1969 Bandy World Championship

1969 Bandy World Championship
6th Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates8 – 16 February
Teams3
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place  Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per game)
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The 1969 Bandy World Championship was the sixth Bandy World Championship and was contested by three men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Sweden from 8–16 February 1969.

Originally the tournament was to be arranged in Norway, but the Norwegians declined to participate and arrange the championship so Sweden had to take over. Norway did not want to be part of a tournament where the Soviet Union played, due to the Soviet and its allies invasion of Czechoslovakia the previous year.

The Soviet Union won all four of its matches and became champions.[1]

Participants

Premier tour

  • 8 February
Sweden-Finland 5–1
  • 9 February
Soviet Union – Finland 10–1
  • 11 February
Soviet Union – Sweden 4–2
  • 13 February
Finland – Sweden 6–1
  • 15 February
Soviet Union – Finland 5–2
  • 16 February
Soviet Union – Sweden 2–1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 4 4 0 0 21 6 +15 8
2  Sweden 4 1 0 3 9 13 −4 2
3  Finland 4 1 0 3 10 21 −11 2
Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".