1981 Bandy World Championship

1981 Bandy World Championship

XIIth Bandy World Championship
File:1981 Bandy World Championship logo.jpeg
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	7 – 15 February
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played	12
Goals scored	90 (7.5 per game)

The 1981 Bandy World Championship was the 12th Bandy World Championship and was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Khabarovsk in the Soviet Union from 7 February-15 February 1981. Sweden became champions for the first time. The Soviet Union had won all previous championships.

Squads

A USSR postage stamp issued to observe the 1981 world championship in bandy

Main article: 1981 Bandy World Championship squads

Participants

• Sweden
• Soviet Union
• Finland
• Norway

Premier tour

File:1981 Bandy World Championship mascot.jpeg

The mascot of the 1981 Bandy World Championship was a Siberian tiger, an animal of the natural fauna of the region

• 7 February

Norway – Finland 1–6

Soviet Union – Sweden 1–6

• 8 February

Finland – Sweden 0–3

Soviet Union – Norway 14–0

• 10 February

Norway – Sweden 0–8

Soviet Union – Finland 8–0

• 12 February

Norway – Finland 1–5

Soviet Union – Sweden 3–1

• 14 February

Finland – Sweden 2–5

Soviet Union – Norway 7–0

• 15 February

Norway – Sweden 1–12

Soviet Union – Finland 5–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	6	5	0	1	35	7	+28	10
2	Soviet Union	6	5	0	1	38	8	+30	10
3	Finland	6	2	0	4	14	23	−9	4
4	Norway	6	0	0	6	3	52	−49	0

Source:

Sweden champions due to better head-to-head record.