2006 Bandy World Championship
# 2006 Bandy World Championship

The 2006 Bandy World Championship was held in Sweden 28 January-5 February. There were men's national teams from 12 countries participating in the 2006 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Mongolia, the Netherlands, the United States (group B).

## Bidding

In February 2004, Hälsingland expressed its interest for hosting the tournament, with the final game intended to be played inside the Edsbyn Arena to avoid being affected by weather conditions.

Dalarna, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Västerås also expressed their interests for hosting. On 27 November 2004, the Swedish Bandy Association announced that the tournament would be played either in Dalarna or in Stockholm. On 14 January 2005, it was announced that Stockholm would host the tournament.

## Group A

* Russia
* Sweden
* Finland
* 4th Kazakhstan
* 5th Norway
* 6th Belarus

### Premier tour

* 28 January

    Sweden – Kazakhstan 14–1
    Belarus – Finland 1–13
    Russia – Norway 12–2
* 29 January

    Sweden – Finland 4–5
    Norway – Belarus 17–2
    Russia – Kazakhstan 21–3
* 30 January

    Sweden – Belarus 13–1
    Kazakhstan – Norway 10–4
* 31 January

    Russia – Finland 5–1
* 1 February

    Finland – Norway 6–3
    Kazakhstan – Belarus 14–4
    Sweden – Russia 4–5
* 2 February

    Sweden – Norway 6–2
    Russia – Belarus 9–4
    Finland – Kazakhstan 7–3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 14 | +38 | 10 |
| 2 | Finland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 8 |
| 3 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 6 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 4 |
| 5 | Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 36 | −8 | 2 |
| 6 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 66 | −54 | 0 |

### Final Tour

**Semifinals**

* 4 February

    Russia – Kazakhstan 13–3
    Sweden – Finland 3–1

**Match for 3rd place**

* 5 February

    Kazakhstan – Finland 4–7

**Final**

* 5 February

    Russia – Sweden 3–2

## Group B

Were played in Ekvallen in Gustavsberg, a bit outside Stockholm

* United States
* Canada
* Hungary
* Netherlands
* Mongolia
* Estonia

### Premier tour

* February 1

    Mongolia – Estonia 4–3
    USA – Hungary 10–1
    Netherlands – Canada 0–9
    USA – Estonia 8–0
    Hungary – Canada 0–3
    Mongolia – Netherlands 0–3
* February 2

    Mongolia – USA 0–14
    Netherlands – Hungary 1–3
    Estonia – Canada 0–4
    USA – Netherlands 14–0
    Hungary – Estonia 3–2
    Canada – Mongolia 4–0
* February 3

    Estonia – Netherlands 1–3
    Hungary – Mongolia 3–0
    Canada – USA 1–4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | +48 | 10 |
| 2 | Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 8 |
| 3 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 6 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 4 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | −23 | 2 |
| 6 | Estonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 22 | −16 | 0 |

### Match for 4th Place

* February 4

    Netherlands – Mongolia 4–3

### Match for 2nd Place

* February 4

    Canada – Hungary 5–0

### A-group qualification match

* February 4

    Belarus – USA 3–2
