Vänersborg, Borås, Ale and Trollhättan, Sweden – 26 January-2 February (A) – 21-25 January (B)
The World Championship for the A- and B-nations was played in Sweden with Vänersborg as the capital city. From the beginning, the tournament was supposed to be held in Irkutsk, Russia. Due to the fact that the planned arena construction there risked not being completed on time, it was moved to Sweden. Borås and Ale were complementary venues in the A-group and Trollhätten was a complementary location for the B-group.
2 teams debuted in a World Championship tournament; Great Britain and Switzerland. Both countries participated in the European Championship already in 1913, but the sport died for many years and was only resumed in recent years.
Somalia was allowed to participate as Mongolia decided to withdraw from the tournament.
RUSSIA WORLD CHAMPION!
Russia won the Golden Final against Sweden after a dramatic game. Sweden was in the lead several times in the game, but Russia scored 5-5 at the end of ordinary time. Extra time with Golden Goal was needed.
The goals in the game:
1-0 Christoffer Edlund (2)
1-1 Evegeny Dergaev (13)
2-1 Johan Esplund (39)
3-1 Erik Pettersson (42)
3-2 Almaz Mirgazov (63)
4-2 Christoffer Fagerström (67)
4-3 Evgeny Dergaev (71)
5-3 Christoffer Edlund (75)
5-4 Almaz Mirgazov (79)
5-5 Yury Vikulin, (89)
5-6 Almaz Mirgazov (Golden Goal after 1 min 27 seconds)
BEST PLAYERS
Erik Pettersson – MVP