2015 Bandy World Championship

2015 Bandy World Championship
XXXVth Bandy World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	29 March – 4 April 2015
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (9th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	294 (13.36 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrey Kabanov Belarus (15 goals)
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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]

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]

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.^[4]

The candidates were:

Minsk, Belarus
Helsinki, Finland
Khabarovsk, Russia

Minsk withdrew its candidacy in August 2013.^[5] 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

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.^[6]

Venues

Khabarovsk
Arena Yerofey
Capacity: 10,000

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	Group stage result
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seeded
2	Russia (H)	3	2	1	0	20	3	+17	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seeded
3	Kazakhstan	3	0	1	2	8	22	−14	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	5	17	−12	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2015. Source: ^[7]
(H) Host.
Notes:

1 2 Sweden won after-match penalties against Russia 5–4.
1 2 Kazakhstan won after-match penalties against Finland 4–3.

All times local (UTC+10)

Sweden v Finland

29 March 2015
16:30

Sweden	5–1	Finland
D. Andersson 10', 89' J. Nilsson 11' P. Nilsson 36', 62'	Report	Laakkonen 59'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)

Kazakhstan v Russia

29 March 2015
20:00

Kazakhstan	1–10	Russia
Morokov 30'	Report	Ivanushkin 8', 10', 40', 76' Ryazantsev 12', 88', 90' Dergayev 44', 82' Lomanov 50'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 7,292
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Sweden v Kazakhstan

30 March 2015
16:30

Sweden	9–4	Kazakhstan
P. Nilsson 1', 29', 81' Esplund 30', 35' Edlund 34' (pen), 71' (pen), 78' Mossberg 63'	Report	Gorchakov 46' Issaliev 49' Golubkov 56' (pen) Slautin 59'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Russia v Finland

30 March 2015
20:00

Russia	9–1	Finland
Lomanov 7', 49' Zakharov 20', 60', 77' Ivanushkin 25' Dzhusoyev 50' Ryazantsev 61' Ishkeldin 85'	Report	Hauska 35'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 8,962
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Kazakhstan v Finland

31 March 2015
16:30

Kazakhstan	3–3	Finland
Slautin 42' Issaliev 48' Bedarev 54'	Report	Hauska 36' Lukkarila 44', 79'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)

Russia v Sweden

31 March 2015
20:00

Russia	1–1	Sweden
Tyukavin 53'	Report	Mossberg 53'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 9,889
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Norway	3	2	1	0	23	15	+8	5	Seeded
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	27	22	+5	4	Seeded
3	United States	3	1	1	1	20	20	0	3
4	Latvia	3	0	0	3	10	23	−13	0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2015. Source: ^[7]

All times local (UTC+10)

United States v Latvia

29 March 2015
10:00

United States	5–2	Latvia
Richardson 46', 68' Keseley 71' Blucher 78' Brown 81'	Report	Blems 47' Matveevs 54'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)

Belarus v Norway

29 March 2015
13:00

Belarus	5–9	Norway
Bratchenko 15' Kabanov 17', 30', 46', 66' (pen)	Report	Austad 3' (pen) Waaler 8' Hammerstad 11' Jensen 26' Kristoffersen 39', 50' C. Randsborg 60' F. Randsborg 70', 87'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Latvia v Belarus

30 March 2015
10:00

Latvia	4–10	Belarus
Ziemins 52', 75', 90' Blems 90'	Report	Kabanov 3', 14' Kozlov 7' Yusupov 26', 37', 49', 77' Savchenko 30' Chernetskiy 45' Bratchenko 58'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 418
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)

Norway v United States

30 March 2015
13:00

Norway	6–6	United States
Kristoffersen 7', 9', 35' F. Randsborg 30' Jensen 51' Tjomsland 62'	Report	Blucher 16', 80' Richardson 34' Keseley 46' Brown 47', 52'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 746
Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)

Latvia v Norway

31 March 2015
10:00

Latvia	4–8	Norway
Kudrjavtsev 23' Ziemins 38' Befus 57' Kadnajs 85' (pen)	Report	Waaler 15', 48', 50', 73' Jensen 25' Moen 45' Kristoffersen 46', 63'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 501
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Belarus v United States

31 March 2015
13:00

Belarus	12–9	United States
Chernetskiy 6' Kabanov 7', 58', 84' Kozlov 10', 60' Yusupov 23', 31', 34' Bratchenko 38', 56' Savchenko 81'	Report	Keseley 5', 79' Richardson 28' (pen), 45' (pen), 59' Carman 32', 64' Blucher 74' Brown 86'

Arena Yerofey, Khabarovsk
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1 April – Khabarovsk

Finland	13
		2 April – Khabarovsk
Norway	5
		Finland	1
1 April – Khabarovsk
		Sweden	10
Sweden	14
				4 April – Khabarovsk
Latvia	2
				Sweden	3
1 April – Khabarovsk
				Russia	5
Kazakhstan	26
		2 April – Khabarovsk
Belarus	8
		Kazakhstan	0
1 April – Khabarovsk
		Russia	14	Third Place
Russia	17
				3 April – Khabarovsk
United States	2
				Finland	6

				Kazakhstan	8

Quarter-finals

Kazakhstan v Belarus

1 April 2015
10:00

Kazakhstan	26–8	Belarus
	Report

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Estonia	3	2	1	0	17	14	+3	5	Seeded
2	Latvia	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	4	Seeded
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	2	Unseeded
4	Japan	3	0	1	2	6	13	−7	1	Unseeded

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Netherlands	4	3	1	0	32	4	+28	7	Seeded
2	Germany	4	3	0	1	25	9	+16	6	Seeded
3	Mongolia	4	2	1	1	19	6	+13	5	Unseeded
4	China	4	1	0	3	12	19	−7	2	Unseeded
5	Somalia	4	0	0	4	2	52	−50	0

Bandy world championships

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Youth	G-17 Y-19 Y-23

World championships in 2015

Summer sports	American football Aquatics paralympic swimming Archery Association football women beach soccer men Athletics cross country paralympic Badminton Beach volleyball Boxing (amateur) Bowls Canoeing sprint slalom Chess (women) Cricket Cycling road track BMX mountain bike Fencing Fistball Floorball (women) Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampoline Handball men women Judo Korfball Modern pentathlon Netball Rowing Rugby union Snooker six-red seniors Squash men women men's team Table tennis Taekwondo Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu

Winter sports	Alpine skiing Bandy (men) Biathlon Bobsleigh and skeleton Curling men women mixed mixed doubles senior wheelchair Figure skating Freestyle skiing and snowboarding Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic skiing Speed skating allround sprint single distance short track

Motor sports	Air race Endurance Formula One F1 Powerboat MotoGP Radio-controlled 1:10 off-road Rally Rallycross Touring car

2015 Bandy World Championship

Host selection

Participating teams

Division A

Division B

Venues

Division A

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Consolation tournament

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

Final standings

Statistics

Goalscorers

Division B

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

7th place play-off

5th place play-off

8th place play-off

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Final standings

Broadcasting

Notes

References

External links