2023 Bandy World Championship

Bandy tournament in Sweden
2023 Bandy World Championship
XLII Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
CityVäxjö (Åby)
Venue(s)Eriksson Arena (in 1 host city)
Dates28 March – 2 April (Division A)
24–27 March (Division B)
Teams5 (Division A) and 6 (Division B)
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (13th title)
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Norway
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Games played33
Goals scored274 (8.3 per game)
Attendance5,542 (168 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Division A
Sweden Christoffer Edlund
(12 goals)
MVPSweden Martin Landström
Website2023 Men's and Women's Bandy World Championship 2023
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The 2023 Bandy World Championship was an international bandy tournament between bandy playing nations. The tournament was played in Åby, a subdivision of Växjö City in Sweden. Two separate tournaments for men's national teams and women's national teams took place.[1] This Bandy World Championship marked an important development for the sport at the international level. For the first time the men's world championships took place at the same time and in the same arena as the Women's Bandy World Championship which served as the international female equivalent for the sport known as the 2023 Women's Bandy World Championship. This article deals chiefly with the men's world competition.

According to original plans, the 2023 championship tournament would have been hosted by Russia, but since Russia is excluded from international play due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the idea was brought forward during autumn of 2022 that a world championship should be arranged in Sweden instead. With the permission of the Federation of International Bandy, the Swedish Bandy Association therefore sent an invitation, in the form of an inquiry of interest, to all countries which at the 2019 Bandy World Championship qualified to compete in the A Division of the next world championship, except Russia. Countries invited are thus Finland, Norway, Kazakhstan, United States, Germany, Estonia, and Hungary.[2][3]

The national men's bandy teams from Latvia and Estonia decided not to participate in the 2023 tournament. Other member national bandy federations which had previously competed but would not compete in 2023 stated costs as the main factor preventing them from participating in the event.[citation needed]

No A Division of a world championship has been played since 2019, which is why the qualification at that year's championship has been the basis for the invitations. In 2020 the A Division was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2021 there was no world championship at all for the same reason. The 2022 Bandy World Championship was to be played in Russia, but it was cancelled since most countries did not want to play in or against Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Four national teams decided to withdraw after the invasion began.[4]

Venues

All matches were played in Eriksson Arena, Åby.

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Both men's and women's games take place in Åby, a subdivision of Växjö City in Sweden
  Sweden
Åby
Venue
Eriksson Arena
Capacity: 2,000
Founded 13 November 2019

Doping detection dog

The world's first doping detection dog will be present for the tournament, an 8-year-old Springer Spaniel named Molly. Molly will be used to detect certain banned substances that are not allowed as per the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list.[5]

Squads

Qualified nations

Division A

Finland Finland
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Norway Norway
Sweden Sweden
United States USA

Division B

Czech Republic Czech Republic
Germany Germany
Hungary Hungary
Netherlands Netherlands
Slovakia Slovakia
Switzerland Switzerland

Division A

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (H) 4 3 1 0 43 5 +38 7 Final
2  Finland 4 3 1 0 31 6 +25 7
3  Norway 4 2 0 2 23 26 −3 4 Third place game
4  Kazakhstan 4 1 0 3 9 28 −19 2
5  United States 4 0 0 4 5 46 −41 0
Source: FIB
(H) Hosts
United States 0–14 Finland
Report
  • Tero Liimatainen Goal 11'
  • Kalle Lempinen Goal 17'
  • Riku Hämäläinen Goal 25'
  • Jimi Heinonen Goal 32', Goal 55'
  • Teemu Määttä Goal 45', Goal 47'
  • Casper Hänninen Goal 50'
  • Emil Fedorov Goal 52', Goal 54'
  • Jaakko Hyvönen Goal 69'
  • Niklas Holopainen Goal 72'
  • Tommi Määttä Goal 80'
  • Topi Saukkonen Goal 82'
Attendance: 160
Referee: Mats Eriksson
Norway 2–16 Sweden
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 75'
  • Fredrik Nordby Goal 78'
 Report
  • Erik Pettersson Goal 3'
  • Dennis Henriksen Goal 8'
  • Martin Landström Goal 10', 36'
  • Martin Karlsson Goal 13', 73'
  • Oskar Wikblad Goal 23', Goal 27', Goal 43', Goal 45', Goal 77'
  • Albin Airisniemi Goal 41'
  • Christoffer Edlund Goal 49' Goal 60', Goal 69'
  • Joel Broberg Goal 90'
Attendance: 163
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson
Finland 8–1 Kazakhstan
  • Jimi Heinonen Goal 10'
  • Jaakko Hyvönen Goal 17', Goal 31'
  • Emil Fedorov Goal 27'
  • Riku Hämäläinen Goal 46'
  • Tuomas Liukkonen Goal 82', Goal 83'
  • Kalle Lempinen Goal 83'
 Report
  • Rauan Issaliyev Goal 33'
Attendance: 25
Referee: Jonas Kandell
Sweden 13–1 United States
 Report
  • Daren Richardson Goal 45'
Attendance: 163
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson
Finland 7–3 Norway
  • Emil Fedorov Goal 9', Goal 17', Goal 34', Goal 78', Goal 83'
  • Kalle Lempinen Goal 45'
  • Tero Liimatainen Goal 47'
 Report
  • Petter Yngve Löining K Goal 36'
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 41'
  • Fritiof Hagberg Goal 79'
Attendance: 94
Referee: Jonas Kandell
Kazakhstan 7–2 United States
  • Rauan Issaliyev Goal 4', Goal 85'
  • Kuanysh Temiralin Goal 19', Goal 28'
  • Maxim Utebaliyev Goal 45', Goal 86'
  • Petr Gribanov Goal 57'
 Report
  • Evan Richardson Goal 33'
  • Mikael Lickteig Goal 80'
Attendance: 82
Referee: Mats Eriksson
Kazakhstan 1–6 Norway
  • Denis Maximenko Goal 42'
 Report
  • Petter Yngve Löining Goal 6', Goal 22', Goal 28'
  • Markus Fremstad Goal 14'
  • Tobias Tinius Mofjell Goal 72'
  • Fritiof Hagberg Goal 88'
Attendance: 103
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustaffson
Sweden 2–2 Finland
  • Martin Karlsson Goal 2', Goal 58'
 Report
  • Jimi Heinonen Goal 19', Goal 51'
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Mats Eriksson
United States 2–12 Norway
  • Mikael Lickteig Goal 81'
  • Kevin Brown Goal 90'
 Report
  • Felix Callander Goal 1'
  • Fredrik Nordby Goal 25', Goal 65', Goal 89'
  • Markus Fremstad Goal 28'
  • Petter Yngve Löining Goal 37'
  • Fritiof Hagberg Goal 39', Goal 62'
  • Alv Sandaroe Goal 44'
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 58', Goal 84'
  • Tobias Tinius Mofjell Goal 91'
Attendance: 192
Referee: Jonas Kandell
Kazakhstan 0–12 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 478
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

Final Round

Third place game

Norway 5–1 Kazakhstan
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 3', Goal 9', Goal 43', Goal 90'
  • Fredrik Nordby Goal 78'
 Report
  • Samat Amanshin Goal 35'
Attendance: 223
Referee: Jonas Kandell

Final

Sweden 3–1 Finland
 Report
  • Teemu Määttä Goal 35'
Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Norway
4  Kazakhstan
5  United States

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:[6]

  • Best Goaltender: Finland Kimmo Kyllönen
  • Best Defenceman: Sweden Linus Pettersson
  • Best Midfielder: Sweden Martin Landström
  • Best Forward: Sweden Erik Pettersson
  • MVP: Sweden Martin Landström

Division B

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 5 4 0 1 32 16 +16 8 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 5 4 0 1 31 10 +21 8
3  Hungary 5 3 0 2 24 12 +12 6
4  Slovakia 5 2 1 2 17 18 −1 5
5  Czech Republic 5 1 1 3 13 21 −8 3 5th–6th place game
6   Switzerland 5 0 0 5 2 42 −40 0
Source: FIB
Netherlands 11–0  Switzerland
  • William Reuser Goal 5', Goal 21', Goal 45', Goal 48', Goal 51'
  • Robin Cras Goal 12', Goal 57'
  • Sander Heinsbroek Goal 13'
  • Alexander Cras Goal 33'
  • Hidde Bakker Goal 46'
  • Sverre Tveitan Goal 55'
 Report
Attendance: 25
Referee: Jacob Liljegren
Germany 4–6 Slovakia
  • David Kall Goal 24', Goal 38'
  • Maximilian Fichter Goal 43'
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 30'
 Report
  • Martin Grell Goal 5', Goal 13', Goal 28'
  • Oliver Šanko Goal 22', Goal 54'
  • Michal Klejna Goal 60'
Attendance: 23
Referee: Anti Malaska
Hungary 7–0 Czech Republic
  • Robert Thelin Goal 1', Goal 43', Goal 59', Goal 61'
  • Balázs Gáspár Goal 7'
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 42'
  • André Berglönn Goal 53'
 Report
Attendance: 21
Referee: Niclas Schultz
Slovakia 1–6 Netherlands
  • Damián Iglovský Goal 61'
 Report
  • Sverre Tveitan Goal 5'
  • Jordan Braam Goal 20'
  • Alexander Cras Goal 36', Goal 53'
  • Robin Cras Goal 46'
  • Joris Vriezen Goal 56'
Attendance: 32
Referee: Jacob Liljegren
Czech Republic 3–6 Germany
  • Marek Mastik Goal 15'
  • Ondrej Suk Goal 43'
  • Jan Petr Goal 55'
 Report
  • Bernhard Luttke Goal 13'
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 32', Goal 49', Goal 51'
  • Niklas Kvamme-elger Goal 39'
  • Sergej Naab Goal 59'
Attendance: 31
Referee: Anti Malaska
Switzerland 1–7 Hungary
  • Jari Koponen Goal 24'
 Report
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 11', Goal 38'
  • Jesper Nagy Goal 21'
  • Robert Thelin Goal 27'
  • Péter Jankovics Goal 45'
  • Boldizsár Béres Goal 49', Goal 57'
Attendance: 43
Referee: Niklas Schultz
Germany 6–3 Hungary
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 3', Goal 24'
  • Alexander Kolyagin Goal 18', Goal 32', Goal 35', Goal 53'
 Report
  • Robert Thelin Goal 14'
  • Jesper Nagy Goal 25'
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 58'
Attendance: 28
Referee: Anti Malaska
Slovakia 7–1  Switzerland
  • Imrich Tarnoczy Goal 6', Goal 59'
  • Stanislav Opavský Goal 7', Goal 21', Goal 52'
  • Julius Sinkovic Goal 19', Goal 15'
 Report
  • Jari Koponen Goal 43'
Attendance: 19
Referee: Niclas Schultz
Czech Republic 1–6 Netherlands
  • Renee Skala Goal 34'
 Report
  • William Reuser Goal 4', Goal 20'
  • Robin Cras Goal 14'
  • Mees van Wijchen Goal 37'
  • Sverre Tveitan Goal 53'
  • Jordan Braam Goal 61'
Attendance: 53
Referee: Jacob Liljegren
Slovakia 1–5 Hungary
  • Martin Grell Goal 42'
 Report
  • Balázs Gáspár Goal 11'
  • Robert Thelin Goal 19', Goal 36'
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 21'
  • Jesper Nagy Goal 44'
Attendance: 42
Referee: Anti Malaska
Switzerland 0–7 Czech Republic
Report
  • Renee Skala Goal 9', Goal 26', Goal 40'
  • Jakub Sarse Goal 29'
  • Jiri Doskocil Goal 34'
  • Michal Knapek Goal 48'
Attendance: 86
Referee: Niklas Schultz
Netherlands 4–6 Germany
  • William Reuser Goal 8', Goal 24'
  • Stan Vroon Goal 10'
  • Sverre Tveitan Goal 15'
 Report
  • Elias Hjortenhed Goal 5'
  • Alexander Kolyagin Goal 11', Goal 31', Goal 53'
  • Anatoli Elenski Goal 39'
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 57'
Attendance: 83
Referee: Jacob Liljegren
Czech Republic 2–2 Slovakia
  • Renee Skala Goal 28', Tomas Benak Goal 30'
 Report
Attendance: 18
Referee: Niklas Schultz
Germany 10–0  Switzerland
  • Alexander Kolyagin Goal 3', Goal 4'
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 6', Goal 13'
  • Anatoli Elenski Goal 15', Goal 29'
  • Sergej Naab Goal 19'
  • Elias Hjortenhed Goal 28', Goal 53'
  • Bernhard Luttke Goal 40'
 Report
Attendance: 62
Referee: Jakob Liljegren
Netherlands 4–2 Hungary
  • William Reuser Goal 6', Goal 25', Goal 59'
  • Wessel Hole-Ruigrok Goal 49'
 Report
  • André Berglönn Goal 27'
  • Robert Thelin Goal 53'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Anti Malaska

Final Round

Semi-finals

Germany 8–5 Slovakia
  • David Kall Goal 3', Goal 49'
  • Alexander Kolyagin Goal 8', Goal 14', Goal 18'
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 21', Goal 50'
  • Alexander Kolyagin Goal 60'
 Report
  • Imrich Tarnoczy Goal 1'
  • Oliver Šanko Goal 28'
  • Michal Klejna Goal 31'
  • Julius Sinkovic Goal 52'
  • Peter Benes Goal 57'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Jacob Liljegren
Netherlands 0–2 Hungary
Report
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 1'
  • Balázs Kocsány Goal 52'
Attendance: 55
Referee: Anti Malaska

5th–6th place game

Czech Republic 4–2  Switzerland
  • Renee Skala Goal 14', Goal 31'
  • Jiri Doskocil Goal 16'
  • Simon Vresansky Goal 35'
 Report
  • Patrik Meyer Goal 1'
  • Gian Luca Beeler Goal 57'
Attendance: 23
Referee: Niclas Schultz
Switzerland 2–4 Czech Republic
  • Vitaly Iglin Goal 21'
  • Gian Luca Beeler Goal 35'
 Report
  • Renee Skala Goal 2', Goal 60'
  • Tomas Benak Goal 6'
  • Lukas Bretzina Goal 28'
Attendance: 7
Referee: Niclas Schultz

Third place game

Slovakia 0–4 Netherlands
Report
  • William Reuser Goal 19'
  • Robin Cras Goal 47'
  • Alexander Cras Goal 56'
  • Sverre Tveitan Goal 60'
Attendance: 51
Referee: Anti Malaska

Final

Germany 1–2 Hungary
  • Michael Dunaev Goal 29'
 Report
  • Dennis Pacsay Goal 60', Goal 63'
Attendance: 82
Referee: Jacob Liljegren

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
4  Slovakia
5  Czech Republic
6   Switzerland

Sources

  1. ^ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BACK IN 2023 – FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN!
  2. ^ "Förbundet: Herr-VM kan spelas i Sverige" (in Swedish). Bandypuls. 2022-09-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ^ "Herr-VM i bandy kan spelas i Sverige 2023" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Association. 2002-09-23. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  4. ^ Michael Houston (5 February 2023). "Men's and women's teams confirmed for 2023 Bandy World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Inside the Games. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Molly the world's first doping dog is coming to the World Championship!". worldbandy.com. Federation of International Bandy. 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 FIB World Championship Men Group A". FIB. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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