1957 Bandy World Championship

1957 Bandy World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	28 February – 3 March 1957
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	18 (6 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	(FIN), (URS), (URS) (each 3 points)
← None 1961 →

The venue of the games was the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Participating countries in the 1957 Bandy World Championship
Blue: countries participating
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship

The 1957 Bandy World Championship^[1] was contested among three men's bandy playing nations and was the first ever Bandy World Championship. Norway declined to take part due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary the year before.

The championship was played in Finland from 28 February to 3 March 1957, as part of the fifty year anniversary celebrations for the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body for bandy in Finland. The tournament was officially opened by President of the republic Urho Kekkonen.^[2] All games, which were only three, were played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The Soviet Union became champions.^[3][4][5]

Participants[]

•  Soviet Union
•  Finland
•  Sweden

Premier tour[]

• 28 February

Finland – Sweden 4–3 (Timoska (2), Aho (2) - Vikner, Vikman, Fredblad)

• 2 March

Soviet Union – Sweden 2–2 (Papugin, Atamanychev - Janson, Saav)

• 3 March

Soviet Union – Finland 6–1 (Atamanychev (2), Vodyanov, Papugin (2), Shunin - Aho)

Rank	Country	Pts	W	T	L	Bp	Bc	Diff
1	Soviet Union	3	1	1	0	8	3	+5
2	Finland	2	1	0	1	5	9	−4
3	Sweden	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1

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