2015 Bandy World Championship

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. The candidates were: • Minsk, Belarus • Helsinki, Finland • Khabarovsk, Russia Minsk withdrew its candidacy in August 2013. Khabarovsk won over Helsinki because there is an indoor arena in the city. ==Participating teams==

not participating in this year's World Championship 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. == Venues ==

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 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 Source: == 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 ==Broadcasting==

• Russia: VGTRK • Sweden: TV12 • International: Online at http://bandyvm2015.ru/en/news/?newsid=268 ==Notes==