2012 Bandy World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan |
| Teams | 14 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
| Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg | File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Yevgeny Ivanushkin[1] (12 goals) |
The 2012 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 29 and February 5, 2012, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 14 countries participated in the 2012 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A), Belarus, Canada, Hungary, Latvia, and the Netherlands (group B), and Estonia, Japan, and Kyrgyzstan (group C).[2] Group C was introduced, and 14 teams made the record number for Bandy World Championships. The qualifiers match between the team in the last place in Group A and the first team in Group B was not played. The United States, who finished sixth in Group A, in 2013 will play in group B, and Belarus, the winner of Group B, will play in 2013 in Group A. Estonia, the winner of Group C, will play in Group B in 2013. The team relegated to Group C was not the last of Group B, but Mongolia, because they withdrew late from the tournament.
Sweden, which were the 2010 champion but in 2011 only finished third, became the champion again. Russia, the defending champion, lost to Sweden in the finals. Kazakhstan took the bronze medal, for the third time in their history.
The semifinal match between Kazakhstan and Sweden, which Sweden won on penalties, ended in a controversy, since the Swedish player Daniel Mossberg was not listed in the paperwork submitted by Sweden before the match. Kazakhstan filed a protest. As the result, Sweden were fined, but the result was kept, and Sweden went on to the finals against Russia.[3]
Squads
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 16 | +38 | 10 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 7 | +42 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 4 |
| File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 47 | −37 | 2 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 0 |
Knockout phase
[edit | edit source]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 4 February - Almaty | ||||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 6 | |||||
| 5 February - Almaty | ||||||
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 4 | |||||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 4 | |||||
| 4 February - Almaty | ||||||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 5 | |||||
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 4 (5) | |||||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 4 (6) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 5 February - Almaty | ||||||
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 10 | |||||
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 5 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 4 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 6–4 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 4–4 (5–6) |
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
Match for third place
[edit | edit source]| 5 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan | 10–5 | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 5 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 4–5 | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
Group B
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | +33 | 8 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 6 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 4 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 42 | −33 | 0 |
Final tour
[edit | edit source]Match for fourth place
[edit | edit source]| 4 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 2–1 | File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
Match for second place
[edit | edit source]| 4 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 9–2 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary |
Group C
[edit | edit source]Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Groups A and B.'
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | +28 | 7 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 5 |
| File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 46 | −45 | 0 |
| 30 January 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 6–2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 13–0 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
| 31 January 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 13–0 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 12–1 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
| 1 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | 2–2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 8–0 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
Final tour
[edit | edit source]Match for second place
[edit | edit source]| 4 February 2012 | ||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 4–0 | File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
Gallery
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The final match between Russia (pictured) and Sweden.
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Japan and Kyrgyzstan
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Canadian men's national bandy team, 2012 Bandy World Championship
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