The 1997

Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the W ...

was contested between 9 men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden on 1–9 February 1997. The Netherlands participated again, after having skipped the tournament for the last couple of times. Sweden won the championship. The ball for the first game of the championship was ceremonially handed over by H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.http://arkiv.bandyforbundet.no
retrieved 3 January 2018

Squads

Group A

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Premier tour

* 1 February : Finland – Sweden 3–11 : Kazakhstan – Russia 6–13 * 2 February : Kazakhstan – Finland 2–7 : Sweden – Norway 5–2 * 3 February : Russia – Finland 6–2 : Norway – Kazakhstan 7–7 * 4 February : Norway – Russia 3–3 : Sweden – Kazakhstan 15–4 * 5 February : Norway – Finland 4–5 : Russia – Sweden 7–5

Group B

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Premier tour

* 2 February : Hungary – USA 0–12 : Canada – Netherlands 9–0 * 4 February : Hungary – Canada 4–10 : Netherlands – USA 1–13 * 5 February : Hungary – Netherlands 9–3 : Canada – USA 2–5

Final Tour

Quarter Finals

* 7 February :Norway – Kazakhstan 2 – 5 :USA – Finland 0 – 13

Match for 5th place

* 8 February : Norway – USA 7–1

Match for 8th place

* 8 February : Hungary – Netherlands 5–3

Semifinals

* 8 February : Russia – Kazakhstan 12–3 : Sweden – Finland 8–5

Match for 6th place

* 9 February : USA – Canada 5–1

Match for 3rd place

* 9 February : Finland – Kazakhstan 7–3

Final

* 9 February : Sweden – Russia 10–5

References

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