2010 Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship 2010 was held between 24 and 31 January 2010, in Moscow, Russia. Men's teams from 11 countries participated in the 2010 competition: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A) and Canada, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia and the Netherlands (group B).[2]
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  |
| Dates | 24–31 January 2010 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  |
Runner-up  | |
Third place  |  |
| Fourth place |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Yevgeny Ivanushkin & Pavel Ryazantsev[1] (14 goals) |
← 2009 2011 → | |
The tournament was won by Sweden, beating Russia with 6–5 after sudden death. The standing was 5–5 after full-time and the match winning goal was conceived by Daniel Mossberg, scoring in the 110th minute.[3] This was Sweden's tenth Championship victory in this the XXIXth Bandy World Championship.[4] Russia won silver medals and Finland won bronze medals.[5]
All matches were played in the indoor venue Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia.
Participating teams
Division A
Division B
Belarus had qualified for play in this year's Division A during the 2009 Bandy World Championship, but since they did not take part in 2010, the USA, which had lost the qualifier to Belarus in 2009, was promoted to Division A instead.
Squads
Venues
| Moscow |
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| Ice Palace Krylatskoye |
| Capacity: 8,000 |
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Division A
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 17 | +47 | 10 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 16 | +35 | 8 | |
| 3 | |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 6 | |
| 4 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 4 | |
| 5 |  |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 51 | −29 | 2 | |
| 6 |  |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 0 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |
(H) Host.
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 30 January – Moscow | ||||||
| 16 | |||||
| 31 January – Moscow | ||||||
| 3 | |||||
| 5(5) | |||||
| 30 January – Moscow | ||||||
| 5(6) | |||||
| 9 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 31 January – Moscow | ||||||
| 3 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Division B
Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 6 | +59 | 8 | Qualification to Playoffs |
| 2 |  |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 27 | −6 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | Advance to Second place play-off |
| 3 |  |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 |  |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | Advance to Fourth place play-off |
| 5 |  |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 1[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes:
- Latvia won after-match penalties against Netherlands 3–2.
- Mongolia won after-match penalties against Hungary 3–2.
Knockout stage
Second place play-off
Relegation playoffs
The team that finished last in Division A, the United States, and the winner in Division B, Canada, met in a qualifying match for the vacant seat in next year's WC Division A. The match was won by 9–6 by the USA, thus secured another year in Division A.[6]
References
- http://www.svenskbandy.se/LANDSLAG/HERRLANDSLAGET/Historikochstatistik/VM-skyttekungar/
- Official website Archived 18 July 2012 at Archive.today – games
- Swedish Bandy Association Swedish triumph in Moscow after thriller. 19 April 2010. (in Swedish)
- Radio Sweden Why Sweden won World Cup gold. 31 January 2010.(in Swedish)
- SINA English Sweden win bandy world championship. 2 February 2010.
- USA National Bandy team – USA National Bandy Team's World Championship Journey to Moscow
Sources
- Official website (in English and Russian)