| XXXVth Bandy World Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Russia |
| City | Khabarovsk |
| Venue | Arena Yerofey |
| Dates | 29 March – 4 April 2015 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Russia(9th title) |
Runners-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Kazakhstan |
| Fourth place |  Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 294 (13.36 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Andrey Kabanov Belarus(15 goals) |
2015 Bandy World Championship 2015 was the XXXVthBandy World Championship. At theFIB congress held during theXXXIVth World Championship in 2014, it was announced thatKhabarovsk inRussia 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 nationalbandy 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 ofIce Hockey Federation of Russia, the legendary goaltenderVladislav Tretiak.[3]
The mascots of the games were a bear and a tiger, named Тоша and Ероша, were inspired by the animals in thecoat of arms of Khabarovsk.[4]
Ukraine refused to take part in the Russian-hosted championship because of theRussian annexation of Crimea the previous year.
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 ofFIB.[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.
Latvia wonDivision 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 theFederation 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]
| Khabarovsk |
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| Arena Yerofey |
| Capacity: 10,000 |
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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
| 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] |
All times are local (UTC+10).
| Sweden | 5–1 | Finland |
|---|---|---|
D. Andersson 10', 89'J. Nilsson 11'P. Nilsson 36', 62' | Report | Laakkonen 59' |
| Kazakhstan | 1–10 | Russia |
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| Morokov 30' | Report | 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' | Report | 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' | Report | Hauska 35' |
| 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' | Report | Blems 47' Matveevs 54' |
| Belarus | 5–9 | Norway |
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| Bratchenko 15' Kabanov 17', 30', 46', 66' (pen) | Report | 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' | Report | 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' | Report | Blucher 16', 80' Richardson 34'Keseley 46'Brown 47', 52' |
| Latvia | 4–8 | Norway |
|---|---|---|
| Kudrjavtsev 23' Ziemiņš 38'Befus 57'Kadnajs 85' (pen) | Report | 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' | Report | Keseley 5', 79' Richardson 28' (pen), 45' (pen), 59'Carman 32', 64'Blucher 74'Brown 86' |
| 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 | |||||||||
| Finland | 1–10 | Sweden |
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| Lukkarila 82' | Report | Gilljam 13', 79' Berlin 21'D. Andersson 42', 53', 81'Edlund 50', 61'Säfström 51'P. Nilsson 73' |
| Kazakhstan | 0–14 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lomanov 4', 52' Ishkeldin 28'Ivanushkin 29', 40', 45', 77', 89'Zakharov 42'Shaburov 57'Shevtsov 60', 65'Ivanov 76'Dergayev 82' |
| Sweden | 3–5 | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| D. Andersson 3' Hellmyrs 7'P. Nilsson 83' | Report | Lomanov 37', 85' Tyukavin 84'Ryazantsev 87'Ishkeldin 90' |
| 1. | Russia |
| 2. | Sweden |
| 3. | Kazakhstan |
| 4. | Finland |
| 5. | Norway |
| 6. | Belarus |
| 7. | Latvia |
| 8. | United States |
Marius Austad Vyacheslav BratchenkoKevin BrownAdam Gilljam Jonathan Keseley Alexander Kozlov Fredrik RandsborgIvan ShevtsovLeonid Bedarev Sergey ChernetsskiyTommi HauskaMaksim IshkeldinJonas NilssonIskander Nugmanov Konstantin Savchenko Artur BefusMike CarmanJohan EsplundMaxim Gavrilenko Fritjof Hagberg Sondre HammerstadPekka Hiltunen Magnus Hogevold Jūlijs Kadnajs Mikael LickteigTeemu Määttä Petter Renstrom MoemIlari MoisalaDaniel MossbergErik SäfströmAleksandr TyukavinVille AaltonenDaniel BerlinAlan DzhusoyevJohan ÖstblomRuslan Galyautdinov Romans GlazkovAnatoly GolubkovSergey GorchakovVasily GranovskiyPer Hellmyrs Maxim Koshelev Jegor KudrjavcevMarkus Kumpuoja Maksim MatveevAndrey MorokovEetu Peuhuri David Plaunt Christian RandsborgSergey Shaburov Brett Stolpestad Jonas TjomslandSource:[9]
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 | |||||||||
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
| 1. | Latvia |
| 2. | Estonia |
| 3. | Hungary |
| 4. | Netherlands |
| 5. | Germany |
| 6. | Japan |
| 7. | Mongolia |
| 8. | China |
| 9. | Somalia |