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 |
![]() Soviet Union |
![]() Norway |
![]() Sweden |
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Game round
First round
January 25, 1975 |
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3: 1 |
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Tornio |
January 25, 1975 |
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2: 1 |
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Oulu |
January 26, 1975 |
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3: 2 |
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Kemi |
January 26, 1975 |
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0: 8 |
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Oulu |
January 28, 1975 |
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6-0 |
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Varkaus |
January 28, 1975 |
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12: 4 |
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Mikkeli |
Second half
January 29, 1975 |
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7: 2 |
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Mikkeli |
January 30, 1975 |
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2: 2 |
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Lappeenranta |
1st February 1975 |
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14: 2 |
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Imatra |
1st February 1975 |
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3: 6 |
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Mikkeli |
2nd February 1975 |
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1: 8 |
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Espoo |
2nd February 1975 |
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0: 5 |
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Mikkeli |
Closing table
Pl. | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff | Points | |
1. |
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6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 47:11 | +36 | 10 |
2. |
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6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28:14 | +14 | 10 |
3. |
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6th | 1 | 1 | 4th | 13:29 | −16 | 3 |
4th |
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6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6:40 | −34 | 1 |