1973 World Bandy Championship

The eighth Bandy World Cup was the 17th February bis 24. February 1973 in the Soviet Union fought. The Soviet Union also won the eighth World Cup. All six games could be won. What is remarkable is the achievement of only conceding four goals.

The mode remained the same as in the World Cup two years ago: a round trip was played, so each team met twice and had to play a total of six games.

Venues

The World Cup was held at two venues: Krasnogorsk and Moscow hosted six games each.

Attendees

The following 4 teams took part in the tournament:

4 from Europe

Norway

Finland

Sweden

Soviet Union

Game round

First round

17th February 1973	Sweden	5: 4	Finland	Krasnogorsk
17th February 1973	Soviet Union	11: 0	Norway	Moscow
18th February 1973	Norway	1: 3	Sweden	Krasnogorsk
18th February 1973	Finland	3: 8	Soviet Union	Moscow
20th February 1973	Sweden	1: 5	Soviet Union	Moscow
20th February 1973	Norway	2: 3	Finland	Krasnogorsk

Second half

February 21, 1973	Finland	0: 8	Sweden	Moscow
February 21, 1973	Norway	0: 4	Soviet Union	Krasnogorsk
23rd February 1973	Sweden	4: 1	Norway	Krasnogorsk
23rd February 1973	Soviet Union	3-0	Finland	Moscow
February 24, 1973	Soviet Union	1-0	Sweden	Moscow
February 24, 1973	Finland	3: 4	Norway	Krasnogorsk