1983 World Bandy Championship
The 13 Bandy World Cup was on 15. February bis 20th February 1983 in Finland held. For the first time a final was held between the first two of the main round. Sweden managed to defend their title with a 9: 3 over the Soviet Union in the final. Bronze went to the hosts Finland.
A simple round was played in which each team had to play three games. The group first and second qualified for the final. The other two teams compete against each other in the game for third place.
Venues
The venues were the two southern Finnish cities of Porvoo and Helsinki .
Attendees
The following 4 teams took part in the tournament:
| 4 from Europe |
 Sweden |
 Norway |
 Soviet Union |
 Finland |
Game round
Main round
| February 15, 1983 |
Sweden |
1: 2 |
Soviet Union |
Porvoo |
| February 15, 1983 |
Finland |
6: 1 |
Norway |
Helsinki |
| February 16, 1983 |
Sweden |
8-0 |
Finland |
Helsinki |
| February 16, 1983 |
Soviet Union |
10: 5 |
Norway |
Porvoo |
| February 18, 1983 |
Norway |
0: 8 |
Sweden |
Porvoo |
| February 18, 1983 |
Finland |
0: 6 |
Soviet Union |
Porvoo |
Final table of the main round
| Pl. | Sp | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff | Points | |
| 1. |
Soviet Union
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18: 6 | +12 | 6th |
| 2. |
Sweden
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17: 2 | +15 | 4th |
| 3. |
Finland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:15 | −9 | 2 |
| 4th |
Norway
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6:24 | −18 | 0 |
Placement games
3rd place match
| February 19, 1983 |
Finland |
4: 1 |
Norway |
Porvoo |
final
| February 19, 1983 |
Soviet Union W. Plawunow 2 W. Anufrijenko 1 |
3: 9 (2: 6) |
Sweden 2 S. Boström 2 O. Johansson 2 M. Arvidsson 1 C. Kjellqvist 1 H. Johansson 1 M. Carlsson |
Helsinki , 1 315 spectators |