| XXXVIIIth Bandy World Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries |  China Russia |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 28 January – 4 February |
| Teams | 8 (Division A) and 8 (Division B) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Russia(11th title) |
Runners-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Finland |
| Fourth place |  Kazakhstan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 22 (Division A) 22 (Division B) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Division ARauan Isaliyev (21 goals) Division B  Aleksei Ibatulov(18 goals) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Daniel Berlin |
The2018 Bandy World Championship was the 38thBandy World Championship between men'sbandy teams. The tournament took place in China and Russia. Division A matches were played in the Russian city ofKhabarovsk and Division B matches inHarbin,Heilongjiang,China.[1][2][3]
Eight nations were qualified for the Division A, where the matches were played in Khabarovsk, Russia.Canada would have made its return to Division A, as it won in the Division B last year, but declined to participate and was replaced byHungary.[4] The other teams in Division A were directly qualified through their results in the same division last year.
The Division B matches were played in Harbin, Manchuria, and made up of eight teams. Of the countries from 2017,Belarus, which finished in last place of Division A, and theCzech Republic, chose not to participate.[5]
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| Khabarovsk | Harbin |
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| Arena Yerofey | Harbin Sport University Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
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All times are local (UTC+10).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 6 |
| 2 | Russia(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 4 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 |  Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 39 | −38 | 0 |
| Sweden | 9–1 | Finland |
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Berlin 4', 33'Löfstedt 9'Fagerström 19', 82'Johansson 28'Westh 68'E. Pettersson 78' (p), 81' | Report | 53'Tu. Määttä |
| Russia | 15–1 | Norway |
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| A. Prokopiev 3' Ishkeldin 15', 74'Dergaev 16', 75', 82'Lomanov 20', 53', 63', 65'Mirgazov 21', 71'Dzhusoev 36'Kalanchin 85'Bondarenko 87' | Report | 79'Kristoffersen |
| Sweden | 17–0 | Norway |
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| Löfstedt 4', 16', 34', 46', 59' J. Andersson 16'E. Pettersson 33', 45' (p), 66'Säfström 50', 82'Eriksson 63'Jansson 68', 73', 86'Fagerström 71'H. Andersson 88' | Report |
| Norway | 0–7 | Finland |
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| Report | 17', 33' (p), 68'Kumpuoja 22'Helavuori 48' (p)Nissinen 52', 89'Te. Määttä |
| Sweden | 6–3 | Russia |
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| Berlin 5' J. Andersson 10', 53'Johansson 60'Fagerström 63', 69' | Report | 29'Dzhusoev 48'Ishkeldin 87'Befus |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | +57 | 6 |
| 2 |  United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 4 |
| 3 |  Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 2 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 54 | −48 | 0 |
| United States | 14–4 | Germany |
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| Brown 1', 19', 24', 85', 90' Lickteig 18', 28', 42'Wenzel 38'Richardson 48'Carman 52'Dwyer 56'Erickson 57'Williams 72' | Report | 16'Völker 23', 58', 65'Kolyagin |
| Hungary | 0–29 | Kazakhstan |
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| Report | 2', 9', 18', 22', 24', 40', 50', 72'Isaliyev 4'Zhaukenov 8', 23', 60', 90'Chernyshev 13'Nugmanov 14', 27'Vshivkov 25', 27', 34', 51', 64'Leonov 29'Riazanov 37', 49', 82'Khrapenkov 44' (p)Kadirzhanov 55'Utebaliev 58', 74'Zavidovskiy |
| Kazakhstan | 14–1 | United States |
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| Isaliyev 1', 14' (p), 31', 65' (p) Vshivkov 37', 78'Chernyshev 39', 41', 42'Leonov 52', 61'Nugmanov 68'Galyautdinov 77'Utebaliev 79' | Report | 34'Brown |
| Germany | 2–17 | Kazakhstan |
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| Kolyagin 17' Kuznetsov 57' | Report | 3'Vshivkov 5', 33', 48', 49'Isaliyev 24', 37', 83'Chernyshev 26'Kadirzhanov 29', 32'Utebaliev 35'Zhaukenov 39', 61'Leonov 41'Nugmanov 55'Riazanov 66'Galyautdinov |
| United States | 16–1 | Hungary |
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| Brown 1', 6', 31', 38', 39' Zitouni 4', 13'Erickson 18', 80'Carman 20'Blucher 35'Williams 42'Knutson 44'Wenzel 65'Lickteig 85', 87' | Report | 59'Kordisz |
| Germany | 9–5 | Hungary |
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| Dunaev 9', 42' Völker 13', 51'Kolyagin 22', 40'Kail 63'Kusmin 67'Houck 69' | Report | 18'Frajka 31'Pacsai 37', 82'Schellin 47'Polgar |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| Russia | 26 | |||||||||
| 3 February | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Russia | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| Finland | 2 | |||||||||
| Finland | 13 | |||||||||
| 4 February | ||||||||||
| United States | 4 | |||||||||
| Russia | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 4 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 16 | |||||||||
| 3 February | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 3 | |||||||||
| Sweden | 5 | |||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
| Norway | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 February | ||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 6 | |||||||||
| Finland | 8 | |||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 4 | |||||||||
| Finland | 13–4 | United States |
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| Kumpuoja 1', 17', 65', 67', 83' (p) Lukkarila 4', 6', 65'Heinonen 5', 44'Peuhkuri 11'Tu. Määttä 51' (p)Te. Määttä 86' | Report | 56'Erickson 59' (p)Richardson 66'Carman 89'Knutson |
| Sweden | 16–3 | Hungary |
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| Edlund 3', 44' Gilljam 15', 75'Fagerström 18', 32', 69'Jansson 28', 70', 80'Pizzoni Elfving 39'Löfstedt 53', 71'H. Andersson 56'Säfström 58'J. Andersson 84' | Report | 79'Jankovics 83', 86'Kordisz |
| Russia | 26–1 | Germany |
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| Lomanov 12', 34', 40' Bondarenko 13', 24'Dergaev 14', 21', 30' (p), 51'Vikulin 16', 77'Arkhipkin 19', 43', 73', 84'Mirgazov 23', 35', 42', 63'Befus 26', 53', 74'A. Prokopiev 28'Chernov 44', 82'Granovskiy 58' | Report | 48'Völker |
| Germany | 21–1 | Hungary |
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| Völker 3', 62' Kolyagin 4', 23' (p), 31', 45', 71', 81'Kail 5', 9', 20', 86'Kudrin 7'Kuznetsov 11', 69'Dunaev 27', 33'Kusmin 47'Laue 61'Houck 67'Paul 80' | Report | 59'Pacsai |
| United States | 3–2 | Norway |
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| Carman 43', 72' Wenzel 56' | Report | 37'Jerner 58'Kristoffersen |
| Russia | 8–2 | Finland |
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| Lomanov 2' Mirgazov 8', 53'Ishkeldin 18'Dergaev 22'A. Prokopiev 40'Chernov 52'Bondarenko 74' | Report | 29'J. Liukkonen 90'Te. Määttä |
| Sweden | 5–4 | Kazakhstan |
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| Edlund 3', 49' (p), 78' Berlin 41'Löfstedt 66' | Report | 18', 32', 84'Vshivkov 70'Galyautdinov |
| Finland | 8–4 | Kazakhstan |
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| Kumpuoja 13', 20' Lukkarila 35', 62'J. Liukkonen 57' (p)Peuhkuri 75'Tu. Määttä 76'Moisala 90' | Report | 15'Zavidovskiy 54'Vshivkov 60', 79'Isaliyev |
| Russia | 5–4 | Sweden |
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| Mirgazov 1', 5', 78' Dzhusoev 26'Ishkeldin 50' | Report | 16'Hellmyrs 46'Löfstedt 61'Berlin 64'Gilljam |
 | Russia |
 | Sweden |
 | Finland |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Hungary |
All times are local (UTC+8).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| 2 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Mongolia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2–8 | Estonia |
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| Levchenko 37', 47' | Report | 6' (p), 14', 23'Kaup 10', 57'Andreev 33', 41'Ibatulov 46'Volin |
| Ukraine | 2–6 | Japan |
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| Levchenko 35' Tsymbal 45' | Report | 39' (p), 43' (p), 45'Aihara 34'Asano 51'Yamanouchi 52'Ishioka |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 6 |
| 2 | China(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Slovakia |
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| De Bie 9' Cras 23', 43', 53' (p)Den Brok 25'Hengst 46'Speijers 57' | Report |
| Netherlands | 9–0 | Somalia |
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| S.Tveitan 18' (p), 26', 47' Cras 20' (p), 41', 42'B. Tveitan 24'Hengst 34', 39' | Report |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 31 January | ||||||||||
| Mongolia | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 January | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 4 | |||||||||
| 3 February | ||||||||||
| Slovakia | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 31 January | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 February | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 4 | |||||||||
| Netherlands | 8 | |||||||||
| 31 January | ||||||||||
| Estonia | 4 | Third place | ||||||||
| Estonia | 20 | |||||||||
| 3 February | ||||||||||
| Somalia | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 11 | |||||||||
| Ukraine | 1–4 | Netherlands |
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| Markovichenko 44' (p) | Report | 35', 45'Den Brok 51' (p)Cras 65'Speijers |
| Estonia | 20–0 | Somalia |
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| Jürisson 12', 72' Kaup 16', 22', 34', 61', 86'Ibatulov 18' (p), 20', 39', 41', 65', 68', 70', 85', 89'Andreev 23'Baranin 27'Kaidash 77'Kabatchikov 79' | Report |
| Mongolia | 3–2 (OT) | Ukraine |
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| Ganbold 42' Jargalsaikhan 52'Gerelt 64' | Report | 1'Shvedchenko 38'Badamshyn |
| Netherlands | 8–4 | Estonia |
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| Cras 38', 47', 60', 68', 78' Speijers 64', 70'Geenen 82' | Report | 16'Ibatulov 24', 37'Kaup 29' (p)Andreev |
| China | 3–11 | Estonia |
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| Lu 10', 80' Zhang Z. 74' | Report | 7', 19', 51', 82'Kaup 22' (p), 23', 60', 84'Ibatulov 59'Andreev 65'Pankov 68'Baranin |
| 1 | Netherlands |
| 2 | Japan |
| 3 | Estonia |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Mongolia |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Somalia |
