# 2007 Bandy World Championship

The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B). Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006.

## Division A
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Russia (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 14 | +56 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Finland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 8 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 5 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 55 | −32 | 2 | |
| 6 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 80 | −69 | 0 | Qualification to Relegation playoffs |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 February – Kemerovo | 3 February – Kemerovo |
| Russia | 16 |
| Russia | 16 | 4 February – Kemerovo | 4 February – Kemerovo |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 4 February – Kemerovo | 4 February – Kemerovo |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | Russia | 3 |
| 3 February – Kemerovo | 3 February – Kemerovo | | Russia | 3 |
| 3 February – Kemerovo | 3 February – Kemerovo | Sweden | 1 |
| Finland | 2(2) | Sweden | 1 |
| Sweden | 2(3) | | |
| Sweden | 2(3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 4 February – Kemerovo | 4 February – Kemerovo |
| | | Kazakhstan | 4(4) |
| | | Finland | 4(5) |

#### Final
### Statistics
#### Goalscorers
##### 19 goals

* Sergey Obukhov

##### 16 goals

* David Karlsson

##### 14 goals

* Daniel Andersson

##### 13 goals

* Yevgeny Ivanushkin
* Sami Laakkonen
* Pavel Ryazantsev

##### 12 goals

* Vyacheslav Bronnikov

##### 11 goals

* Sergey Lomanov, Jr.

##### 9 goals

* Denis Kriushenkov

##### 7 goals

* Sergey Tarasov

##### 6 goals

* Marcus Bergwall
* Jonas Edling
* Ivan Maksimov

##### 5 goals

* Ville Aaltonen
* Johan Andersson
* Sergey Chernetsky
* Kjetil Johansen
* Christer Lystad
* Andrey Morikov
* Mikhail Sveshnikov

##### 4 goals

* Mikko Aarni
* Maksim Chermnykh
* Denis In-Fa-Lin
* Rasmus Lindqvist
* Thomas Moen
* Mika Mutikainen

##### 3 goals

* Stefan Erixon
* Påhl Hanssen
* Samuli Niskanen
* Evgenij Sviridov
* Anton Zybarev

##### 2 goals

* Marius Austad
* Olov Englund
* Per Hellmyrs
* Rauan Isaliev
* Daniel Mossberg
* Magnus Muhrén
* Vladislav Novozhilov
* Pekka Rintala
* Dmitry Savelyev (bandy player) [ru]
* Dmitry Starikov
* Yury Stepochkin
* Aleksandr Tyukavin
* Yury Vikulin
* Dmitrij Zavidovskij
* Igor Zolotarev

##### 1 goal

* Hans Andersson
* Kjetil Bergh
* Vadim Bogdanovich
* Artem Botvenkov
* Mikhail Dobrynin
* Aleksandr Dryagin
* Antti Ekman
* Stian Holmen-Jensen
* Kimmo Huotelin
* Petteri Lampinen
* Jan Magnus Olaisen
* Tommi Österberg
* Anders Östling
* Yury Pogrebnoy
* Roman Poloskin
* Denis Slautin
* Mikhail Tarasenko
* Christian Waaler
* Alexei Zagarskikh
* Alexej Zolotarev

## Division B

All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | +46 | 10 |
| 2 | Latvia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 2 |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 2 |
* 28 January
    Netherlands – USA 0–11
    Latvia – Mongolia 5–0
    Estonia – Hungary 2–4
    Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2
* 29 January
    Hungary – Latvia 0–7
    USA – Mongolia 8–0
    Netherlands – Estonia 5–1
    USA – Hungary 12–2
* 30 January
    Estonia – Mongolia 5–0
    USA – Latvia 6–1
    Netherlands – Hungary 2–3
    Estonia – Latvia 1–7
* 31 January
    USA – Estonia 14–2
    Netherlands – Latvia 1–6
    Hungary – Mongolia 2–2

### Final round

* 1 February and 2 February
    Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2
    Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3
    Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2

### Division A play-off

    Belarus – USA 9–1