Bandy World Championship 1987
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The Bandy World Championship 1987 was contested between 5 men's bandy
playing nations. The championship was played in the Sweden from 31 January-8 February 1987. Sweden became champions. Soviet Union, for the first time, didn't reach the top two.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
playing nations. The championship was played in the Sweden from 31 January-8 February 1987. Sweden became champions. Soviet Union, for the first time, didn't reach the top two.
Premier tour
- 31 January
- USA - Sweden 0-12
- Norway - Finland 2-7
- 1 February
- Soviet Union - USA 21-1
- Finland - Sweden 2-8
- 3 February
- Soviet Union - Finland 2-4
- Norway - Sweden 1-8
- 5 February
- USA - Norway 1-4
- Soviet Union - Sweden 2-3
- 6 February
- Soviet Union - Norway 8-4
- Finland - USA 10-0
| Rank | Country | Pts | W | T | L | Bp | Bc | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 12 | +11 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 12 | +21 | |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 24 | -13 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 47 | -45 |