1981 Bandy World Championship

1981 Bandy World Championship

XIIth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	7 – 15 February 1981
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	90 (7.5 per match)
← 1979 1983 →

The mascot of the 1981 Bandy World Championship was a Siberian tiger, an animal of the natural fauna of the region.

A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy.

The 1981 Bandy World Championship was the 12th Bandy World Championship and was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Khabarovsk in the Soviet Union from 7 February-15 February 1981. Sweden became champions for the first time.^[1] The Soviet Union had won all previous championships.^[2]

Squads[]

Participants[]

•  Sweden
•  Soviet Union
•  Finland
•  Norway

Premier tour[]

• 7 February

Norway – Finland 1–6

Soviet Union – Sweden 1–6

• 8 February

Finland – Sweden 0–3

Soviet Union – Norway 14–0

• 10 February

Norway – Sweden 0–8

Soviet Union – Finland 8–0

• 12 February

Norway – Finland 1–5

Soviet Union – Sweden 3–1

• 14 February

Finland – Sweden 2–5

Soviet Union – Norway 7–0

• 15 February

Norway – Sweden 1–12

Soviet Union – Finland 5–1

Rank	Country	Pts	W	T	L	Bp	Bc	Diff
1	Sweden	10	5	0	1	35	7	+28
2	Soviet Union	10	5	0	1	38	8	+30
3	Finland	4	2	0	4	14	23	−9
4	Norway	0	0	0	6	3	52	−49

Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record.

The champion team[]

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