1957 Bandy World Championship

1957 1st Bandy World Championship 1957 Bandy World Championship logo.png 200px Finland 28 February – 3 March 3 1 1 Helsinki bandy Soviet Union Finland Sweden 3 18 Alpo Aho (FIN), Valentin Antamaiev (URS), Yevgeny Papugin (URS) each 3 None 1961 The 1957 Bandy World Championship was contested among three men's bandy playing nations and was the first ever Bandy World Championship. Norway declined to take part due to the Soviet invasion of Hungary in November 1956.https://bandyforbundet.no/bandy/?msswb-post=historiske-tilbakeblikk-vm-bandy-norge-1961 VM bandy Norge 1961 Bandy Association of Norway Tor Audun Sørensen Norwegian 22 February 2021 13 January 2022 thumb|The venue of the games was the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The championship was played in Finland from 28 February to 3 March 1957, as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Ball Association of Finland, which at the time was the governing body for bandy in Finland. The tournament was officially opened by President of the republic Urho Kekkonen.Arne Argus Arne Argus Mästarglans kring bandy-VM Swedish 2 Svenska bandyförbundet (Swedish Bandy Association) 2003 All three games of the tournament were played at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The Soviet Union became champions.Video from the tournament: http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name=El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F02869_1August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.bandysidan.nu/tavlinginfo.php?EVID=88&sprak=eng&land=3 Bandysidan.nu - Evenemanghttp://www.rusbandy.ru/pix/21184.jpeg Picture of the champions Participants thumb|right|400px|Participating countries in the 1957 Bandy World Championship Blue: countries participatingGreen: members of the Federation of International Bandy not participating in this year's World Championship URS FIN SWE Premier tour 28 February Finland – Sweden 4–3 (Timoska (2), Aho (2) - Vikner, Vikman, Fredblad) 2 March Soviet Union – Sweden 2–2 (Papugin, Atamanychev - Janson, Saav) 3 March Soviet Union – Finland 6–1 (Atamanychev (2), Vodyanov, Papugin (2), Shunin - Aho) main WDL Q 2 URS URS FIN FIN SWE SWE 1 1 0 8 3 1 0 1 5 9 0 1 1 5 6 green1 A A red1 E complete References 1957 World Championship Bandy World Championship Category:International bandy competitions hosted by Finland Bandy World Championship Bandy World Championship Category:International sports boycotts