World Bandy Championship 2003

World Cup 2003 Russia
gold	Sweden
silver	Russia
bronze	Kazakhstan
4th	Finland
5.	Norway
6th	Belarus
7th	United States
8th.	Estonia
9.	Netherlands

The 23 Bandy World Cup took place from 24. March bis the thirtieth March 2003 in the Russian Arkhangelsk instead.

In the final, defending champions Russia and Sweden faced each other. The Swedes decided the game 5-4 for themselves. The Kazakh team won bronze with a 4-1 victory over Finland.

Participating teams

	A world championship			B world championship
Europe	Finland	Russia		Estonia	Netherlands
	Norway	Sweden		Belarus
North America				United States
Asia	Kazakhstan

A world championship

Group stage

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Sweden	4th	4th	0	0	27: 9	+18	8th
2.	Russia	4th	3	0	1	27:11	+16	6th
3.	Finland	4th	2	0	2	14:17	−3	4th
4th	Kazakhstan	4th	1	0	3	12:27	−15	2
5.	Norway	4th	0	0	4th	9:25	−16	0

March 24, 2003	Finland	4: 2 (- :-)	Kazakhstan
March 24, 2003	Russia	8: 1 (- :-)	Norway
March 25, 2003	Sweden	9: 4 (- :-)	Finland
March 25, 2003	Russia	12: 3 (- :-)	Kazakhstan
March 26, 2003	Kazakhstan	6: 5 (- :-)	Norway
March 26, 2003	Russia	2: 6 (- :-)	Sweden
March 27, 2003	Finland	5: 1 (- :-)	Norway
March 27, 2003	Sweden	6: 1 (- :-)	Kazakhstan
March 28, 2003	Sweden	6: 2 * (- :-)	Norway
March 28, 2003	Russia	5: 1 (- :-)	Finland

(*) Note: shortened game mode 2 × 30 minutes

Finals

Semifinals

March 29, 2003	Russia	7: 3 (- :-)	Finland
March 29, 2003	Sweden	6: 1 (- :-)	Kazakhstan

3rd place match

March 30, 2003

Finland

1: 4 (- :-)

Kazakhstan

final

March 30, 2003

Russia

4: 5 (- :-)

Sweden

B world championship

Group stage

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff	Points
1.	Belarus	3	3	0	0	36: 9	+27	6th
2.	United States	3	2	0	1	37: 6	+31	4th
3.	Estonia	3	1	0	2	11:39	−28	2
4th	Netherlands	3	0	0	3	4:34	−30	0

March 24, 2003	Belarus	21: 4 (- :-)	Estonia
March 25, 2003	United States	18: 0 (- :-)	Netherlands
March 26, 2003	Netherlands	3: 7 (- :-)	Estonia
March 27, 2003	United States	4: 6 (- :-)	Belarus
March 28, 2003	United States	15: 0 (- :-)	Estonia
March 29, 2003	Belarus	9: 1 (- :-)	Netherlands

Placement games

Game for 7th place

March 30, 2003

United States

19: 3 (- :-)

Estonia

Match for 5th place (relegation)

March 30, 2003

Norway

7: 3 (- :-)

Belarus