1997 World Bandy Championship

World Cup 1997 Sweden
gold	Sweden
silver	Russia
bronze	Finland
4th	Kazakhstan
5.	Norway
6th	United States
7th	Canada
8th.	Hungary
9.	Netherlands

The 20th Bandy World Cup was on 1. February bis 9. February 1997 in Sweden held. The hosts won the tournament ahead of Russia and Finland.

The tournament was organized by the Swedish King Carl XVI. Gustaf opened. A total of 53,975 spectators attended the 25 games, including over 10,000 for the Sweden vs. Russia final in Västerås .

Game mode

The nine teams were classified according to their strength in an A (5 teams) and a B group (4 teams). 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.

Venues

The game was played in several locations in Sweden. In addition to Västerås , the venue for the final and the third place match, games were played in Stockholm , Köping , Fagersta , Katrineholm , Vänersborg , Otterbäcken , Trollhättan , Grängesberg , Slottsbron , Skövde and Sandviken .

Attendees

The following nine teams took part in the tournament:

6 from Europe	Russia (A)	Sweden (A)	Norway (A)
	Finland (A)	Hungary (B)	Netherlands (B)
2 from North America	USA (B)	Canada (B)
1 from Asia	Kazakhstan (A)

Game round

Main round

Group A

Results

February 1, 1997	Sweden	11: 3	Finland	Vanersberg
February 1, 1997	Kazakhstan	6:13	Russia	Otterbucks
February 2, 1997	Finland	7: 2	Kazakhstan	Slottsbron
February 2, 1997	Norway	2: 5	Sweden	Trollhättan
February 3, 1997	Russia	6: 2	Finland	Otterbucks
February 3, 1997	Kazakhstan	7: 7	Norway	Skovde
February 4, 1997	Norway	3: 3	Russia	Slottsbron
February 4, 1997	Sweden	15: 4	Kazakhstan	Vanersborg
February 5, 1997	Russia	7: 5	Sweden	Sandviken
February 5, 1997	Finland	5: 4	Norway	Grängesberg

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Russia	4th	3	1	0	29:16	+13	7th
2.	Sweden	4th	3	0	1	36:16	+20	6th
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	2	17:23	−6	4th
4th	Norway	4th	0	2	2	16:20	−4	2
5.	Kazakhstan	4th	0	1	3	19:42	−23	1

Group B

Results

February 2, 1997	Netherlands	0: 9	Canada	Vanersborg
February 2, 1997	United States	12: 0	Hungary	Otterbucks
February 4, 1995	Netherlands	1:13	United States	Trollhättan
February 4, 1995	Hungary	4:10	Canada	Otterbucks
February 6, 1997	Canada	2: 5	United States	Grängesberg
February 6, 1997	Hungary	9: 3	Netherlands	Västerås

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	30: 3	+27	6th
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	21: 9	+12	4th
3.	Hungary	3	1	0	2	13:25	−12	2
4th	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	4:31	−27	0

Quarter finals

February 7, 1997	Finland	13: 0	United States	Köping
February 7, 1997	Kazakhstan	5: 2	Norway	Fagersta

- The losers play for 5th place.

Play for places 1 to 4

Semifinals

February 8, 1997	Russia	12: 3	Kazakhstan	Katrineholm
February 8, 1997	Sweden	8: 5	Finland	Stockholm

3rd place match

February 9, 1997

Finland

9: 3

Kazakhstan

Västerås

final

February 9, 1997

Sweden

10: 5

Russia

Västerås , 10,217 spectators

Play for places 5 to 9

Game for 8th place

February 8, 1997

Netherlands

3: 5

Hungary

Köping

Play for 5th place

February 8, 1997

Norway

7: 1

United States

Fagersta

- The loser plays against the second in the group B for 6th place.

Game for 6th place

February 9, 1997

Canada

1: 5

United States

Köping

Final placements

space	country	Athletes
1	SWE	Mikael Forsell Niklas Spangberg Göran Rosendahl Marcus Bergwall Magnus Muhrén Gert Jonsson Stefan Jonsson Per Fosshaug Patrick Sandell Ola Fredricsson Magnus Olsson Jonas Claesson Hans Åström Magnus Olsson Jonas Holgersson Bergwall is different Kjell Berglund
2 0	RUS
3 0	FIN
4th 0	KAZ
5 0	NOR
6th 0	United States
7th 0	CAN
8th 0	HUN
9 0	NED

Web links

• World Cup 1997 at bandysidan.nu