Bandy World Championship 2004

The Bandy World Championship 2004 was a competition between Bandy playing nations. The men's tournament was played in Sweden on 1 February-8 February 2004 for Group A and Group B was played from the 25 February -28 February 2004 Finland won the championship. There were 11 Bandy playing countries participating in the 2004 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, The Netherlands and The United States (group B).

2004 World Bandy Championships, schedule and results

Group A

*bandy|FIN
*bandy|SWE
*bandy|RUS
*bandy|KAZ
*bandy|NOR

Premier tour

* 1 February : Sweden - Kazakhstan 14 - 2: Russia - Norway 6 - 3

* 2 February:Kazakhstan - Russia 3 - 10:Sweden - Finland 7 - 1

* 3 FebruaryFinland - Norway 5 - 3Sweden - Russia 4 - 3

* 4 February:Kazakhstan - Norway 4 - 4:Russia - Finland 3 - 4

* 5 February:Finland - Kazakhstan 3 - 7:Sweden - Norway 6 - 6

Final Tour

emifinals

* 7 February: Sweden - Kazakhstan 10 - 3: Russia - Finland 3 - 4

Match for 3rd place

* 8 February: Russia - Kazakhstan 5 - 2

Final

* 8 February: Sweden - Finland 4 - 5 (aet)

Group B

*bandy|USA
*bandy|BLR
*bandy|HUN
*bandy|CAN
*bandy|NED
*bandy|EST

Premier tour

* 25 February: Canada - USA 3 - 4: Hungary - Estonia 2 - 3: Belarus - Netherlands 7 - 0: Estonia - Canada 2 - 6: Hungary - USA 1 - 10

* 26 February: Belarus - Estonia 2 - 1: Netherlands - USA 0 - 12: Belarus - Canada 3 - 2: Estonia - USA 0 - 10: Hungary - Netherlands 4 - 1

* 27 February: Hungary - Belarus 4 - 2: Netherlands - Canada 1 - 6: Belarus - USA 1 - 6: Netherlands - Estonia 0 - 6: Hungary - Canada 3 - 3

Play off matches

Match for 3rd Place

*February 28Hungary - Canada 5-1

Final

*February 28USA - Belarus 7-0

ee also

* Bandy
* Bandy World Championships