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2019 Bandy World Championship was held in
Vänersborg
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, Sweden,
[ between men's national teams among ]bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
playing nations. It was the XXXIXth Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wome ...
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Host selection
The tournament was supposed to be held in Irkutsk
Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...
in Russia. However, the decision was reconsidered
and the tournament was held in Vänersborg
Vänersborg () is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,591) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Sin ...
in Sweden instead. Irkutsk might get the right to host the 2020 tournament, if FIB is given guarantees that the planned indoor arena will be ready for use in time. The Russian government has expressed its support for the building of such a stadium.
Venues
Qualified nations
A total of 20 nations took part in the championships.
Division A
Pool A
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Pool B
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Division A
Preliminary round
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Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Play-offs
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
Awards
Best players selected by the directorate:
*Best Goaltender: Kimmo Kyllönen
*Best Defenceman: Martin Johansson
*Best Midfielder: Maksim Ishkeldin
Maksim Vitalyevich Ishkeldin (russian: Максим Витальевич Ишкельдин; 22 June 1990 – 5 June 2021) was a Russian professional bandy player. He played for the Yenisey Krasnoyarsk Bandy Club from 2020, and previously for t ...
*Best Forward: Erik Pettersson
*MVP: Erik Pettersson
*Fair Play:
Division B
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final ranking
References
External links
Official site
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2019
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World Championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wome ...
Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wome ...
2019 in Swedish sport
International bandy competitions hosted by Sweden
Vänersborg Municipality