Bandy World Championship 1961
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The Bandy World Championship 1961 was contested between 4 men's Bandy
playing nations. The championship was played in Norway
from 22 February-26 February 1961. The Soviet Union became champions.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
playing nations. The championship was played in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
from 22 February-26 February 1961. The Soviet Union became champions.
Premier tour
- 22 February
- Sweden - Norway 2-1
- Soviet Union - Finland 3-2
- 24 February
- Soviet Union - Norway 9-1
- Sweden-Finland 4-1
- 26 February
- Finland - Norway 4-3
- Soviet Union - Sweden 2-1
| Rank | Country | Pts | W | T | L | Bp | Bc | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -10 |