1983 Bandy World Championship

1983 Bandy World Championship
XIIIth Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Finland
Dates	15 – 20 February 1983
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	64 (5.33 per match)
	← 1981 1985 →

The 1983 Bandy World Championship was the 13th Bandy World Championship and was played in Finland. The Swedish national team became champions for the second time.^[1] Only four countries participated, but this was the last world championship played with so few contestants.^[2]

Squads[]

Series[]

15 February

Sweden – USSR 1–2

Finland – Norway 6–1

16 February

USSR – Norway 10–5

Finland – Sweden 0–8

18 February

Finland – USSR 0–6

Sweden – Norway 8–0

Rank	Country	Pts	W	L	Bp	Bc	Diff
1	Soviet Union	6	3	0	18	6	+12
2	Sweden	4	2	1	17	2	+15
3	Finland	2	1	2	6	15	−9
4	Norway	0	0	3	6	24	−18

Match for 3rd place[]

19 February

Finland – Norway 4–1

Final[]

20 February

Soviet Union – Sweden 3–9

The champion team[]

References[]

^ Video from the final: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02849_1^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".

[1] Video from the final: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02849_1^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".

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