2004_Bandy_World_Championship

2004 Bandy World Championship

2004 Bandy World Championship

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The 2004 Bandy World Championship was a competition among bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1–8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played at the City Park Ice Rink in Hungary on 25–28 February 2004. Finland won the championship for the 1st time.[1][2] Eleven bandy playing countries participated in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Netherlands and United States (group B).[3]

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Results

Finland became champion. For the first time ever the championship went to a team other than Soviet Union/Russia or Sweden.

Group A

First round

  • 1 February
Sweden–Kazakhstan 14–2
Russia–Norway 6–3
  • 2 February
Kazakhstan–Russia 3–10
Sweden–Finland 7–1
  • 3 February
Finland–Norway 5–3
Sweden–Russia 4–3
  • 4 February
Kazakhstan–Norway 4–4
Russia–Finland 3–4
  • 5 February
Finland–Kazakhstan 3–7
Sweden–Norway 6–6
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Source: [citation needed]

Final round

Semifinals

  • 7 February
Sweden–Kazakhstan 10–3
Russia–Finland 3–4

Match for 3rd place

  • 8 February
Russia–Kazakhstan 5–2

Final

  • 8 February
Sweden–Finland 4–5 (aet)

Group B

Group B was played in Budapest

First round

  • 25 February
Canada–USA 3–4
Hungary–Estonia 2–3
Belarus–Netherlands 7–0
Estonia–Canada 2–6
Hungary–USA 1–10
  • 26 February
Belarus–Estonia 2–1
Netherlands–USA 0–12
Belarus–Canada 3–2
Estonia–USA 0–10
Hungary–Netherlands 4–1
  • 27 February
Hungary–Belarus 4–2
Netherlands–Canada 1–6
Belarus–USA 1–6
Netherlands–Estonia 0–6
Hungary–Canada 3–3
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Source: [citation needed]

Play-off matches

Match for 3rd place

  • 28 February

Hungary–Canada 5–1

Final

  • 28 February

USA–Belarus 7–0

References

  1. [1]
    The entire final
  2. [2]
    The decisive goal
  3. [3]
    "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang". Archived from the original on 2016-04-03.
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