2019 Bandy World Championship was held in

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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 ...

Host selection

The tournament was supposed to be held in

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in Russia. However, the decision was reconsidered and the tournament was held in

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 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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