# 2014 Bandy World Championship

The 2014 Bandy World Championship was held between 26 January and 2 February 2014, in Irkutsk and Shelekhov, Russia. 17 nations participated in the tournament, playing in two divisions partitioned into two subdivisions. A team representing Somalia took part, the first squad from Africa to play in the Bandy World Championship.

## Participating teams
### Division A

* Belarus
* Canada
* Finland
* Kazakhstan
* Norway
* Russia
* Sweden
* United States

### Division B

* Estonia
* Germany
* Hungary
* Japan
* Latvia
* Mongolia
* Netherlands
* Somalia
* Ukraine

## Venues

* Trud Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 16,500)
* Rekord Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 5,300)
* Zenith Stadium, Irkutsk (capacity: 4,000)
* Stroitel Stadium, Shelekhov (capacity: 4,000)

## Division A

* After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 5 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 5 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 | −17 | 0 |
* 1 2 Russia won after-match penalties against Sweden 3–1.
All times are local (UTC+8).

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 5 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 5 |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 0 |
* 1 2 Norway won after-match penalties against United States 2–1.

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 January – Irkutsk | 30 January – Irkutsk | | | |
| Norway | 2 | | | |
| Norway | 2 | 1 February – Irkutsk | 1 February – Irkutsk | | |
| Finland | 9 | 1 February – Irkutsk | 1 February – Irkutsk | |
| Finland | 9 | Finland | 1 | |
| 30 January – Irkutsk | 30 January – Irkutsk | | Finland | 1 | |
| 30 January – Irkutsk | 30 January – Irkutsk | Russia | 3 | |
| Russia | 22 | Russia | 3 | |
| Russia | 22 | | | | 2 February – Irkutsk | 2 February – Irkutsk |
| Canada | 1 | | | | 2 February – Irkutsk | 2 February – Irkutsk |
| Canada | 1 | | | | Russia | 3 |
| 30 January – Irkutsk | 30 January – Irkutsk | | | | | Russia | 3 |
| 30 January – Irkutsk | 30 January – Irkutsk | | | | Sweden | 2 |
| Sweden | 33 | | | | Sweden | 2 |
| Sweden | 33 | 1 February – Irkutsk | 1 February – Irkutsk | | | |
| Belarus | 5 | 1 February – Irkutsk | 1 February – Irkutsk | | | |
| Belarus | 5 | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| 30 January – Shelekhov | 30 January – Shelekhov | | Sweden | 4 | | | |
| 30 January – Shelekhov | 30 January – Shelekhov | Kazakhstan | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | | Third place | Third place |
| United States | 3 | | | | 2 February – Irkutsk | 2 February – Irkutsk |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | | | | 2 February – Irkutsk | 2 February – Irkutsk |
| Kazakhstan | 11 | | | | Finland | 3 |
| | | | | | Kazakhstan | 5 |

#### Final
### Consolation tournament
#### 5th place game
### Final standings

| 1. | Russia |
| 2. | Sweden |
| 3. | Kazakhstan |
| 4. | Finland |
| 5. | Norway |
| 6. | United States |
| 7. | Belarus |
| 8. | Canada |

## Division B

* After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 5 |
| Estonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 4 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 0 |
| 27 January 2014 |
| Netherlands | 2–4 | Hungary |
| Latvia | 4–4 (3–2 penalties) | Estonia |
| 28 January 2014 |
| Netherlands | 3–10 | Latvia |
| Hungary | 4–4 (4–3 penalties) | Estonia |
| 29 January 2014 |
| Estonia | 4–2 | Netherlands |
| Latvia | 7–4 | Hungary |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 7 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | +17 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 4 |
| Germany | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 3 |
| Somalia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 59 | −57 | 0 |
| 27 January 2014 |
| Japan | 2–1 | Ukraine |
| Somalia | 1–22 | Germany |
| Mongolia | 2–3 | Japan |
| 28 January 2014 |
| Ukraine | 13–0 | Somalia |
| Mongolia | 3–1 | Germany |
| Japan | 12–0 | Somalia |
| Ukraine | 2–7 | Mongolia |
| 29 January 2014 |
| Germany | 4–4 (0–1 penalties) | Japan |
| Somalia | 1–12 | Mongolia |
| Germany | 3–8 | Ukraine |
* Matches in Group D are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes

### Knockout phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | | | |
| Latvia | 9 | | | |
| Latvia | 9 | 31 January – | 31 January – | | |
| Germany | 3 | 31 January – | 31 January – | |
| Germany | 3 | Latvia | 8 | |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | | Latvia | 8 | |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | Japan | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | Japan | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 2 | | | | 1 February – | 1 February – |
| Japan | 3 | | | | 1 February – | 1 February – |
| Japan | 3 | | | | Latvia | 8 |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | | | | | Latvia | 8 |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | | | | Estonia | 1 |
| Hungary | 5 | | | | Estonia | 1 |
| Hungary | 5 | 31 January – | 31 January – | | | |
| Mongolia | 4 | 31 January – | 31 January – | | | |
| Mongolia | 4 | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | | Hungary | 2 | | | |
| 30 January – | 30 January – | Estonia | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Estonia | 5 | Estonia | 5 | | Third place | Third place |
| Estonia | 5 | | | | 1 February – | 1 February – |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | 1 February – | 1 February – |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | Japan | 2 |
| | | | | | Hungary | 6 |

#### Quarterfinals

| 30 January 2014 |
| Latvia | 9–3 | Germany |
| Estonia | 5–1 | Ukraine |
| Hungary | 5–4 | Mongolia |
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Japan |

#### Match for 7th place (60 mins)

| 31 January 2014 |
| Germany | 5–4 | Ukraine |

#### Match for 5th place (60 mins)

| 31 January 2014 |
| Mongolia | 2–3 | Netherlands |

#### Match for 8th place (60 mins)

| 31 January 2014 |
| Ukraine | 13–1 | Somalia |

#### Semi-finals

| 31 January 2014 |
| Latvia | 8–0 | Japan |
| Hungary | 2–5 | Estonia |

#### Match for third place

| 1 February 2014 |
| Japan | 2–6 | Hungary |

#### Final

| 1 February 2014 |
| Latvia | 8–1 | Estonia |

### Final standings

| 1. | Latvia |
| 2. | Estonia |
| 3. | Hungary |
| 4. | Japan |
| 5. | Netherlands |
| 6. | Mongolia |
| 7. | Germany |
| 8. | Ukraine |
| 9. | Somalia |

## Sources

* Bandy World Championships 2014 Official Website (English and Russian)
* Federation of International Bandy Official Website (English)