2015 Bandy World Championship
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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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
The candidates were:
Minsk withdrew its candidacy in August 2013. Khabarovsk won over Helsinki because there is an indoor arena in the city.
Participating teams
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 5 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 1 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | −12 | 1 |
All times are local (UTC+10).
| Sweden | 5–1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| D. Andersson 10', 89' J. Nilsson 11' P. Nilsson 36', 62' | Laakkonen 59' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–10 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Morokov 30' | Ivanushkin 8', 10', 40', 76' Ryazantsev 12', 88', 90' Dergayev 44', 82' Lomanov 50' |
| Sweden | 9–4 | Kazakhstan |
|---|---|---|
| P. Nilsson 1', 29', 81' Esplund 30', 35' Edlund 34' (pen), 71' (pen), 78' Mossberg 63' | Gorchakov 46' Issaliev 49' Golubkov 56' (pen) Slautin 59' |
| Russia | 9–1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Lomanov 7', 49' Zakharov 20', 60', 77' Ivanushkin 25' Dzhusoyev 50' Ryazantsev 61' Ishkeldin 85' | Hauska 35' |
| Kazakhstan | 3–3 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Slautin 42' Issaliev 48' Bedarev 54' | Hauska 36' Lukkarila 44', 79' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 5 |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 0 |
| United States | 5–2 | Latvia |
|---|---|---|
| Richardson 46', 68' Keseley 71' Blucher 78' Brown 81' | Blems 47' Matveevs 54' |
| Belarus | 5–9 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Bratchenko 15' Kabanov 17', 30', 46', 66' (pen) | Austad 3' (pen) Waaler 8' Hammerstad 11' Jensen 26' Kristoffersen 39', 50' C. Randsborg 60' F. Randsborg 70', 87' |
| Latvia | 4–10 | Belarus |
|---|---|---|
| Ziemiņš 52', 75', 90' Blems 90' | Kabanov 3', 14' Kozlov 7' Yusupov 26', 37', 49', 77' Savchenko 30' Chernetskiy 45' Bratchenko 58' |
| Norway | 6–6 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Kristoffersen 7', 9', 35' F. Randsborg 30' Jensen 51' Tjomsland 62' | Blucher 16', 80' Richardson 34' Keseley 46' Brown 47', 52' |
| Latvia | 4–8 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Kudrjavtsev 23' Ziemiņš 38' Befus 57' Kadnajs 85' (pen) | Waaler 15', 48', 50', 73' Jensen 25' Moen 45' Kristoffersen 46', 63' |
| Belarus | 12–9 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Chernetskiy 6' Kabanov 7', 58', 84' Kozlov 10', 60' Yusupov 23', 31', 34' Bratchenko 38', 56' Savchenko 81' | Keseley 5', 79' Richardson 28' (pen), 45' (pen), 59' Carman 32', 64' Blucher 74' Brown 86' |
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
Semi-finals
| Finland | 1–10 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Lukkarila 82' | Gilljam 13', 79' Berlin 21' D. Andersson 42', 53', 81' Edlund 50', 61' Säfström 51' P. Nilsson 73' |
| Kazakhstan | 0–14 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Lomanov 4', 52' Ishkeldin 28' Ivanushkin 29', 40', 45', 77', 89' Zakharov 42' Shaburov 57' Shevtsov 60', 65' Ivanov 76' Dergayev 82' |
Third place game
Final
| Sweden | 3–5 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| D. Andersson 3' Hellmyrs 7' P. Nilsson 83' | Lomanov 37', 85' Tyukavin 84' Ryazantsev 87' Ishkeldin 90' |
Consolation tournament
7th place game
5th place game
Final standings
| 1. | Russia |
| 2. | Sweden |
| 3. | Kazakhstan |
| 4. | Finland |
| 5. | Norway |
| 6. | Belarus |
| 7. | Latvia |
| 8. | United States |
Statistics
Goalscorers
15 goals
13 goals
11 goals
- Sweden Patrik Nilsson
- Belarus Sergey Yusupov
9 goals
- Norway Nikolai Rustad Jensen
- Norway Sondre Kristoffersen
- Russia Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
8 goals
- Sweden Daniel Andersson
- Norway Christian Waaler
7 goals
- Sweden Christoffer Edlund
- Finland Mikko Lukkarila
- Kazakhstan Sergey Pochkunov
- United States Daren Richardson
- Kazakhstan Denis Slautin
6 goals
- Latvia Maksim Blem
- Kazakhstan Rauan Issaliev
- Finland Sami Laakkonen
- Russia Pavel Ryazantsev
- Russia Pyotr Zakharov
5 goals
- United States Jacob Blucher
- Russia Yevgeny Dergayev
- Kazakhstan Pavel Dubovik
- Russia Nikita Ivanov
- Kazakhstan Alexander Nasonov
- Latvia Lauris Ziemiņš
4 goals
- Norway Marius Austad
- Belarus Vyacheslav Bratchenko
- United States Kevin Brown
- Sweden Adam Gilljam
- United States Jonathan Keseley
- Belarus Alexander Kozlov
- Norway Fredrik Randsborg
- Russia Ivan Shevtsov
3 goals
- Kazakhstan Leonid Bedarev
- Belarus Sergey Chernetsskiy
- Finland Tommi Hauska
- Russia Maksim Ishkeldin
- Sweden Jonas Nilsson
- Kazakhstan Iskander Nugmanov
- Belarus Konstantin Savchenko
2 goals
- Latvia Artur Befus
- United States Mike Carman
- Sweden Johan Esplund
- Kazakhstan Maxim Gavrilenko
- Norway Fritjof Hagberg
- Norway Sondre Hammerstad
- Finland Pekka Hiltunen
- Norway Magnus Hogevold
- Latvia Jūlijs Kadnajs
- United States Mikael Lickteig
- Finland Teemu Määttä
- Norway Petter Renstrom Moem
- Finland Ilari Moisala
- Sweden Daniel Mossberg
- Sweden Erik Säfström
- Russia Aleksandr Tyukavin
1 goal
- Finland Ville Aaltonen
- Sweden Daniel Berlin
- Russia Alan Dzhusoyev
- Sweden Johan Östblom
- Kazakhstan Ruslan Galyautdinov
- Latvia Romans Glazkov
- Kazakhstan Anatoly Golubkov
- Kazakhstan Sergey Gorchakov
- Russia Vasily Granovskiy
- Sweden Per Hellmyrs
- Belarus Maxim Koshelev
- Latvia Jegor Kudrjavcev
- Finland Markus Kumpuoja
- Latvia Maksim Matveev
- Kazakhstan Andrey Morokov
- Finland Eetu Peuhuri
- United States David Plaunt
- Norway Christian Randsborg
- Russia Sergey Shaburov
- United States Brett Stolpestad
- Norway Jonas Tjomsland
Source:
Division B
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 1 |
Group B
Matches in Group B are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mongolia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 5 | |
| 4 | China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 2 | |
| 5 | Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 52 | −50 | 0 | 8th place game |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 4 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Estonia | 14 | |||||||||
| 5 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 8 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Latvia | 8 | |||||||||
| Latvia | 11 | |||||||||
| 5 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Mongolia | 5 | |||||||||
| Latvia | 7 | |||||||||
| 4 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 5 | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 February – Khabarovsk | ||||||||||
| Germany | 4 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 9 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
7th place game
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
5th place game
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
8th place game
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.