The 2007 Bandy World Championship was held in Kemerovo, Russia from 27 January to 4 February. Men's national teams from 12 countries participated in the 2007 tournament: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States. Canada was initially also supposed to take part in the tournament, but withdrew so Latvia took its place. Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a playoff at the end of the previous tournament held in 2006. Russia won the World Cup for the fourth time in its history. Belarus retained their place in Group A after defeating Group B champions the United States.
Participating teams
Division A • • • • • • Division B • • • • • • ==Division A==
Division B
All Division B games 2x30 minute halves apart from A6-B1 playoff which is of regular 2x45 minute halves Preliminary round • 28 January : Netherlands – USA 0–11 : Latvia – Mongolia 5–0 : Estonia – Hungary 2–4 : Netherlands – Mongolia 2–2 • 29 January : Hungary – Latvia 0–7 : USA – Mongolia 8–0 : Netherlands – Estonia 5–1 : USA – Hungary 12–2 • 30 January : Estonia – Mongolia 5–0 : USA – Latvia 6–1 : Netherlands – Hungary 2–3 : Estonia – Latvia 1–7 • 31 January : USA – Estonia 14–2 : Netherlands – Latvia 1–6 : Hungary – Mongolia 2–2 Final round • 1 February and 2 February : Estonia – Mongolia 1–4, 2–2 : Netherlands – Hungary 3–1, 4–3 : Latvia – USA 0–5, 6–2 Division A play-off : Belarus – USA 9–1 ==See also==