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2011 Bandy World Championship

2011 Bandy World Championship
2011 Bandy World Championship logo.jpg
Tournament details
Host country  Russia
Teams 11
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  Russia
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg  Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg  Sweden
Fourth place  Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
Scoring leader(s) Sergey Lomanov, Jr.
(12 goals)
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The 2011 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international men's bandy, held between January 23 and January 30, 2011, in Kazan, Russia.

11 countries participated in the 2011 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A) and Belarus, Canada, Hungary, Latvia, and the Netherlands (group B).Australia was supposed to participate but didn't come because of the floodings. For the first time, Finland won the group stage. Russia became the world champion, with Finland second, and Sweden third.

The team that finished last in Group A and the winner in Group B met in a qualifying match for the vacant seat in the 2012 Bandy World Championship Group A.


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