2023 Bandy World Championship

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)
Runners-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
Christoffer Edlund
(12 goals)
Division B
William Reuser (13 goals)
Awards
MVP Martin Landström
Official website
2023 Men's and Women's Bandy World Championship 2023

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.

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.

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

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  11'
  • Kalle Lempinen  17'
  • Riku Hämäläinen  25'
  • Jimi Heinonen  32', 55'
  • Teemu Määttä  45', 47'
  • Casper Hänninen  50'
  • Emil Fedorov  52', 54'
  • Jaakko Hyvönen  69'
  • Niklas Holopainen  72'
  • Tommi Määttä  80'
  • Topi Saukkonen  82'
Attendance: 160
Referee: Mats Eriksson
Norway 2–16 Sweden
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen  75'
  • Fredrik Nordby  78'
 Report
  • Erik Pettersson  3'
  • Dennis Henriksen  8'
  • Martin Landström  10', 36'
  • Martin Karlsson  13', 73'
  • Oskar Wikblad  23', 27', 43', 45', 77'
  • Albin Airisniemi  41'
  • Christoffer Edlund  49'  60', 69'
  • Joel Broberg  90'
Attendance: 163
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson
Finland 8–1 Kazakhstan
  • Jimi Heinonen  10'
  • Jaakko Hyvönen  17', 31'
  • Emil Fedorov  27'
  • Riku Hämäläinen  46'
  • Tuomas Liukkonen  82', 83'
  • Kalle Lempinen  83'
 Report
  • Rauan Issaliyev  33'
Attendance: 25
Referee: Jonas Kandell
Sweden 13–1 United States
 Report
  • Daren Richardson  45'
Attendance: 163
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson
Finland 7–3 Norway
  • Emil Fedorov  9', 17', 34', 78', 83'
  • Kalle Lempinen  45'
  • Tero Liimatainen  47'
 Report
  • Petter Yngve Löining K  36'
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen  41'
  • Fritiof Hagberg  79'
Attendance: 94
Referee: Jonas Kandell
Kazakhstan 7–2 United States
  • Rauan Issaliyev  4', 85'
  • Kuanysh Temiralin  19', 28'
  • Maxim Utebaliyev  45', 86'
  • Petr Gribanov  57'
 Report
  • Evan Richardson  33'
  • Mikael Lickteig  80'
Attendance: 82
Referee: Mats Eriksson
Kazakhstan 1–6 Norway
  • Denis Maximenko  42'
 Report
  • Petter Yngve Löining  6', 22', 28'
  • Markus Fremstad  14'
  • Tobias Tinius Mofjell  72'
  • Fritiof Hagberg  88'
Attendance: 103
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustaffson
Sweden 2–2 Finland
  • Martin Karlsson  2', 58'
 Report
  • Jimi Heinonen  19', 51'
Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Mats Eriksson
United States 2–12 Norway
 Report
  • Felix Callander  1'
  • Fredrik Nordby  25', 65', 89'
  • Markus Fremstad  28'
  • Petter Yngve Löining  37'
  • Fritiof Hagberg  39', 62'
  • Alv Sandaroe  44'
  • Nikolai Rustad Jensen  58', 84'
  • Tobias Tinius Mofjell  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  3', 9', 43', 90'
  • Fredrik Nordby  78'
 Report
  • Samat Amanshin  35'
Attendance: 223
Referee: Jonas Kandell

Final

Sweden 3–1 Finland
 Report
  • Teemu Määttä  35'
Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson, Andreas Lindvall Viktorsson, Andreas Jebsen Mikkelsen

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Sweden
 Finland
 Norway
4  Kazakhstan
5  United States

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:[6]

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

Final Round

Semi-finals

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

5th–6th place game

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

Third place game

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

Final

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

Final ranking

Rank Team
 Hungary
 Germany
 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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