Bandy World Championship 1999

World Cup 1999 Russia
gold	Russia
silver	Finland
bronze	Sweden
4th	Norway
5.	Kazakhstan
6th	United States

The 21st Bandy World Championship was held from January 30th to February 7th 1999 in Arkhangelsk , Russia .

Only six teams took part in the tournament and not nine as two years earlier.

Game mode

The six teams played against each other once in a group. The first four qualified for the semi-finals.

Attendees

The following six teams took part in the tournament:

4 from Europe	Russia	Sweden	Norway
	Finland
1 from North America	United States
1 from Asia	Kazakhstan

Main round

Results

January 30, 1999	Kazakhstan	5: 0 *	United States	Arkhangelsk
January 30, 1999	Sweden	8: 1 *	Norway	Arkhangelsk
January 30, 1999	Russia	5: 3	Finland	Arkhangelsk
January 31, 1999	Sweden	11: 0	United States	Arkhangelsk
January 31, 1999	Finland	5: 4	Norway	Arkhangelsk
January 31, 1999	Russia	11: 2	Kazakhstan	Arkhangelsk
February 1, 1999	Norway	6: 2	Kazakhstan	Arkhangelsk
February 1, 1999	Sweden	4: 3 *	Finland	Arkhangelsk
February 1, 1999	Russia	12: 1 *	United States	Arkhangelsk
February 3, 1999	Finland	11: 1 *	United States	Arkhangelsk
February 3, 1999	Sweden	16: 0 *	Kazakhstan	Arkhangelsk
February 3, 1999	Russia	6: 1 **	Norway	Arkhangelsk
February 4, 1999	Norway	7: 0 *	United States	Arkhangelsk
February 4, 1999	Finland	6: 2 ***	Kazakhstan	Arkhangelsk
February 4, 1999	Russia	0: 0 (3: 2 n.P.) ****	Sweden	Arkhangelsk

Notes:
* Game format 3 × 30 minutes.
** Game format 1 × 24 minutes + 2 × 15 minutes.
*** Game format 2 × 30 minutes.
**** Game format 4 × 15 minutes.

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Russia	5	4th	1	0	34: 7	+27	9
2.	Sweden	5	4th	1	0	39: 4	+35	9
3.	Finland	5	3	0	2	28:16	+12	4th
4th	Norway	5	2	0	3	19:21	−2	4th
5.	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4th	11:39	−28	2
6th	United States	5	0	1	3	19:42	−23	0

Semifinals

February 6, 1999	Finland	6: 2	Sweden	Arkhangelsk
February 6, 1999	Russia	4: 1	Norway	Arkhangelsk

- The winners move into the final, the losers play for 3rd place.

Placement games

Play for 5th place

February 6, 1999

Kazakhstan

5: 3

United States

Arkhangelsk

3rd place match

February 7, 1999

Sweden

9: 1

Norway

Arkhangelsk

final

February 7, 1999

Russia

5-0

Finland

Arkhangelsk , 11,000 spectators

Final placements

space	country	Athletes
1	RUS	Vyacheslav Ryabov Ilya Handayev Pawel Frants Victor Jackalin Yuri Loginov Mikhail Sveshnikov Maxim Poteschkin Sergei Obukhov Valery Grachev Igor Gapanovich Andrei Stuk Oleg Chubinsky Yevgeny Schwesow Nikolai Yarovich Konstantin Saletaev Yuri Pogrebnoi Andrei Zolotarev
2 0	FIN
3 0	SWE
4th 0	NOR
5 0	KAZ
6th 0	United States

Web links

• World Cup 1999 at bandysidan.nu