1991_Bandy_World_Championship

1991 Bandy World Championship

1991 Bandy World Championship

International ice hockey competition

The 1991 Bandy World Championship was contested by eight men's bandy playing nations in Finland from 17–24 March 1991. Canada, Hungary and the Netherlands made their championship debuts. The Soviet Union became champions in what would become its last tournament;[1] less than a year later, the Soviet Union was dissolved and would be replaced in international bandy briefly by the Commonwealth of Independent States and then permanently by Russia.[2] The final game was played at Oulunkylä Ice Rink in Helsinki.

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Group A

Premier tour

  • 17 March
Sweden – Finland 10 – 4
Soviet Union – Norway 12 – 0
  • 18 March
Finland – Norway 11 – 2
Soviet Union – Sweden 3 – 4
  • 20 March
Sweden – Norway 6 – 1
Soviet Union – Finland 1 – 2
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Group B

Team Canada's debut at the World Championships in Finland, 1991

Premier tour

  • 17 March
USA – Canada 10 – 0
Hungary – Netherlands 3 – 2
  • 18 March
Canada – Netherlands 8 – 0
USA – Hungary 20 – 0
  • 20 March
USA – Netherlands 8 – 1
Canada – Hungary 7 – 1
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Final Tour

Quarter-finals

  • 21 March
Norway – USA 2 – 1

Semifinals

  • 22 March
Soviet Union – Finland 3 – 2
Sweden – Norway 6 – 0

Match for 7th place

  • 23 March
Hungary – Netherlands 1 – 4

Match for 5th place

  • 23 March
USA – Canada 13 – 0

Match for 3rd place

  • 24 March
Finland – Norway 8 – 0

Final

  • 24 March
Sweden – Soviet Union 3 – 4

References

  1. [1]
    Video from the final: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02845_4#%5B%5D
  2. [2]
    "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
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