2015 Bandy World Championship

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2015 Bandy World Championship
XXXVth Bandy World Championship
2015 Bandy World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
City Khabarovsk
Venue(s) Arena Yerofey
Dates29 March – 4 April 2015
Teams16
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (9th title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Fourth placeFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played22
Goals scored294 (13.36 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Andrey Kabanov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
(15 goals)
A corner during the final UFKhMR IMG 0475.jpg
A corner during the final

2015 Bandy World Championship 2015 was the XXXVth Bandy World Championship. At the FIB congress held during the XXXIVth World Championship in 2014, it was announced that Khabarovsk in Russia had been elected as host city. It was also decided the Group A tournament would be played around the end of March/beginning of April, which means it would take place when the national bandy leagues in the major bandy playing countries, Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, would be finished for the season. [1] Group B was played between February 1 and 6 and hit a new record attendance, already before the match for the bronze and the final. [2]

Contents

High-profile people who visited the Group A tournament include the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, the legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak. [3]

The mascots of the games were a bear and a tiger, named Тоша and Ероша, were inspired by the animals in the coat of arms of Khabarovsk. [4]

Ukraine refused to take part in the Russian-hosted championship because of the Russian annexation of Crimea the previous year.

Host selection

On 5 December 2013, the Russian news agency AmurMedia (which quoted Russian Internet site Sportbox.ru) reported that the decision on host city was made, after a decision by the working committee of FIB. [5]

The candidates were:

Minsk withdrew its candidacy in August 2013. [6] Khabarovsk won over Helsinki because there is an indoor arena in the city.

Participating teams

Participating countries in the Bandy World Championship 2015.
Blue: Division A
Red: Division B
Purple: both divisions
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship BandyCountriesWC2015.png
Participating countries in the Bandy World Championship 2015.
Blue: Division A
Red: Division B
Purple: both divisions
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship

Division A

Division B

Latvia won Division B in 2014 and was thus promoted to Division A for 2015. However, the Latvians made an application to play in Division B this year too, and this was approved by the Federation of International Bandy. Latvia was therefore playing in both divisions this year. This was made possible by the divisions not being played at the same time, Division B was being played in early February while Division A was being played in late March/early April. [7]

Venues

Khabarovsk
Arena Yerofey
Capacity: 10,000
Buksiry na Amurskoi protoke v dni navodneniia 2013 god.jpg

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3210156+95 [a]
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (H)3210203+175 [a]
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3012822141 [b]
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 3012517121 [b]
Source: [8]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Sweden won after-match penalties against Russia 5–4.
  2. 1 2 Kazakhstan won after-match penalties against Finland 4–3.

All times are local (UTC+10).

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
D. Andersson Bandy ball.png 10', 89'
J. Nilsson Bandy ball.png 11'
P. Nilsson Bandy ball.png 36', 62'
Report Laakkonen Bandy ball.png 59'
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg1–10Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Morokov Bandy ball.png 30' Report Ivanushkin Bandy ball.png 8', 10', 40', 76'
Ryazantsev Bandy ball.png 12', 88', 90'
Dergayev Bandy ball.png 44', 82'
Lomanov Bandy ball.png 50'
Attendance: 7,292
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg9–4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
P. Nilsson Bandy ball.png 1', 29', 81'
Esplund Bandy ball.png 30', 35'
Edlund Bandy ball.png 34' (pen), 71' (pen), 78'
Mossberg Bandy ball.png 63'
Report Gorchakov Bandy ball.png 46'
Issaliev Bandy ball.png 49'
Golubkov Bandy ball.png 56' (pen)
Slautin Bandy ball.png 59'
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg9–1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Lomanov Bandy ball.png 7', 49'
Zakharov Bandy ball.png 20', 60', 77'
Ivanushkin Bandy ball.png 25'
Dzhusoyev Bandy ball.png 50'
Ryazantsev Bandy ball.png 61'
Ishkeldin Bandy ball.png 85'
Report Hauska Bandy ball.png 35'
Attendance: 8,962
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg3–3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Slautin Bandy ball.png 42'
Issaliev Bandy ball.png 48'
Bedarev Bandy ball.png 54'
Report Hauska Bandy ball.png 36'
Lukkarila Bandy ball.png 44', 79'
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg1–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tyukavin Bandy ball.png 53' Report Mossberg Bandy ball.png 53'
Attendance: 9,889
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 32102315+85
2Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 32012722+54
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3111202003
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 30031023130
Source: [8]
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Richardson Bandy ball.png 46', 68'
Keseley Bandy ball.png 71'
Blucher Bandy ball.png 78'
Brown Bandy ball.png 81'
Report Blems Bandy ball.png 47'
Matveevs Bandy ball.png 54'
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg5–9Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bratchenko Bandy ball.png 15'
Kabanov Bandy ball.png 17', 30', 46', 66' (pen)
Report Austad Bandy ball.png 3' (pen)
Waaler Bandy ball.png 8'
Hammerstad Bandy ball.png 11'
Jensen Bandy ball.png 26'
Kristoffersen Bandy ball.png 39', 50'
C. Randsborg Bandy ball.png 60'
F. Randsborg Bandy ball.png 70', 87'
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg4–10Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Ziemiņš Bandy ball.png 52', 75', 90'
Blems Bandy ball.png 90'
Report Kabanov Bandy ball.png 3', 14'
Kozlov Bandy ball.png 7'
Yusupov Bandy ball.png 26', 37', 49', 77'
Savchenko Bandy ball.png 30'
Chernetskiy Bandy ball.png 45'
Bratchenko Bandy ball.png 58'
Attendance: 418
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg6–6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kristoffersen Bandy ball.png 7', 9', 35'
F. Randsborg Bandy ball.png 30'
Jensen Bandy ball.png 51'
Tjomsland Bandy ball.png 62'
Report Blucher Bandy ball.png 16', 80'
Richardson Bandy ball.png 34'
Keseley Bandy ball.png 46'
Brown Bandy ball.png 47', 52'
Attendance: 746
Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg4–8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Kudrjavtsev Bandy ball.png 23'
Ziemiņš Bandy ball.png 38'
Befus Bandy ball.png 57'
Kadnajs Bandy ball.png 85' (pen)
Report Waaler Bandy ball.png 15', 48', 50', 73'
Jensen Bandy ball.png 25'
Moen Bandy ball.png 45'
Kristoffersen Bandy ball.png 46', 63'
Attendance: 501
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg12–9Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Chernetskiy Bandy ball.png 6'
Kabanov Bandy ball.png 7', 58', 84'
Kozlov Bandy ball.png 10', 60'
Yusupov Bandy ball.png 23', 31', 34'
Bratchenko Bandy ball.png 38', 56'
Savchenko Bandy ball.png 81'
Report Keseley Bandy ball.png 5', 79'
Richardson Bandy ball.png 28' (pen), 45' (pen), 59'
Carman Bandy ball.png 32', 64'
Blucher Bandy ball.png 74'
Brown Bandy ball.png 86'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13
 
2 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14
 
4 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 5
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 26
 
2 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14 Third place
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17
 
3 April – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8
 

Quarter-finals

Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg26–8Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Report
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg13–5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg14–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Report
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg17–2Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report

Semi-finals

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1–10Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Lukkarila Bandy ball.png 82' Report Gilljam Bandy ball.png 13', 79'
Berlin Bandy ball.png 21'
D. Andersson Bandy ball.png 42', 53', 81'
Edlund Bandy ball.png 50', 61'
Säfström Bandy ball.png 51'
P. Nilsson Bandy ball.png 73'
Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg0–14Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Report Lomanov Bandy ball.png 4', 52'
Ishkeldin Bandy ball.png 28'
Ivanushkin Bandy ball.png 29', 40', 45', 77', 89'
Zakharov Bandy ball.png 42'
Shaburov Bandy ball.png 57'
Shevtsov Bandy ball.png 60', 65'
Ivanov Bandy ball.png 76'
Dergayev Bandy ball.png 82'
Attendance: 7,274
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Third place game

Finland  Flag of Finland.svg6–8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Report

Final

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
D. Andersson Bandy ball.png 3'
Hellmyrs Bandy ball.png 7'
P. Nilsson Bandy ball.png 83'
Report Lomanov Bandy ball.png 37', 85'
Tyukavin Bandy ball.png 84'
Ryazantsev Bandy ball.png 87'
Ishkeldin Bandy ball.png 90'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Consolation tournament

7th place game

Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg6–4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report

5th place game

Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg6–16Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report

Final standings

1.Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3.Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
4.Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5.Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
6.Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
7.Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
8.Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Statistics

Goalscorers

15 goals
13 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Source: [9]

Division B

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 32101714+35Quarterfinals
2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 3201126+64
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3102121422
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 301261371
Source: [10]
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg8–6Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg4–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg5–4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg5–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4–4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg4–1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Group B

Matches in Group B are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4310324+287Quarterfinals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4301259+166
3Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 4211196+135
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 4103121972
5Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 40042525008th place game
Source: [10]
Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg3–2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg0–18Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg4–2Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg1–9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Somalia  Flag of Somalia.svg1–12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg14–0Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg5–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8–1Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–0Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 14
 
5 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
 
6 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4
 
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 3
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 8
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 11
 
5 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 5
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 7
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5 Third place
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5
 
6 February – Khabarovsk
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
 
 
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9
 

Quarter-finals

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg14–3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg11–5Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg5–4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

7th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg7–5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

5th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

8th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11–1Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia

Semi-finals

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg8–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg7–5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Third place game

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

Final

Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svg3–8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia

Final standings

1.Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
2.Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
3.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
4.Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7.Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
8.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
9.Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia

Broadcasting

Notes

    References

    1. GS-brevet: Äntligen VM! Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
    2. Khabarovsk hit the record in attendance of matches in Group B
    3. "Дмитрий Медведев посетит ЧМ-2015 - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
    4. 14 April 2015 post at the Facebook page of the Khabarovsk Bandy World Championship, seen 14 August 2017
    5. "Чемпионат мира-2015 по хоккею с мячом пройдет в Хабаровске". Amurmedia.ru, 2013-12-03. Retrieved 14 January 2014. |language=Russian translation:
    6. Norman, Marcus (2013-09-01): "Förbundet: Rapport från första styrelsemötet". Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Idrottonline.se. Retrieved 14 January 1014.
    7. "Team Latvia will play in both groups of World Championship 2015", Bandy World Championship Khabarovsk 2015, read on 31 March 2015
    8. 1 2 "Group A | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".
    9. "Top10 - Goals | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".
    10. 1 2 "Группа Б | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".