1971 World Bandy Championship

The seventh Bandy World Championship was the 3. March bis 14. March 1971 in Sweden held. The Soviet Union managed to win the World Cup for the seventh time in a row and was also unbeaten in 1971.

After Norway had boycotted the World Cup in 1969 because of the use of Soviet troops in the Prague Spring , it now participated in the World Cup again.

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 twelve games were played in twelve different locations. The venues were Skövde , Vänersborg , Lidköping , Gothenburg , Motala , Örebro , Eskilstuna , Uppsala , Katrineholm , Västerås , Oxelösund and Stockholm .

Attendees

The following 4 teams took part in the tournament:

4 from Europe

Soviet Union

Norway

Finland

Sweden

Game round

First round

March 3, 1971	Soviet Union	5: 3	Finland	Skovde
March 3, 1971	Norway	2: 4	Sweden	Vanersborg
March 5th 1971	Soviet Union	8: 1	Norway	Lidköping
March 5th 1971	Finland	2: 3	Sweden	Gothenburg
March 7, 1971	Finland	6: 1	Norway	Motala
March 7, 1971	Sweden	2: 2	Soviet Union	Örebro

Second half

March 10, 1971	Finland	2: 4	Soviet Union	Eskilstuna
March 10, 1971	Sweden	3-0	Norway	Uppsala
March 12, 1971	Sweden	4: 1	Finland	Katrineholm
March 12, 1971	Norway	1: 3	Soviet Union	Västerås
March 13, 1971	Norway	1: 7	Finland	Oxelösund
March 14, 1971	Soviet Union	2: 1	Sweden	Stockholm