2003 Bandy World Championship

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2003 Bandy World Championship
XXIIIrd Bandy World Championship
2003 Bandy World Championship logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host country Russia
Dates24 – 30 March 2003
Teams9
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Sweden
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Russia
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Kazakhstan
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Scoring leader(s)Ari Holopainen, Finland
(10 points)
2001
2004

The 2003 Bandy World Championship was a competition between bandy playing nations for men. The championship was played in Arkhangelsk, Russia from the 24–30 March 2003. Sweden won the championship. There were 9 countries participating in the 2003 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Estonia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B).[1]

The competition was originally intended to be played in Norway. However, on 7 January 2002, the Bandy Association of Norway met and decided to not host the competition.[2] Both Russia and Sweden showed their interests to host. The decision fell on Russia. By playing the tournament in late March, severe cold was avoided, unlike the 1999 World Championship when the tournament was played in late January and early February.[3]

Squads[]

Group A[]

Premier tour[]

  • 24 March
Finland – Kazakhstan 4 – 2
Russia – Norway 8 – 1
  • 25 March
Sweden – Finland 9 – 4
Kazakhstan – Russia 3 – 12
  • 26 March
Norway – Kazakhstan 5 – 6
Russia – Sweden 2 – 6
  • 27 March
Finland – Norway 5 – 1
Sweden – Kazakhstan 6 – 1
  • 28 March
Sweden – Norway 6 – 2
Russia – Finland 5 – 1
Rank Country Pts W T L Bp Bc Diff
1  Sweden 8 4 0 0 27 9 +18
2  Russia 6 3 0 1 27 11 +16
3  Finland 4 2 0 2 14 17 −3
4  Kazakhstan 2 1 0 3 12 27 −15
5  Norway 0 0 0 4 9 25 −16

Final Tour[]

Semifinals[]

  • 29 March

Semifinals

Russia – Finland 7 – 3
Sweden – Kazakhstan 6 – 1

Match for 3rd place[]

  • 30 March
Finland – Kazakhstan 1 – 4

Final[]

  • 30 March
Russia – Sweden 4 – 5

Group B[]

Premier tour[]

  • 24 March
Estonia – Belarus 4 – 21
  • 25 March
USA – Netherlands 18 – 0
  • 26 March
Netherlands – Estonia 3 – 7
  • 27 March
USA – Belarus 4 – 6
  • 28 March
Estonia – USA 0 – 15
  • 29 March
Netherlands – Belarus 1 – 9
Rank Country Pts W T L Bp Bc Diff
1  Belarus 6 3 0 0 36 9 +27
2  United States 4 2 0 1 37 6 +31
3  Estonia 2 1 0 2 11 39 −28
4  Netherlands 0 0 0 3 4 34 −30

Play off matches[]

Match for 7th Place[]

  • February 28
USA – Estonia 19–3

Match for 5th place[]

  • February 28
Norway – Belarus 7–3

References[]

  1. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
  2. ^ Stefan Holm (9 January 2002). "Här ska det spelas VM-final i bandy" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ^ Jens Kärrman (18 September 2002). "Iskallt uppdrag" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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