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| XXXVth Bandy World Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Russia |
| City | Khabarovsk |
| Venue(s) | Arena Yerofey |
| Dates | 29 March – 4 April 2015 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Final positions | |
Champions  | Russia (9th title) |
Runner-up  |  Sweden |
Third place  |  Kazakhstan |
| Fourth place |  Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 294 (13.36 per game) |
| Scoring leader(s) | Andrey Kabanov  Belarus (15 goals) |
2015 Bandy World Championship 2015 was the XXXVth Bandy World Championship. At the FIB congress held during the XXXIVth World Championship in 2014, it was announced that Khabarovsk in Russia had been elected as host city. It was also decided the Group A tournament would be played around the end of March/beginning of April, which means it would take place when the national bandy leagues in the major bandy playing countries, Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, would be finished for the season.[1] Group B was played between February 1 and 6 and hit a new record attendance, already before the match for the bronze and the final.[2]
High-profile people who visited the Group A tournament include the Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, and the President of Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, the legendary goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.[3]
The mascots of the games were a bear and a tiger, named Тоша and Ероша, were inspired by the animals in the coat of arms of Khabarovsk.[4]
Ukraine refused to take part in the Russian-hosted championship because of the Russian annexation of Crimea the previous year.
- ^ GS-brevet: Äntligen VM! Archived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Khabarovsk hit the record in attendance of matches in Group B
- ^ "Дмитрий Медведев посетит ЧМ-2015 - Архив новостей - Федерация хоккея с мячом России".
- ^ 14 April 2015 post at the Facebook page of the Khabarovsk Bandy World Championship, seen 14 August 2017