2023 Bandy World Championship

2023 Bandy World Championship

XLII Bandy World Championship
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Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
City	Växjö (Åby)
Venue	Eriksson Arena (in 1 host city)
Dates	28 March – 2 April (Division A) 24–27 March (Division B)
Teams	5 (Division A) and 6 (Division B)
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg	Sweden (13th title)
Runners-up File:Silver medal blank.svg	Finland
Third place File:Bronze medal blank.svg	Norway
Fourth place	Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Games played	33
Goals scored	274 (8.3 per game)
Attendance	5,542 (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. 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.

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.

Venues

All matches were played in Eriksson Arena, Åby.

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		Åby
		Venue Eriksson Arena Capacity: 2,000
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		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.

Squads

Main article: 2023 Bandy World Championship squads

Qualified nations

Division A

Finland
Kazakhstan
Norway
Sweden
USA

Division B

Czech Republic
Germany
Hungary
Netherlands
Slovakia
Switzerland

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

28 March

10:30

United States	0–14	Finland
	Report	Tero Liimatainen Goal 11' Kalle Lempinen Goal 17' Riku Hämäläinen Goal 25' Jimi Heinonen Goal 32', 55' Teemu Määttä Goal 45', 47' Casper Hänninen Goal 50' Emil Fedorov Goal 52', 54' Jaakko Hyvönen Goal 69' Niklas Holopainen Goal 72' Tommi Määttä Goal 80' Topi Saukkonen Goal 82'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 160

Referee: Mats Eriksson

28 March

13:30

Norway	2–16	Sweden
Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 75' Fredrik Nordby Goal 78'	Report	Erik Pettersson Goal 3' Dennis Henriksen Goal 8' Martin Landström Goal 10', 36' Martin Karlsson Goal 13', 73' Oskar Wikblad Goal 23', 27', 43', 45', 77' Albin Airisniemi Goal 41' Christoffer Edlund Goal 49' Goal 60', 69' Joel Broberg Goal 90'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 163

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

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29 March

12:00

Finland	8–1	Kazakhstan
Jimi Heinonen Goal 10' Jaakko Hyvönen Goal 17', 31' Emil Fedorov Goal 27' Riku Hämäläinen Goal 46' Tuomas Liukkonen Goal 82', 83' Kalle Lempinen Goal 83'	Report	Rauan Issaliyev Goal 33'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 25

Referee: Jonas Kandell

29 March

16:30

Sweden	13–1	United States
Albin Airisniemi Goal 1', 21' Christoffer Edlund Goal 5', 18', 37', 46', 51', 83' Martin Landström Goal 33', 36' Erik Pettersson Goal 47' Christoffer Fagerström Goal 53' Joel Broberg Goal 85'	Report	Daren Richardson Goal 45'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 163

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

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30 March

10:00

Finland	7–3	Norway
Emil Fedorov Goal 9', 17', 34', 78', 83' Kalle Lempinen Goal 45' Tero Liimatainen Goal 47'	Report	Petter Yngve Löining K Goal 36' Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 41' Fritiof Hagberg Goal 79'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 94

Referee: Jonas Kandell

30 March

16:30

Kazakhstan	7–2	United States
Rauan Issaliyev Goal 4', 85' Kuanysh Temiralin Goal 19', 28' Maxim Utebaliyev Goal 45', 86' Petr Gribanov Goal 57'	Report	Evan Richardson Goal 33' Mikael Lickteig Goal 80'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 82

Referee: Mats Eriksson

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31 March

12:30

Kazakhstan	1–6	Norway
Denis Maximenko Goal 42'	Report	Petter Yngve Löining Goal 6', 22', 28' Markus Fremstad Goal 14' Tobias Tinius Mofjell Goal 72' Fritiof Hagberg Goal 88'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 103

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustaffson

31 March

19:00

Sweden	2–2	Finland
Martin Karlsson Goal 2', 58'	Report	Jimi Heinonen Goal 19', 51'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 1,009

Referee: Mats Eriksson

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1 April

11:30

United States	2–12	Norway
Mikael Lickteig Goal 81' Kevin Brown Goal 90'	Report	Felix Callander Goal 1' Fredrik Nordby Goal 25', 65', 89' Markus Fremstad Goal 28' Petter Yngve Löining Goal 37' Fritiof Hagberg Goal 39', 62' Alv Sandaroe Goal 44' Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 58', 84' Tobias Tinius Mofjell Goal 91'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 192

Referee: Jonas Kandell

1 April

16:30

Kazakhstan	0–12	Sweden
	Report	Martin Karlsson Goal 1' Dennis Henriksen Goal 14' Erik Pettersson Goal 30', 79' Christoffer Edlund Goal 36', 88' Christoffer Fagerström Goal 57', 60' Ted Hedell Goal 59' Joel Broberg Goal 65' Oskar Wikblad Goal 86', 90'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 478

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson

Final Round

Third place game

2 April

10:15

Norway	5–1	Kazakhstan
Nikolai Rustad Jensen Goal 3', 9', 43', 90' Fredrik Nordby Goal 78'	Report	Samat Amanshin Goal 35'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 223

Referee: Jonas Kandell

Final

2 April

16:30

Sweden	3–1	Finland
Martin Landström Goal 26' Joel Broberg Goal 41' Christoffer Edlund Goal 43'	Report	Teemu Määttä Goal 35'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 1,946

Referee: Mats-Olof Gustafsson, Andreas Lindvall Viktorsson, Andreas Jebsen Mikkelsen

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Norway
4	Kazakhstan
5	United States

Awards

Best players selected by the directorate:

• Best Goaltender: Kimmo Kyllönen
• Best Defenceman: Linus Pettersson
• Best Midfielder: Martin Landström
• Best Forward: Erik Pettersson
• MVP: Martin Landström

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

24 March

9:00

Netherlands	11–0	Switzerland
William Reuser Goal 5', 21', 45', 48', 51' Robin Cras Goal 12', 57' Sander Heinsbroek Goal 13' Alexander Cras Goal 33' Hidde Bakker Goal 46' Sverre Tveitan Goal 55'	Report

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 25

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

24 March

11:00

Germany	4–6	Slovakia
David Kall Goal 24', 38' Maximilian Fichter Goal 43' Michael Dunaev Goal 30'	Report	Martin Grell Goal 5', 13', 28' Oliver Šanko Goal 22', 54' Michal Klejna Goal 60'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 23

Referee: Anti Malaska

24 March

13:00

Hungary	7–0	Czech Republic
Robert Thelin Goal 1', 43', 59', 61' Balázs Gáspár Goal 7' Dennis Pacsay Goal 42' André Berglönn Goal 53'	Report

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 21

Referee: Niclas Schultz

24 March

16:00

Slovakia	1–6	Netherlands
Damián Iglovský Goal 61'	Report	Sverre Tveitan Goal 5' Jordan Braam Goal 20' Alexander Cras Goal 36', 53' Robin Cras Goal 46' Joris Vriezen Goal 56'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 32

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

24 March

18:00

Czech Republic	3–6	Germany
Marek Mastik Goal 15' Ondrej Suk Goal 43' Jan Petr Goal 55'	Report	Bernhard Luttke Goal 13' Michael Dunaev Goal 32', 49', 51' Niklas Kvamme-elger Goal 39' Sergej Naab Goal 59'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 31

Referee: Anti Malaska

24 March

20:00

Switzerland	1–7	Hungary
Jari Koponen Goal 24'	Report	Dennis Pacsay Goal 11', 38' Jesper Nagy Goal 21' Robert Thelin Goal 27' Péter Jankovics Goal 45' Boldizsár Béres Goal 49', 57'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 43

Referee: Niklas Schultz

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25 March

8:00

Germany	6–3	Hungary
Michael Dunaev Goal 3', 24' Alexander Kolyagin Goal 18', 32', 35', 53'	Report	Robert Thelin Goal 14' Jesper Nagy Goal 25' Dennis Pacsay Goal 58'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 28

Referee: Anti Malaska

25 March

10:00

Slovakia	7–1	Switzerland
Imrich Tarnoczy Goal 6', 59' Stanislav Opavský Goal 7', 21', 52' Julius Sinkovic Goal 19', 15'	Report	Jari Koponen Goal 43'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 19

Referee: Niclas Schultz

25 March

12:00

Czech Republic	1–6	Netherlands
Renee Skala Goal 34'	Report	William Reuser Goal 4', 20' Robin Cras Goal 14' Mees van Wijchen Goal 37' Sverre Tveitan Goal 53' Jordan Braam Goal 61'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 53

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

25 March

15:00

Slovakia	1–5	Hungary
Martin Grell Goal 42'	Report	Balázs Gáspár Goal 11' Robert Thelin Goal 19', 36' Dennis Pacsay Goal 21' Jesper Nagy Goal 44'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 42

Referee: Anti Malaska

25 March

17:00

Switzerland	0–7	Czech Republic
	Report	Renee Skala Goal 9', 26', 40' Jakub Sarse Goal 29' Jiri Doskocil Goal 34' Michal Knapek Goal 48'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 86

Referee: Niklas Schultz

25 March

19:00

Netherlands	4–6	Germany
William Reuser Goal 8', 24' Stan Vroon Goal 10' Sverre Tveitan Goal 15'	Report	Elias Hjortenhed Goal 5' Alexander Kolyagin Goal 11', 31', 53' Anatoli Elenski Goal 39' Michael Dunaev Goal 57'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 83

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

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26 March

8:00

Czech Republic	2–2	Slovakia
Renee Skala Goal 28', Tomas Benak Goal 30'	Report	Michal Klejna Goal 35', Oliver Šanko Goal 63'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 18

Referee: Niklas Schultz

26 March

10:00

Germany	10–0	Switzerland
Alexander Kolyagin Goal 3', 4' Michael Dunaev Goal 6', 13' Anatoli Elenski Goal 15', 29' Sergej Naab Goal 19' Elias Hjortenhed Goal 28', Goal 53' Bernhard Luttke Goal 40'	Report

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 62

Referee: Jakob Liljegren

26 March

12:00

Netherlands	4–2	Hungary
William Reuser Goal 6', 25', 59' Wessel Hole-Ruigrok Goal 49'	Report	André Berglönn Goal 27' Robert Thelin Goal 53'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 80

Referee: Anti Malaska

Final Round

Semi-finals

26 March

17:00

Germany	8–5	Slovakia
David Kall Goal 3', 49' Alexander Kolyagin Goal 8', 14', 18' Michael Dunaev Goal 21', 50' Alexander Kolyagin Goal 60'	Report	Imrich Tarnoczy Goal 1' Oliver Šanko Goal 28' Michal Klejna Goal 31' Julius Sinkovic Goal 52' Peter Benes Goal 57'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 40

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

26 March

19:00

Netherlands	0–2	Hungary
	Report	Dennis Pacsay Goal 1' Balázs Kocsány Goal 52'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 55

Referee: Anti Malaska

5th–6th place game

26 March

15:00

Czech Republic	4–2	Switzerland
Renee Skala Goal 14', 31' Jiri Doskocil Goal 16' Simon Vresansky Goal 35'	Report	Patrik Meyer Goal 1' Gian Luca Beeler Goal 57'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 23

Referee: Niclas Schultz

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27 March

13:00

Switzerland	2–4	Czech Republic
Vitaly Iglin Goal 21' Gian Luca Beeler Goal 35'	Report	Renee Skala Goal 2', 60' Tomas Benak Goal 6' Lukas Bretzina Goal 28'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 7

Referee: Niclas Schultz

Third place game

27 March

15:00

Slovakia	0–4	Netherlands
	Report	William Reuser Goal 19' Robin Cras Goal 47' Alexander Cras Goal 56' Sverre Tveitan Goal 60'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 51

Referee: Anti Malaska

Final

27 March

17:00

Germany	1–2	Hungary
Michael Dunaev Goal 29'	Report	Dennis Pacsay Goal 60', 63'

Eriksson Arena, Åby

Attendance: 82

Referee: Jacob Liljegren

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Netherlands
4	Slovakia
5	Czech Republic
6	Switzerland