1965 Bandy World Championship

1965 Bandy World Championship

4th Bandy World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Soviet Union
Dates	21 – 27 February
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Soviet Union
Runner-up	Norway
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	23 (3.83 per game)

The 1965 Bandy World Championship was the fourth Bandy World Championship and was contested by four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in five cities of the Soviet Union (Arkhangelsk, Ivanovo, Kursk, Moscow and Sverdlovsk) on February 21–27, 1965. The Soviet Union became champions.^[1]

Commemorative postage stamp

Participants

First Day Cover

•  Soviet Union
•  Norway
•  Sweden
•  Finland

Premier tour

• 21 February

Soviet Union – Finland 5–0

Sweden – Norway 2–2

• 24 February

Sweden-Finland 1–2

Soviet Union – Norway 4–0^[2]

• 26 February

Finland – Norway 0–1

• 27 February

Soviet Union – Sweden 3–3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	5
2	Norway	3	1	1	1	3	6	−3	3
3	Sweden	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
4	Finland	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Bandysidan.nu - Evenemang".
2. "Picture from the game". Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-17.