2001 World Bandy Championship

World Cup 2001 Finland and Sweden
gold	Russia
silver	Sweden
bronze	Finland
4th	Kazakhstan
5.	Norway
6th	United States
7th	Belarus

The 22nd Bandy World Championship was held from March 24th to April 1st, 2001 in Finland and Sweden .

Game mode

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

Venues

The game was played in the cities of Haparanda in Sweden and Oulu (Uleåborg) in Finland.

Attendees

The following seven teams took part in the tournament:

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

Main round

Results

March 24, 2001	Finland A. Holopainen 2 S. Niskanen 2 S. Laakkonen 1 J. Ohtonen 1	6: 0 (1: 0)	Norway	Oulu
March 24, 2001	Belarus	0:23 (0:11)	Kazakhstan O. Chernov 5 A. Sagarskich 5 S. Pokidow 4 A. Bratsew 2 A. Marjashin 2 A. Osokin 2 A. Kuznetsow 1 W. Makin 1 W. Novoshilov 1	Haparanda
March 24, 2001	Sweden M. Carlsson 1 G. Rosendahl 1 P. Sandell 1 P. Södergren 1	4: 2 (3: 1)	Russia S. Lomanow 1 M. Sweschnikow 1	Haparanda
March 25, 2001	Finland K. Huotelin 4 S. Niskanen 4 A. Holopainen 3 H. Hyvönen 3 J. Hölttö 2 S. Laakkonen 2 P. Lampinen 1 J. Ohtonen 1 Janne Väkiparta 1 Jarno Väkiparta 1 T. Österberg 1	23: 0 (10: 0)	Belarus	Haparanda
March 25, 2001	Sweden M. Carlsson 4 P. Sandell 2 T. Andersson 1 L. Gustafsson 1 M. Muhrén 1 A. Östling 1	10: 6 (4: 2)	Kazakhstan A. Sagarskich 3 A. Marjaschin 1 S. Pokidow 1 A. Zolotarev 1	Haparanda
March 25, 2001	Norway R. Arnesen 2 N. Hauger 1 K. G. Johansen 1	4: 1 (3: 1)	USA J. Felder 1	Oulu
March 26, 2001	Belarus W. Gorbylew 1	1: 8 (1: 7)	Russia A. Baladin 3 S. Lomanow 3 M. Tschermnych 1 I. Maximow 1	Oulu
March 26, 2001	Finland Jarno Väkiparta 3 A. Holopainen 2 M. Mutikainen 2 K. Huotelin 1 J. Hölttö 1 S. Niskanen 1 J. Ohtonen 1	12: 1 (5: 1)	USA R. Haney 1	Oulu
March 26, 2001	Norway P. Hanssen 2 R. Arnesen 1 K. G. Johansen 1 C. Lystad 1	5: 7 (3: 3)	Kazakhstan A. Timushev 3 A. Bratsew 1 O. Chernov 1 A. Marjashin 1 W. Novoshilov 1	Haparanda
March 27, 2001	Sweden M. Muhrén 4 M. Carlsson 3 J. Holgersson 2 D. Eriksson 1 L. Gustafsson 1 H. Hagberg 1 P. Sandell 1 P. Södergren 1	14: 5 (8: 3)	Norway R. Arnesen 2 T. Stehnseth Andersen 1 K. G. Johansen 1 C. Lystad 1	Haparanda
March 27, 2001	Russia S. Obuchow 4 S. Lomanow 3 R. Shamsutow 3 M. Tschermnych 2 M. Sveshnikov 2 W. Grachev 1 A. Tjukavin 1	16: 1 (10: 0)	Kazakhstan A. Nikischow 1	Oulu
March 27, 2001	Belarus	0:14 (0: 5)	USA A. Fronek 3 P. Green 2 R. Haney 2 C. Preiss 2 J. Felder 1 J. Griak 1 C. Halden 1 E. Kyllonen 1 S. Nelson 1	Oulu
March 28, 2001	Finland S. Laakkonen 2 H. Hyvönen 1 S. Niskanen 1 Jarno Väkiparta 1	5:10 (2: 6)	Russia S. Obuchow 3 S. Lomanow 3 O. Tschubinski 1 W. Grachev 1 I. Maximow 1 M. Sveshnikov 1 A. Tjukavin 1	Oulu
March 28, 2001	USA S. Nelson 1	1:14 (0: 8)	Kazakhstan S. Pokidow 6 W. Novoshilov 3 A. Timushev 2 A. Kurotschkin 1 A. Marjashin 1 W. Mokin 1	Haparanda
March 28, 2001	Sweden M. Carlsson 6 A. Östling 5 D. Eriksson 3 T. Andersson 2 H. Hagberg 2 P. Sandell 2 A. Westh 2 L. Gustafsson 1 J. Holgersson 1	24: 0 (10: 0)	Belarus	Haparanda
March 29, 2001	Norway C. Lystad 13 P. Hanssen 6 S. Kristiansen 5 R. Arnesen 4 C. Wahler 2 P. W. Holstad 1 K. G. Johansen 1	32: 0 (15: 0)	Belarus	Haparanda
March 29, 2001	Finland S. Laakkonen 2 A. Holopainen 1 M. Mutikainen 1	4: 6 (3: 3)	Sweden P. Sandell 2 T. Andersson 1 M. Carlsson 1 D. Eriksson 1 A. Westh 1	Oulu
March 29, 2001	Russia S. Obuchow 3 S. Lomanow 2 R. Schamsutow 2 M. Tschermnych 1 I. Maximow 1 A. Scheglow 1 A. Solotarew 1	11: 3 (8: 1)	USA C. Halden 1 S. Nelson 1 K. Steinbergs 1	Oulu
March 30, 2001	Finland K. Huotelin 2 S. Laakkonen 2 Jarno Väkiparta 2 H. Kauhonen 1	7:12 (5: 4)	Kazakhstan S. Pokidow 5 O. Tschernow 2 A. Kurotschkin 2 W. Novoschilow 1 A. Timushev 1 A. Sagarskich 1	Oulu
March 30, 2001	Sweden M. Carlsson 5 H. Hagberg 4 D. Eriksson 3 A. Östling 3 T. Andersson 1 P. Sandell 1 P. Södergren 1	18: 1 (8: 0)	USA A. Fronek 1	Haparanda
March 30, 2001	Norway R. Arnesen 1 N. Hauger 1	2:16 (1: 5)	Russia I. Maximow 3 M. Tschermnych 2 S. Lomanow 2 S. Obuchow 2 M. Sveshnikov 2 A. Tjukawin 2 W. Grachev 1 J. Pogrebnoj 1	Haparanda

Closing table

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Sweden	6th	6th	0	0	76:18	+58	12
2.	Russia	6th	5	0	1	63:16	+47	10
3.	Kazakhstan	6th	4th	0	2	63:39	+24	8th
4th	Finland	6th	3	0	3	57:29	+28	6th
5.	Norway	6th	2	0	4th	48:44	+4	4th
6th	United States	6th	1	0	5	21:59	−38	2
7th	Belarus	6th	0	0	6th	1: 124	−123	0

Semifinals

March 31, 2001	Sweden P. Södergren 2 M. Carlsson 1 P. Sandell 1	4: 2 (3: 2)	Finland A. Holopainen 2
March 31, 2001	Russia S. Obuchow 4 S. Lomanow 3 M. Tschermnych 2 W. Grachev 2 R. Schamsutow 1 M. Sveshnikov 1	13: 5 (6: 2)	Kazakhstan O. Tschernow 3 S. Pokidow 1 A. Timuschew 1

Placement games

Play for 5th place

March 31, 2001

Norway P. Hanssen 5 R. Arnesen 3 N. Hauger 3 C. Lystad 2 E. Meier 2 J. R. Øen 2 K. G. Johansen 1

18: 3 (6: 2)

USA J. Felder 1 A. Fronek 1 S. Nelson 1

3rd place match

April 1, 2001

Kazakhstan O. Tschernow 1 A. Kurotschkin 1

2: 3 (1: 1)

Finland H. Kauhanen 1 M. Mutikainen 1 S. Niskanen 1

final

April 1, 2001

Sweden L. Gustafsson 1

1: 6 (0: 1)

Russia W. Grachev 2 N. Jarowitsch 1 S. Obuchow 1 M. Sveshnikov 1 A. Tjukavin 1

Oulu

Final placements

space	country	Athletes
1	RUS	Vyacheslav Ryabov Andrei Baladin Alexei Tscheglow Andrei Zolotarev Valery Grachev Alexander Tjukawin Mikhail Sveshnikov Rinnat Shamsutov Yuri Pogrebnoi Ivan Maximov Nikolai Yarovich Sergei Lomanov Sergei Obukhov Oleg Chubinsky Maxim Chemnitsch Pawel Frants
2 0	SWE	Andreas Bergwall Daniel Kjörling Andreas Westh Daniel Eriksson Marcus Bergwall Göran Rosendahl Lars Gustafsson Jonas Holgersson Michael Carlsson Magnus Muhrén Per Fosshaug Patrik Södergren Ted Andersson Patrik Sandell Östling is different Henrik Hagberg
3 0	FIN	Pasi Inoranta Timo Oksanen Heikki Hyvönen Petteri Lampinen Juha Laitinen Tommy Osterberg Jukka Ohtonen Janne Hölttö Kimmo Huotelin Samuli Niskanen Janro Väkiparta Janne Väkiparta Mika Mutikainen Ari Holopainen Sami Laakkonen Harri Kauhanen

Scorer list

Preliminary round

Pl.	Nat.	player	Gates	templates	total
1		Michael Carlsson	20th	1	21st
2		Christer Lystad	15th	4th	19th
3		Ari Holopainen	8th	10	18th
4th		Sergei Pokidov	16	1	17th
5		Patrik Sandell	9	7th	16
6th		Sergei Lomanov	13	2	15th
		Östling is different	9	6th	15th
8th		Ivan Maximov	6th	8th	14th
		Påhl Hanssen	8th	6th	14th
		Robert Arnesen	10	4th	14th

List of goalscorers

Preliminary round

Pl.	Nat.	player	Gates
1		Michael Carlsson	20th
2		Sergei Pokidov	16
3		Christer Lystad	15th
4th		Sergei Lomanov	13
5		Sergei Obukhov	12
6th		Robert Arnesen	10
7th		Sami Laakkonen	9
		Alexei Sagarskich	9
		Patrik Sandell	9
		Östling is different	9

fair play

Preliminary round

Pl.	Nat.		Penalty
1		Sweden	105
2		United States	115
3		Russia	130
4th		Finland	140
5		Kazakhstan	195
		Norway	195
7th		Belarus	205

total

Pl.	Nat.	Penalty	Games	Min./sp.
1	United States	135	7th	19.3
2	Russia	160	8th	20.0
3	Finland	190	8th	23.8
4th	Sweden	225	8th	28.1
5	Kazakhstan	235	8th	29.4
6th	Norway	220	7th	31.4
7th	Belarus	205	6th	34.2

Web links

• World Cup 2001 at bandysidan.nu