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2013 Bandy World Championship
XXXIIIrd Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries	Sweden; Norway
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Dates	27 January–3 February
Teams	14
Final positions
Champions	Russia (7th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Kazakhstan
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s)	Patrik Nilsson; (21 goals)
MVP	Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
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The 2013 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 23 and February 3, 2013, in Norway and Sweden.

14 countries participated in the 2013 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A), Canada, Estonia, Japan, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States (group B). The B-group Championship was played in Sapa Arena in Vetlanda. The B-Group games were only played 2x30 minutes.^[1]

Venues

Vänersborg	Gothenburg	Trollhättan	Oslo	Vetlanda
Arena Vänersborg Capacity: 5,700	Heden Arena Capacity: 5,700	Slättbergshallen Capacity: 4,000	Frogner stadion Capacity: 4,200	Sapa Arena Capacity: 2,200

Participating teams

Division A

Division B

Division A

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	5	5	0	59	11	+48	15
Russia	5	4	1	57	15	+42	12
Kazakhstan	5	3	2	38	20	+18	9
Finland	5	2	3	41	23	+18	6
Norway	5	1	4	8	44	−36	3
Belarus	5	0	5	6	96	−90	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times local (UTC+1)


27 January 2013
Sweden	5–3	Finland
Norway	5–2	Belarus
Russia	6–4	Kazakhstan
28 January 2013
Finland	21–2	Belarus
Norway	0–12	Russia
Sweden	9–2	Kazakhstan
29 January 2013
Kazakhstan	10–1	Norway
Finland	3–6	Russia
Sweden	28–1	Belarus
30 January 2013
Finland	4–8	Kazakhstan
Russia	28–1	Belarus
Sweden	10–0	Norway
31 January 2013
Kazakhstan	14–0	Belarus
Norway	2–10	Finland
Sweden	7–5	Russia

Match for fifth place


2 February 2013
Norway	11–0	Belarus

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

2 February -

Russia	8
		3 February -
Kazakhstan	2
		Russia	4
2 February -
		Sweden	3
Sweden	10

Finland	2
		Third place

		3 February -

		Kazakhstan	6

		Finland	3

Semi-finals


2 February 2013
Russia	8–2	Kazakhstan
Sweden	10–2	Finland

Match for third place


3 February 2013
Kazakhstan	6–3	Finland

Final


3 February 2013
Russia	4–3	Sweden

Final standings

1.	Russia
2.	Sweden
3.	Kazakhstan
4.	Finland
5.	Norway
6.	Belarus

Statistics

Goalscorers

21 goals

Patrik Nilsson

16 goals

Igor Larionov

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

Sergey Pochkunov

8 goals

Division B

Group 1

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	35	1	+34	6
Canada	3	2	1	14	16	−2	4
Hungary	3	1	2	11	19	−8	2
Latvia	3	0	3	4	28	−24	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times local (UTC+1)


23 January 2013
United States	10–1	Canada
24 January 2013
Canada	6–3	Latvia
Hungary	0–11	United States
Latvia	0–14	United States
Canada	7–3	Hungary
25 January 2013
Hungary	8–1	Latvia

Group 2

Note - Matches were of 60 minutes duration rather than the standard 90 minutes in Group A.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	3	3	0	22	8	+14	6
Netherlands	3	2	1	10	11	−1	4
Japan	3	1	2	10	19	−9	2
Ukraine	3	0	3	12	26	−14	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times local (UTC+1)


24 January 2013
Estonia	13–6	Ukraine
Japan	2–3	Netherlands
Ukraine	3–5	Netherlands
Estonia	3–0	Japan
25 January 2013
Japan	8–5	Ukraine
Netherlands	2–6	Estonia