2015 Bandy World Championship 2015 was the XXXVth Bandy World Championship. At the FIB congress held during the XXXIVth World Championship in 2014, it was announced that Khabarovsk in Russia had been elected as host city. It was also decided the Group A tournament would be played around the end of March/beginning of April, which means it would take place when the national bandy leagues in the major bandy playing countries, Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, would be finished for the season.GS-brevet: Äntligen VM! Group B was played between February 1 and 6 and hit a new record attendance, already before the match for the bronze and the final.Khabarovsk hit the record in attendance of matches in Group B
High-profile people who visited the Group A tournament include the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, the legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.
The mascots of the games were a bear and a tiger, named Тоша and Ероша, were inspired by the animals in the coat of arms of Khabarovsk.14 April 2015 post at the Facebook page of the Khabarovsk Bandy World Championship, seen 14 August 2017
Ukraine refused to take part in the Russian-hosted championship because of the Russian annexation of Crimea the previous year.
Host selection On 5 December 2013, the Russian news agency AmurMedia (which quoted Russian Internet site Sportbox.ru) reported that the decision on host city was made, after a decision by the working committee of FIB."Чемпионат мира-2015 по хоккею с мячом пройдет в Хабаровске". Amurmedia.ru, 2013-12-03. Retrieved 14 January 2014. |language=Russian translation:
The candidates were: Minsk, Belarus Helsinki, Finland Khabarovsk, Russia
Minsk withdrew its candidacy in August 2013.Norman, Marcus (2013-09-01): "Förbundet: Rapport från första styrelsemötet". Idrottonline.se. Retrieved 14 January 1014. Khabarovsk won over Helsinki because there is an indoor arena in the city.
Participating teams
Division A
Division B
Latvia won Division B in 2014 and was thus promoted to Division A for 2015. However, the Latvians made an application to play in Division B this year too, and this was approved by the Federation of International Bandy. Latvia was therefore playing in both divisions this year. This was made possible by the divisions not being played at the same time, Division B was being played in early February while Division A was being played in late March/early April."Team Latvia will play in both groups of World Championship 2015", Bandy World Championship Khabarovsk 2015 , read on 31 March 2015
Venues KhabarovskArena YerofeyCapacity: 10,000
Division A After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points
Preliminary round
Group A
All times are local (UTC+10).
Group B
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Consolation tournament 7th place game
5th place game
Final standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Statistics Goalscorers 15 goals
Andrey Kabanov
13 goals
Yevgeny Ivanushkin
11 goals
Patrik Nilsson Sergey Yusupov
9 goals
Nikolai Rustad Jensen Sondre Kristoffersen Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
8 goals
Daniel Andersson Christian Waaler
7 goals
Christoffer Edlund Mikko Lukkarila Sergey Pochkunov Daren Richardson Denis Slautin
6 goals
Maksim Blem Rauan Issaliev Sami Laakkonen Pavel Ryazantsev Pyotr Zakharov
5 goals
Jacob Blucher Yevgeny Dergayev Pavel Dubovik Nikita Ivanov Alexander Nasonov Lauris Ziemiņš
4 goals
Marius Austad Vyacheslav Bratchenko Kevin Brown Adam Gilljam Jonathan Keseley Alexander Kozlov Fredrik Randsborg Ivan Shevtsov
3 goals
Leonid Bedarev Sergey Chernetsskiy Tommi Hauska Maksim Ishkeldin Jonas Nilsson Iskander Nugmanov Konstantin Savchenko
2 goals
Artur Befus Mike Carman Johan Esplund Maxim Gavrilenko Fritjof Hagberg Sondre Hammerstad Pekka Hiltunen Magnus Hogevold Jūlijs Kadnajs Mikael Lickteig Teemu Määttä Petter Renstrom Moem Ilari Moisala Daniel Mossberg Erik Säfström Aleksandr Tyukavin
1 goal
Ville Aaltonen Daniel Berlin Alan Dzhusoyev Johan Östblom Ruslan Galyautdinov Romans Glazkov Anatoly Golubkov Sergey Gorchakov Vasily Granovskiy Per Hellmyrs Maxim Koshelev Jegor Kudrjavcev Markus Kumpuoja Maksim Matveev Andrey Morokov Eetu Peuhuri David Plaunt Christian Randsborg Sergey Shaburov Brett Stolpestad Jonas Tjomsland
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Division B
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B Matches in Group B are 60 minutes in duration rather than the standard 90 minutes.
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
7th place game The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
5th place game The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
8th place game The match was 60 minutes rather than standard 90 minutes.
Semi-finals
Third place game
Final
Final standings 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Broadcasting Russia: VGTRK Sweden: TV12 International: Online at http://bandyvm2015.ru/en/news/?newsid=268
Notes
References
External links Official homepage