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International ice hockey competition
1957 Bandy World Championship
1st Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Finland
Dates28 February – 3 March
Teams3
Final positions
Champions  Soviet Union
Runner-up  Finland
Third place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played3
Goals scored18 (6 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Alpo Aho (FIN), Valentin Antamaiev (URS), Yevgeny Papugin (URS) (each 3 points)
← None1961 →

The 1957 Bandy World Championship was contested among three men's bandy playing nations and was the first ever Bandy World Championship. Norway declined to take part due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956.

The venue of the games was the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

The championship was played in Finland from 28 February to 3 March 1957, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body for bandy in Finland. The tournament was officially opened by President of the republic Urho Kekkonen. All three games of the tournament were played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The Soviet Union became champions.

Participants

Participating countries in the 1957 Bandy World Championship
Blue: countries participating
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship

Premier tour

  • 28 February
Finland – Sweden 4–3 (Timoska (2), Aho (2) - Vikner, Vikman, Fredblad)
  • 2 March
Soviet Union – Sweden 2–2 (Papugin, Atamanychev - Janson, Saav)
  • 3 March
Soviet Union – Finland 6–1 (Atamanychev (2), Vodyanov, Papugin (2), Shunin - Aho)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Soviet Union 2 1 1 0 8 3 +5 3
2  Finland 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 2
3  Sweden 2 0 1 1 5 6 −1 1
Source:

References

  1. Tor Audun Sørensen (22 February 2021). "VM bandy Norge 1961" (in Norwegian). Bandy Association of Norway. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. Arne Argus (2003). Mästarglans kring bandy-VM (in Swedish). Svenska bandyförbundet (Swedish Bandy Association). p. 2.
  3. Video from the tournament: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02869_1
  4. "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
  5. "Picture of the champions".
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