# 2018 Bandy World Championship

The 2018 Bandy World Championship was the 38th Bandy World Championship between men's bandy teams. The tournament took place in China and Russia. Division A matches were played in the Russian city of Khabarovsk and Division B matches in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

## Participating teams and officials

Eight nations were qualified for the Division A, where the matches were played in Khabarovsk, Russia. Canada would have made its return to Division A, as it won in the Division B last year, but declined to participate and was replaced by Hungary. The other teams in Division A were directly qualified through their results in the same division last year.
The Division B matches were played in Harbin, Manchuria, and made up of eight teams. Of the countries from 2017, Belarus, which finished in last place of Division A, and the Czech Republic, chose not to participate.

### Division A
#### Pool A

* Finland
* Norway
* Russia
* Sweden

#### Pool B

* Germany
* Hungary
* Kazakhstan
* United States

### Division B
#### Pool A

* Estonia
* Japan
* Mongolia
* Ukraine

#### Pool B

* China
* Netherlands
* Slovakia
* Somalia

### Officials

| | Referees | Assistants |
| Division A | Petri Kuusela Pontus Petersson Nikita Yuklyaevskikh Jonas Kandell Eric William Hemmesch | Mika Mutanen Harri Pietilaintn Fredrik Bjørseth Sergey Beskonchin Denis Pronin Per Jacobsson Thomas Persson |
| Division B | Brenden Burnell Radek Kopal Andrey Piunov Egor Lukyanchenko Rodion Yarovenko Adam Jokinen | Sang Hong Wang Xue Feng Dmitri Antropov Ryuji Tsujitsugu Nurlan Urazgaliev Bas van Meijel Jimmy Elwing Steven Shinn |

## Venues

| Khabarovsk | Harbin |
| Arena Yerofey | Harbin Sport University Stadium |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |

## Division A
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+10).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 6 |
| 2 | Russia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 4 |
| 3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 39 | −38 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 3 | +57 | 6 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 4 |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 36 | −21 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 54 | −48 | 0 |

### Play-off
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 2 February | 2 February | | | |
| Russia | 26 | | | |
| Russia | 26 | 3 February | 3 February | | |
| Germany | 1 | 3 February | 3 February | |
| Germany | 1 | Russia | 8 | |
| 2 February | 2 February | | Russia | 8 | |
| 2 February | 2 February | Finland | 2 | |
| Finland | 13 | Finland | 2 | |
| Finland | 13 | | | | 4 February | 4 February |
| United States | 4 | | | | 4 February | 4 February |
| United States | 4 | | | | Russia | 5 |
| 2 February | 2 February | | | | | Russia | 5 |
| 2 February | 2 February | | | | Sweden | 4 |
| Sweden | 16 | | | | Sweden | 4 |
| Sweden | 16 | 3 February | 3 February | | | |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 February | 3 February | | | |
| Hungary | 3 | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | | Sweden | 5 | | | |
| 2 February | 2 February | Kazakhstan | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Norway | 1 | Kazakhstan | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Norway | 1 | | | | 4 February | 4 February |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | | | | 4 February | 4 February |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | | | | Finland | 8 |
| | | | | | Kazakhstan | 4 |

#### Final
### Final ranking

| | Russia |
| | Sweden |
| | Finland |
| 4 | Kazakhstan |
| 5 | United States |
| 6 | Norway |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Hungary |

## Division B
### Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 6 |
| 2 | China (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Somalia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |

### Play-off
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 31 January | 31 January | | | |
| Mongolia | 2 | | | |
| Mongolia | 2 | 2 February | 2 February | | |
| China | 3 | 2 February | 2 February | |
| China | 3 | China | 1 | |
| 31 January | 31 January | | China | 1 | |
| 31 January | 31 January | Japan | 2 | |
| Japan | 4 | Japan | 2 | |
| Japan | 4 | | | | 3 February | 3 February |
| Slovakia | 1 | | | | 3 February | 3 February |
| Slovakia | 1 | | | | Japan | 2 |
| 31 January | 31 January | | | | | Japan | 2 |
| 31 January | 31 January | | | | Netherlands | 3 |
| Ukraine | 1 | | | | Netherlands | 3 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 2 February | 2 February | | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 2 February | 2 February | | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | Netherlands | 8 | | | |
| 31 January | 31 January | | Netherlands | 8 | | | |
| 31 January | 31 January | Estonia | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Estonia | 20 | Estonia | 4 | | Third place | Third place |
| Estonia | 20 | | | | 3 February | 3 February |
| Somalia | 0 | | | | 3 February | 3 February |
| Somalia | 0 | | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | | Estonia | 11 |

#### Final
### Final ranking

| 1 | Netherlands |
| 2 | Japan |
| 3 | Estonia |
| 4 | China |
| 5 | Mongolia |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Slovakia |
| 8 | Somalia |