1975 World Bandy Championship
The 9th World Bandy Championship was held in Finland from January 25 to February 2, 1975 . The Soviet Union became world champion. The previously undefeated record world champions lost their opening game against Sweden and thus suffered their first defeat in a world championship game.
A round trip was played, so each team met twice and had to play a total of six games.
Venues
The World Cup games were played in Lappeenranta , Mikkeli , Espoo , Imatra , Tornio , Oulu , Kemi and Varkaus .
Attendees
The following 4 teams took part in the tournament:
| 4 from Europe |
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 Norway |
 Sweden |
 Finland |
Game round
First round
| January 25, 1975 |
Sweden
|
3: 1 |
Soviet Union
|
Tornio |
| January 25, 1975 |
Finland
|
2: 1 |
Norway
|
Oulu |
| January 26, 1975 |
Sweden
|
3: 2 |
Finland
|
Kemi |
| January 26, 1975 |
Norway
|
0: 8 |
Soviet Union
|
Oulu |
| January 28, 1975 |
Sweden
|
6-0 |
Norway
|
Varkaus |
| January 28, 1975 |
Soviet Union
|
12: 4 |
Finland
|
Mikkeli |
Second half
| January 29, 1975 |
Soviet Union
|
7: 2 |
Sweden
|
Mikkeli |
| January 30, 1975 |
Norway
|
2: 2 |
Finland
|
Lappeenranta |
| 1st February 1975 |
Soviet Union
|
14: 2 |
Norway
|
Imatra |
| 1st February 1975 |
Finland
|
3: 6 |
Sweden
|
Mikkeli |
| 2nd February 1975 |
Norway
|
1: 8 |
Sweden
|
Espoo |
| 2nd February 1975 |
Finland
|
0: 5 |
Soviet Union
|
Mikkeli |
Closing table
| Pl. | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff | Points | |
| 1. |
Soviet Union
|
6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 47:11 | +36 | 10 |
| 2. |
Sweden
|
6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28:14 | +14 | 10 |
| 3. |
Finland
|
6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 13:29 | −16 | 3 |
| 4th |
Norway
|
6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6:40 | −34 | 1 |
World champion team
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