Ice Rink in Helsinki.

Group A

•   Soviet Union
•   Sweden
•   Finland
•   Norway

Premier tour

• 17 March

Sweden – Finland 10 – 4

Soviet Union – Norway 12 – 0

• 18 March

Finland – Norway 11 – 2

Soviet Union – Sweden 3 – 4

• 20 March

Sweden – Norway 6 – 1

Soviet Union – Finland 1 – 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	20	8	+12	6
2	Finland	3	2	0	1	17	13	+4	4
3	Soviet Union	3	1	0	2	16	6	+10	2
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	3	29	−26	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Group B

Team Canada's debut at the World Championships in Finland, 1991

•   United States
•   Canada
•   Hungary
•   Netherlands

Premier tour

• 17 March

USA – Canada 10 – 0

Hungary – Netherlands 3 – 2

• 18 March

Canada – Netherlands 8 – 0

USA – Hungary 20 – 0

• 20 March

USA – Netherlands 8 – 1

Canada – Hungary 7 – 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States	3	3	0	0	38	1	+37	6
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	15	11	+4	4
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	4	29	−25	2
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final Tour

Oulunkylä Ice Rink in Helsinki

Porvoon pallokenttä in Porvoo

Quarter-finals

• 21 March

Norway – USA 2 – 1

Semifinals

• 22 March

Soviet Union – Finland 3 – 2

Sweden – Norway 6 – 0

Match for 7th place

• 23 March

Hungary – Netherlands 1 – 4

Match for 5th place

• 23 March

USA – Canada 13 – 0

Match for 3rd place

• 24 March

Finland – Norway 8 – 0

Final

• 24 March

Sweden – Soviet Union 3 – 4

References

1. Video from the final: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02845_4#%5B%5D
2. "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".