2025 Bandy World Championship
| XLIII Bandy World Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Sweden |
| City | Lidköping (Division A), Uppsala (Division B) |
| Venue(s) | Sparbanken Lidköping Arena, Serwent Arena (in 2 host cities) |
| Dates | 24–30 March (Division A) 11–15 March (Division B) |
| Teams | 5 (Division A) and 5 (Division B) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Sweden (14th title) |
Runners-up  |  Finland |
Third place  |  Norway |
| Fourth place |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Scoring leader(s) | Division A Martin Landström (18 goals) Division B  William Reuser (17 goals) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Martin Karlsson |
The 2025 Bandy World Championship for men, Division A, and the 2025 Women's Bandy World Championship were played in Lidköping, Sweden, on 24th – 30th March 2025. For the second time, the men's world championship and the women's world championship were played at the same arena and interwined with each other.[1] The Division B tournament for men was played in Uppsala between the 10th and 14th of March.[2]
Originally the Division A tournament was scheduled to be played with 6 participating teams. Kazakhstan was forced to withdraw its participation. The decision was made after the country's Ministry of Tourism and Sports chose not to provide financial support to the Kazakh national team.
Venues
[edit]All matches were played in Sparbanken Lidköping Arena, Lidköping and Serwent Arena, Uppsala.
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| Lidköping | Uppsala |
| Venue Sparbanken Lidköping Arena |
Venue Serwent Arena |
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Squads
[edit]Qualified nations
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Division A[edit]
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Division B[edit]
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Division A
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+1 for matches from 25 to 29 March, UTC+2 from 30 March).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Sweden (H)
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8 | +52 | 8 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 8 | +26 | 6 | |
| 3 | Norway
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 4 | |
| 4 | United States
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 39 | −32 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Hungary
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 72 | −69 | 0 |
| United States | 4–2 | Hungary |
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Attendance: 187
| Sweden | 9–3 | Norway |
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| Sweden | 31–0 | Hungary |
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| Norway | 0–3 | Finland |
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Attendance: 1,139
| Finland | 17–0 | Hungary |
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| Sweden | 12–2 | United States |
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Attendance: 1,311
| United States | 0–11 | Finland |
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| Hungary | 1–20 | Norway |
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Attendance: 788
| United States | 1–14 | Norway |
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| Sweden | 8–3 | Finland |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| Sweden | 22 | |||||
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| United States | 0 | |||||
| Sweden | 5 | |||||
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| Finland | 3 | |||||
| Finland | 5 | |||||
| Norway | 2 | |||||
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| Norway | 12 | |||||
| United States | 1 | |||||
Semifinals
[edit]| Finland | 5–2 | Norway |
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| Sweden | 22–0 | United States |
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Third place game
[edit]| Norway | 12–1 | United States |
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Final
[edit]| Sweden | 5–3 | Finland |
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Final ranking
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Finland
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Norway
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| 4 | United States
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| 5 | Hungary
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Division B
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]All times are local (UTC+1).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 5 | +34 | 8 | Final |
| 2 |  Germany
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | +17 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Great Britain
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 4 | Third place game |
| 4 |  Switzerland
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 37 | −33 | 2 | |
| 5 |  Slovakia
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 0 |
Source: FIB
| Netherlands | 12–0 | Switzerland |
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Attendance: 63
| Germany | 8–1 | Slovakia |
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Attendance: 67
| Great Britain | 9–0 | Switzerland |
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Attendance: 93
| Netherlands | 7–3 | Germany |
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| Slovakia | 2–4 | Great Britain |
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Attendance: 135
| Switzerland | 4–3 | Slovakia |
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| Germany | 4–3 | Great Britain |
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| Netherlands | 11–0 | Slovakia |
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| Great Britain | 2–9 | Netherlands |
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Attendance: 99
| Germany | 13–0 | Switzerland |
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Attendance: 61
Final round
[edit]Third place game
[edit]| Great Britain | 13–1 | Switzerland |
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Attendance: 83
Final
[edit]| Netherlands | 7–1 | Germany |
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Attendance: 176
Final ranking
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| 4 | Switzerland
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| 5 | Slovakia
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Sources
[edit]- ^ World Bandy: FIB 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN A read 24th March 2025
- ^ FIB 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN B
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