2017 Bandy World Championship

International ice hockey competition

2017 Bandy World ChampionshipXXXVIIth Bandy World Championship

Tournament details
Host country|  Sweden
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates| 29 January – 5 February (Division A)
24–28 January (Division B)
Teams| 8 (Division A) and 10 (Division B)
Final positions
Champions |  Sweden
Runner-up |  Russia
Third place |  Finland
Fourth place|  Norway
Tournament statistics
Games played| 22 (Division A)
34 (Division B)
Scoring leader(s)| Division A
Nikolai Rustad Jensen
(17 goals)
Division B
Roman Murzin
(17 goals)
MVP|  Johan Löfstedt

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2017 Bandy World Championship was the 37th Bandy World Championship and was held in Sweden. The games in Division A were played in Göransson Arena in Sandviken, 29 January to 5 February.[1][2] The games of Division B were played in Slättbergshallen in Trollhättan, 24–28 January.[3] Also Gävle, where no match was played, was officially a host city. However, the FIB congress took place there.

## Participating teams

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Participating countries in the 2017 Bandy World Championship.
Blue: Division A
Red: Division B
Green: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship

Eight nations competed in Division A.[4] Eleven were originally scheduled to play in Division B,[5] which would have been an all-time high of nineteen. However, Latvia did not compete [6] thus the record set at the 2016 tournament was matched.

### Division A

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#### Pool A

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* Finland
* Kazakhstan
* Russia
* Sweden

#### Pool B

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* Norway
* Belarus
* Germany
* United States

### Division B

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#### Pool A

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* Hungary
* Japan
* Mongolia
* Ukraine

#### Pool B

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* Canada
* China
* Czech Republic
* Estonia
* Netherlands
* Somalia

## Squads

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Main article: 2017 Bandy World Championship squads

## Arenas

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Sandviken | Trollhättan

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Göransson Arena | Slättbergshallen
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## Division A

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### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Sweden (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 26  | 12  | +14  | 6
2  |  Russia | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 21  | 14  | +7  | 4
3  |  Finland | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 17  | −8  | 2
4  |  Kazakhstan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 9  | 22  | −13  | 0

Source: [7]
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC+1).

Game 1

29 January 2017

15:00

Sweden | 8–2
(5–1)|  Finland

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E. Pettersson 4', 24' (p), 71' (p), 73'
A. Gilljam 10'
D. Pizzoni Elfving 28', 74'
D. Mossberg 38' | Report |  41' M. Kumpuoja
56' V. Aaltonen

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 2,023

Referee: Pontus Petersson (Norway)

Game 4

30 January 2017

19:00

Kazakhstan | 2–9
(0–5)|  Russia

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A. Vsjivkov 80'
R. Isaliyev 83' | Report |  4', 5', 35', 73' A. Bondarenko
32', 47' Y. Ivanushkin
37' A. Dzhushoyev
49' J. Befus
58' J. Sjardakov

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 318

Referee: Jonas Kandell (Sweden)

Game 7

31 January 2017

16:00

Russia | 6–2
(2–0)|  Finland

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A. Dzhushoyev 25'
Y. Ivanushkin 28'
Y. Shardakov 46', 77'
A. Mirgazov 50'
M. Ishkeldin 89' | Report |  51' P. Rintala
54' R. Larsson

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 265

Referee: Jonas Kandell (Sweden)

Game 8

31 January 2017

19:00

Sweden | 8–4
(3–2)|  Kazakhstan

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P. Nilsson 13', 82'
D. Andersson 22', 53'
D. Mossberg 38'
C. Edlund 47', 66'
E. Pettersson 80' | Report |  5', 63' S. Pochkunov
10' O. Pivovarov
81' A. Nasonov

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 1,249

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

Game 11

1 February 2017

16:00

Kazakhstan | 3–5
(2–1)|  Finland

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A. Golubkov 22'
R. Isaliyev 25'
A. Vshivkov 63' | Report |  12' M. Lukkarila
47' Tu. Määttä
61' R. Larsson
75' M. Kumpuoia
87' M. Rytkönen

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 332

Referee: Pontus Petersson (Norway)

Game 12

1 February 2017

19:00

Russia | 6–10
(2–5)|  Sweden

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J. Befus 11', 35'
Y. Ivanushkin 53', 77', 93' (p)
A. Mirgazov 74' | Report |  13', 88' C. Edlund
15', 26' E. Pettersson
18' P. Nilsson
49' D. Pizzoni Elfving
57' E. Säfström
79' J. Löfstedt
90' P. Hellmyrs

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 1,909

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Norway | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 35  | 7  | +28  | 6
2  |  United States | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 26  | 17  | +9  | 4
3  |  Belarus | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 13  | 31  | −18  | 1
4  |  Germany | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 14  | 33  | −19  | 1

Source: [7]

Game 2

30 January 2017

13:00

United States | 9–4
(5–3)|  Germany

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D. Richardson 3'
K. Brown 8', 28'
M. Lickteig 10', 64'
M. Carman 36', 84'
A. Zitouni 78'
J. Blucher 86' | Report |  9', 43' A. Kolyagin
27', 81' (p) M. Dunaev

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 210

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Game 3

30 January 2017

16:00

Belarus | 1–10
(0–5)|  Norway

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S. Yusupov 87' | Report |  4' (p), 35' (p), 62', 66' (p), 76' N. Jensen
8', 61' S. Kristoffersen
25', 40' F. Randsborg
82' M. Hogevold

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 269

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

Game 5

31 January 2017

10:00

Germany | 7–7
(2–5)|  Belarus

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M. Dunaev 11' (p), 78', 86' (p)
F. Mironov 16', 82'
A. Kuznetsov 46'
P. Savchenko Jr. 99' | Report |  6' K. Savchenko
23', 42' M. Azarenko
29', 94' D. Artemenko
47' (p) E. Sviridov
97' S. Yusupov
Penalties
| 3–4 |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 231

Referee: Pontus Petersson (Norway)

Game 6

31 January 2017

13:00

Norway | 8–3
(3–2)|  United States

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C. Randsborg 3'
E. Johnsen 8'
F. Randsborg 29', 68'
N. Jensen 46', 48'
S. Kristoffersen 52', 81' | Report |  12' K. Brown
24' M. Williams
86' (p) D. Richardson

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 231

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Game 9

1 February 2017

10:00

Germany | 3–17
(3–8)|  Norway

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F. Mironov 37'
M. Dunaev 39'
S. Naab 43' | Report |  8' (pen), 10', 19', 27', 32', 47', 75' N. Jensen
15' E. Johnsen
29', 63', 74' S. Kristoffersen
31' K. Hagen
48', 89', 90', 92' F. Callander
72' M. Hogevold

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 279

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

Game 10

1 February 2017

13:00

Belarus | 5–14
(3–7)|  United States

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 145

Referee: Jonas Kandell (Sweden)

### Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 February – Sandviken| | | | |

|  Kazakhstan| 4

| 4 February – Sandviken

|  Norway| 5 |

|  Norway| 2

| 2 February – Sandviken

| |  Sweden| 17 |

|  Sweden| 34

| | 5 February – Sandviken

|  Germany| 6 |

|  Sweden| 4

| 2 February – Sandviken

| |  Russia| 3

|  Finland| 15

| 4 February – Sandviken|

|  United States| 1 |

|  Finland| 4

| 2 February – Sandviken

| |  Russia| 6 | | Third place

|  Russia| 17

| | 5 February – Sandviken

|  Belarus| 0 |

|  Finland| 11

|  Norway| 1

#### Quarterfinals

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Game 13

2 February 2017

10:00

Kazakhstan | 4–5 (OT)
(4–0)|  Norway

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 364

Referee: Jonas Kandell (Sweden)

Game 14

2 February 2017

13:00

Finland | 15–1
(8–1)|  United States

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 382

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

Game 15

2 February 2017

16:00

Sweden | 34–6
(17–2)|  Germany

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 1,095

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

Game 16

2 February 2017

19:00

Russia | 17–0
(6–0)|  Belarus

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 234

Referee: Pontus Petersson (Norway)

#### 7th place game

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Game 19

4 February 2017

10:00

Germany | 12–7
(4–3)|  Belarus

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 67

Referee: Pietri Kuusela (Finland)

#### 5th place game

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Game 20

4 February 2017

13:00

Kazakhstan | 10–4
(4–2)|  United States

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| Report |

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 270

Referee: Pontus Petersson (Norway)

#### Semifinals

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Game 18

4 February 2017

16:00

Norway | 2–17
(0–8)|  Sweden

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N. Rustad Jensen 64'
E.B. Johnsen 72' | Report |  3', 33' (p) E. Pettersson
10', 23', 77' J. Löfstedt
29', 78' D. Andersson
34', 40', 63', 80' C. Edlund
52', 57' A. Gilljam
54' P. Nilsson
68' D. Berlin
74' D. Mossberg

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 2,510

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

Game 17

4 February 2017

19:00

Finland | 4–6
(1–3)|  Russia

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M. Lukkarila 31'
P. Rintala 53'
M. Rytkönen 83'
J. Liukkonen 84' | Report |  26', 37' A. Dzhusoev
29' J. Befus
51' A. Mirgazov
81' A. Bondarenko
87' Y. Shardakov

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 891

Referee: Jonas Kandell (Sweden)

#### Third place game

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Game 21

5 February 2017

12:00

Finland | 11–1
(4–1)|  Norway

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J. Liukkonen 03', 29', 46'
M. Kumpuoja 11'
P. Rintala 26', 76', 89'
Te. Määttä 53'
M. Rytkönen 63' (p)
S. Helavuori 79'
Tu. Määttä 87' | Report |  8' N. Rustad Jensen

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 384

Referee: Grigori Minaev (Russia)

#### Final

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Game 22

5 February 2017

16:00

Sweden | 4–3
(1–3)|  Russia

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D. Mossberg 23'
C. Edlund 61'
E. Pettersson 84'
A. Gilljam 91' | Report |  20' J. Befus
42' Y. Ivanushkin
43' A. Mirgazov

Göransson Arena, Sandviken

Attendance: 2,888

Referee: Petri Kuusela (Finland)

### Final standings

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|  Sweden

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|  Russia
|  Finland
4 |  Norway
5 |  Kazakhstan
6 |  United States
7 |  Germany
8 |  Belarus

Belarus is relegated and will be playing in Division B in the 2018 Bandy World Championship.

## Division B

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### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Mongolia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 28  | 13  | +15  | 6  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Hungary | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 23  | 12  | +11  | 4
3  |  Japan | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 19  | −11  | 2
4  |  Ukraine | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 11  | 26  | −15  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [8]

24 January 2017

Hungary| 7–0|  Japan

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

24 January 2017

Ukraine| 6–9|  Mongolia

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Japan| 2–10|  Mongolia

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Hungary| 11–3|  Ukraine

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

26 January 2017

Japan| 6–2|  Ukraine

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

26 January 2017

Mongolia| 9–5|  Hungary

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

#### Group B

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Matches in Group B are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Canada | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 43  | 3  | +40  | 9  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Estonia | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 26  | 12  | +14  | 8
3  |  Czech Republic | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 32  | 11  | +21  | 6
4  |  Netherlands | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 27  | 12  | +15  | 5
5  |  China | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 11  | 37  | −26  | 2  | 7–10th place semifinals
6  |  Somalia | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 4  | 68  | −64  | 0

Source: [8]

24 January 2017

Czech Republic | 3–3|  Netherlands

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

24 January 2017

Estonia | 11–1|  China

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

24 January 2017

Somalia | 0–15|  Canada

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

24 January 2017

Netherlands | 6–0|  China

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

24 January 2017

Somalia | 0–20|  Czech Republic

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Estonia | 0–8|  Canada

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Somalia | 1–7|  China

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Netherlands | 2–3|  Estonia

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Czech Republic | 3–3|  Canada

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

25 January 2017

Netherlands | 16–3|  Somalia

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26 January 2017

Canada | 13–0|  China

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26 January 2017

Czech Republic | 1–2|  Estonia

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26 January 2017

Canada | 4–0|  Netherlands

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26 January 2017

Estonia | 10–0|  Somalia

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

26 January 2017

China | 3–6|  Czech Republic

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Slättbergshallen, Trollhättan

### Play-off

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 27 January| | | | |

|  Hungary| 10

| 27 January

|  Czech Republic| 1 |

|  Hungary| 4

| 27 January

| |  Japan| 3 |

|  Japan| 5

| | 28 January

|  Estonia| 0 |

|  Hungary| 3

| 27 January

| |  Canada| 4

|  Mongolia| 6

| 27 January|

|  Netherlands| 2 |

|  Mongolia| 3

| 27 January

| |  Canada| 4 | | Third place

|  Ukraine| 2

| | 28 January

|  Canada| 7 |

|  Japan| 5

|  Mongolia| 6

| 5th place

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| 28 January

|  Estonia| 6

|  Ukraine| 8

| 7–10th place semifinals| | 7th place

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| 27 January| |

|  Netherlands| 7

| 28 January

|  China| 1 |

|  Netherlands| 3

| 27 January

| |  Czech Republic| 2

|  Czech Republic| 19

|  Somalia| 0 |

| 9th place

| 28 January

|  China| 14

|  Somalia| 0

### Final standings

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1\.  |  Canada

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2\.  |  Hungary
3\.  |  Mongolia
4\.  |  Japan
5\.  |  Ukraine
6\.  |  Estonia
7\.  |  Netherlands
8\.  |  Czech Republic
9\.  |  China
10\.  |  Somalia

Canada is promoted and will be playing in Division A in the 2018 Bandy World Championship.

## Broadcasting

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* Russia: Match TV[9]
* Sweden: Kanal 5, Eurosport 2[10]

## Sources

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1. ^ "Bandy-VM 2017" (in Swedish). Göransson Arena. 2015. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
2. ^ "Bandy-VM 2017 till Sandviken" (in Swedish). Sandviken Municipality. 20 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
3. ^ Tournament Schedule
4. ^ "Lag - Bandy-VM 2017". Archived from the original on 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
5. ^ "Teams – Bandy World Championship 2017 | Group B".
6. ^ Playing schedule of WCS Group B
7. ^ a b "Biljetter & Spelschema". Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
8. ^ a b "Tournament schedule – Bandy World Championship 2017 | Group B".
9. ^ TV program for 30 January 2017
10. ^ "Discovery Networks Utökar Portföljen Med Bandy-VM" (in Swedish). 9 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

## External links

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* Official site Division A Archived 2016-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
* Official site Division B

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