The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament, but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006. Russia won the World Cup for the fourth time in its history. Belarus retained their place in Group A after defeating Group B champions the United States.

Participating teams

Division A Belarus Finland Kazakhstan Norway Russia SwedenDivision B Estonia Hungary Latvia Mongolia Netherlands United States

Division A

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsGroup stage result
1Russia (H)54107014+569Advance to Knockout stage
2Finland54013420+148
3Sweden53115621+357
4Kazakhstan52033337−44
5Norway51042355−322
6Belarus50051180−690Qualification to Relegation playoffs
Finland14–1Belarus
Kazakhstan1–8Sweden
Russia18–2Norway
Sweden21–5Belarus
Norway4–11Kazakhstan
Finland5–9Russia
Belarus1–8Norway
Kazakhstan3–17Russia
Sweden4–5Finland
Belarus3–14Kazakhstan
Norway2–5Finland
Sweden3–3Russia
Sweden20–7Norway
Finland5–4Kazakhstan
Russia23–1Belarus

Knockout stage

Semi-finalsFinal
3 February – Kemerovo
Russia16
4 February – Kemerovo
Kazakhstan3
Russia3
3 February – Kemerovo
Sweden1
Finland2(2)
Sweden2(3)
Third place
4 February – Kemerovo
Kazakhstan4(4)
Finland4(5)

Semi-finals

Russia16–3Kazakhstan
Finland2–3 (sd)Sweden

Third place play-off

Kazakhstan4–5 (sd)Finland

Final

Russia3–1Sweden

Statistics

Goalscorers

19 goals

16 goals

14 goals

13 goals

12 goals

11 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Division B

All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1United States5500515+4610
2Latvia5401268+188
3Hungary52121125−145
4Netherlands51131023−133
5Mongolia5023422−182
6Estonia51041130−192
  • 28 January

Netherlands – USA 0–11

Latvia – Mongolia 5–0

Estonia – Hungary 2–4

Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2

  • 29 January

Hungary – Latvia 0–7

USA – Mongolia 8–0

Netherlands – Estonia 5–1

USA – Hungary 12–2

  • 30 January

Estonia – Mongolia 5–0

USA – Latvia 6–1

Netherlands – Hungary 2–3

Estonia – Latvia 1–7

  • 31 January

USA – Estonia 14–2

Netherlands – Latvia 1–6

Hungary – Mongolia 2–2

Final round

  • 1 February and 2 February

Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2

Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3

Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2

Division A play-off

Belarus – USA 9–1

See also

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