1995 World Bandy Championship

World Cup 1995 USA
gold	Sweden Sweden
silver	Russia Russia
bronze	Finland Finland
4th	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
5.	Norway Norway
6th	United States United States
7th	Canada Canada
8th.	Hungary Hungary

The 19th Bandy World Cup was on 29. January bis 5. February 1995 in the US Roseville , Minnesota held. Sweden won the final 6-4 against Russia.

It was the first World Cup that was not held in Norway , Sweden , Finland or Russia or in the Soviet Union .

With Kazakhstan , another team made their world championship debut. But the national team of the Netherlands was missing.

Game mode

The eight teams were classified according to their strength in an A and a B group. The first two of the A group automatically qualified for the semi-finals. The third and fourth of group A had to play a game against the first and second of group B, the winner of which would also qualify for the semifinals.

Another innovation was the penalty shoot-out, which found a winner after a draw. In the preliminary round, the game was still rated with one point for both teams.

venue

The venue was the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval in Roseville (Minnesota) , which was to be the venue for the 2006 Women's World Cup .

Attendees

The following eight teams took part in the tournament:

5 from Europe	Russia Russia (A)	Sweden Sweden (A)	Norway Norway (A)
	Finland Finland (A)	Hungary Hungary (B)
2 from North America	United States USA (B)	Canada Canada (B)
1 from Asia	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (B)

Game round

Main round

Group A

Results

January 30, 1995	Russia Russia	5: 4	Finland Finland	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 30, 1995	Norway Norway	1: 9	Sweden Sweden	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 31, 1995	Russia Russia	10: 2	Norway Norway	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 31, 1995	Finland Finland	2: 3	Sweden Sweden	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
February 1, 1995	Sweden Sweden	2: 6	Russia Russia	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
February 1, 1995	Norway Norway	2: 2 (6: 7 n.P.)	Finland Finland	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	US / N	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Russia Russia	3	3	0/0	0	21: 8	+13	6th
2.	Sweden Sweden	3	2	0/0	1	14: 9	+5	4th
3.	Finland Finland	3	0	1/0	2	8:10	−2	2
4th	Norway Norway	3	0	0/1	2	5:21	−16	0

Group B

Results

January 29, 1995	United States United States	4: 1	Canada Canada	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 30, 1995	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	27: 0	Hungary Hungary	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 31, 1995	Canada Canada	2:14	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
January 31, 1995	Hungary Hungary	3:11	United States United States	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
February 1, 1995	Canada Canada	4: 4 (n.P. 6: 4)	Hungary Hungary	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
February 1, 1995	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	5: 1	United States United States	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	US / N	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	3	3	0/0	0	46: 3	+43	6th
2.	United States United States	3	2	0/0	1	16: 9	+7	4th
3.	Canada Canada	3	0	1/0	2	7:22	−15	2
4th	Hungary Hungary	3	0	0/1	2	7:42	−35	0

Play for places 1 to 4

Quarter finals

3rd February 1995	Norway Norway	2: 4	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
3rd February 1995	Finland Finland	6: 1	United States United States	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville

Semifinals

February 4, 1995	Sweden Sweden	8: 4	Finland Finland	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville
February 4, 1995	Russia Russia	11: 3	Kazakhstan Kazakhstan	Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval , Roseville