2011 Bandy World Championship

2011 Bandy World Championship
	Sergey Lomanov, Jr.; (12 goals)
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The 2011 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international men's bandy, held between January 23 and January 30, 2011, in Kazan, Russia.

11 countries participated in the 2011 championships:

the floodings. At least five more countries wanted to come, but the tournament format at the time did not allow more than twelve teams.^[4] For the first time, Finland won the group stage. Russia became the world champion, with Finland second, and Sweden third.^[5]

Group A

Preliminary round

Date	Match	Res.
January 23	United States	17–0
	Sweden – Finland	5–5 (5–6 after penalties)
	Norway – Kazakhstan	2–7
January 24	United States – Kazakhstan	2–7
	Norway – Sweden	0–12
	Russia – Finland	3–4
January 25	United States	13–2
	Kazakhstan – Sweden	2–7
	Russia – Norway	13–1
January 26	Finland – Norway	9–0
	United States	8–1
	Russia – Kazakhstan	7–2
January 27	United States – Norway	3–7
	Kazakhstan – Finland	3–4
	Russia – Sweden	5–2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	5	4	1	0	35	13	+22	9
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	45	9	+36	8
3	Sweden	5	3	1	1	34	13	+21	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	3	20	21	−1	4
5	Norway	5	1	0	4	9	43	−34	2
6	United States	5	0	0	5	8	52	−44	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

Date	Match	Res.
Semifinals
January 29	Finland – Kazakhstan	5–4
January 29	Russia – Sweden	3–2
Match for 3rd place
January 30	Kazakhstan – Sweden	3–14
Final
January 30	Finland – Russia	1–6

Group B

Preliminary round

Date	Match	Res.
January 24	Belarus – Latvia	15–2
January 24	Canada – Hungary	14–3
January 25	Canada – Latvia	13–0
January 25	Netherlands – Belarus	1–12
January 26	Netherlands – Canada	2–4
January 26	Hungary – Latvia	3–4
January 27	Netherlands – Latvia	2–3
January 27	Belarus – Hungary	9–2
January 28	Belarus – Canada	8–2
January 28	Hungary – Netherlands	6–3