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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]

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

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

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[a]
2  Russia (H) 3 2 1 0 20 3 +17 5[a]
3  Kazakhstan 3 0 1 2 8 22 −14 1[b]
4  Finland 3 0 1 2 5 17 −12 1[b]
Source: [8]
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Sweden won after-match penalties against Russia 5–4.
  2. ^ a b Kazakhstan won after-match penalties against Finland 4–3.

All times are local (UTC+10).

Sweden 5–1 Finland
D. Andersson Goal 10', 89'
J. Nilsson Goal 11'
P. Nilsson Goal 36', 62'		 Report Laakkonen Goal 59'
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)
Kazakhstan 1–10 Russia
Morokov Goal 30' Report Ivanushkin Goal 8', 10', 40', 76'
Ryazantsev Goal 12', 88', 90'
Dergayev Goal 44', 82'
Lomanov Goal 50'
Attendance: 7,292
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Sweden 9–4 Kazakhstan
P. Nilsson Goal 1', 29', 81'
Esplund Goal 30', 35'
Edlund Goal 34' (pen), 71' (pen), 78'
Mossberg Goal 63'		 Report Gorchakov Goal 46'
Issaliev Goal 49'
Golubkov Goal 56' (pen)
Slautin Goal 59'
Attendance: 1,321
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Russia 9–1 Finland
Lomanov Goal 7', 49'
Zakharov Goal 20', 60', 77'
Ivanushkin Goal 25'
Dzhusoyev Goal 50'
Ryazantsev Goal 61'
Ishkeldin Goal 85'		 Report Hauska Goal 35'
Attendance: 8,962
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)
Kazakhstan 3–3 Finland
Slautin Goal 42'
Issaliev Goal 48'
Bedarev Goal 54'		 Report Hauska Goal 36'
Lukkarila Goal 44', 79'
Attendance: 1,453
Referee: Grigory Minaev (Russia)
Russia 1–1 Sweden
Tyukavin Goal 53' Report Mossberg Goal 53'
Attendance: 9,889
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)

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
Source: [8]
United States 5–2 Latvia
Richardson Goal 46', 68'
Keseley Goal 71'
Blucher Goal 78'
Brown Goal 81'		 Report Blems Goal 47'
Matveevs Goal 54'
Attendance: 1,276
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)
Belarus 5–9 Norway
Bratchenko Goal 15'
Kabanov Goal 17', 30', 46', 66' (pen)		 Report Austad Goal 3' (pen)
Waaler Goal 8'
Hammerstad Goal 11'
Jensen Goal 26'
Kristoffersen Goal 39', 50'
C. Randsborg Goal 60'
F. Randsborg Goal 70', 87'
Attendance: 1,342
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)
Latvia 4–10 Belarus
Ziemiņš Goal 52', 75', 90'
Blems Goal 90'		 Report Kabanov Goal 3', 14'
Kozlov Goal 7'
Yusupov Goal 26', 37', 49', 77'
Savchenko Goal 30'
Chernetskiy Goal 45'
Bratchenko Goal 58'
Attendance: 418
Referee: Simo Pyysing (Finland)
Norway 6–6 United States
Kristoffersen Goal 7', 9', 35'
F. Randsborg Goal 30'
Jensen Goal 51'
Tjomsland Goal 62'		 Report Blucher Goal 16', 80'
Richardson Goal 34'
Keseley Goal 46'
Brown Goal 47', 52'
Attendance: 746
Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)
Latvia 4–8 Norway
Kudrjavtsev Goal 23'
Ziemiņš Goal 38'
Befus Goal 57'
Kadnajs Goal 85' (pen)		 Report Waaler Goal 15', 48', 50', 73'
Jensen Goal 25'
Moen Goal 45'
Kristoffersen Goal 46', 63'
Attendance: 501
Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)
Belarus 12–9 United States
Chernetskiy Goal 6'
Kabanov Goal 7', 58', 84'
Kozlov Goal 10', 60'
Yusupov Goal 23', 31', 34'
Bratchenko Goal 38', 56'
Savchenko Goal 81'		 Report Keseley Goal 5', 79'
Richardson Goal 28' (pen), 45' (pen), 59'
Carman Goal 32', 64'
Blucher Goal 74'
Brown Goal 86'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
 
 Finland13
 
2 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Norway5
 
 Finland1
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Sweden10
 
 Sweden14
 
4 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Latvia2
 
 Sweden3
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Russia5
 
 Kazakhstan26
 
2 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Belarus8
 
 Kazakhstan0
 
1 April – Khabarovsk
 
 Russia14 Third place
 
 Russia17
 
3 April – Khabarovsk
 
 United States2
 
 Finland6
 
 
 Kazakhstan8
 

Quarter-finals

Kazakhstan 26–8 Belarus
Report
Finland 13–5 Norway
Report
Sweden 14–2 Latvia
Report
Russia 17–2 United States
Report

Semi-finals

Finland 1–10 Sweden
Lukkarila Goal 82' Report Gilljam Goal 13', 79'
Berlin Goal 21'
D. Andersson Goal 42', 53', 81'
Edlund Goal 50', 61'
Säfström Goal 51'
P. Nilsson Goal 73'
Attendance: 2,323
Referee: Grigoriy Minaev (Russia)
Kazakhstan 0–14 Russia
Report Lomanov Goal 4', 52'
Ishkeldin Goal 28'
Ivanushkin Goal 29', 40', 45', 77', 89'
Zakharov Goal 42'
Shaburov Goal 57'
Shevtsov Goal 60', 65'
Ivanov Goal 76'
Dergayev Goal 82'
Attendance: 7,274
Referee: Peter Öhrlund (Sweden)

Third place game

Finland 6–8 Kazakhstan
Report

Final

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

Consolation tournament

7th place game

Latvia 6–4 United States
Report

5th place game

Belarus 6–16 Norway
Report

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
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

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
Source: [10]
Estonia 8–6 Hungary
Latvia 4–0 Japan
Estonia 5–4 Latvia
Hungary 5–2 Japan
Japan 4–4 Estonia
Latvia 4–1 Hungary

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
Source: [10]
Mongolia 3–2 China
Somalia 0–18 Netherlands
Germany 4–2 Mongolia
China 1–9 Netherlands
Somalia 1–12 Germany
Mongolia 14–0 Somalia
Netherlands 5–3 Germany
China 8–1 Somalia
Netherlands 0–0 Mongolia
Germany 6–1 China

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
 
 Estonia14
 
5 February – Khabarovsk
 
 China3
 
 Estonia8
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Japan2
 
6 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Netherlands4
 
 Estonia3
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Latvia8
 
 Latvia11
 
5 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Mongolia5
 
 Latvia7
 
4 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Hungary5 Third place
 
 Hungary5
 
6 February – Khabarovsk
 
 Germany4
 
 Netherlands1
 
 
 Hungary9
 

Quarter-finals

Estonia 14–3 China
Japan 2–4 Netherlands
Latvia 11–5 Mongolia
Hungary 5–4 Germany

7th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

Mongolia 7–5 China

5th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

Japan 1–3 Germany

8th place game

The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.

 China11–1 Somalia

Semi-finals

Estonia 8–2 Netherlands
Latvia 7–5 Hungary

Third place game

Netherlands 1–9 Hungary

Final

Estonia 3–8 Latvia

Final standings

1.  Latvia
2.  Estonia
3.  Hungary
4.  Netherlands
5.  Germany
6.  Japan
7.  Mongolia
8.  China
9.  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: [1]
  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. ^ a b "Group A | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".
  9. ^ "Top10 - Goals | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".
  10. ^ a b "Группа Б | XXXV Чемпионат мира по хоккею с мячом".

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Bandy_World_Championship