1983 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Helsinki and Porvoo, Finland, 15-20 February

The 1983 World Championships was the 13th tournament through time. The tournament had four teams participating and was held in the cities of Helsinki and Porvoo in Finland.

The championship was won by the defending World Champion Sweden after a final victory over USSR 9-3. It was Sweden’s second title of all time and the second consecutive title, while USSR also won silver for the second time. The bronze medal went to Finland, which defeated Norway 4-1 in the bronze game.

A final was introduced for the two best teams in the round robin and a bronze game for team 3 and 4, and the round robin was reduced from a double tournament where all teams met twice, to a single tournament with only one game each.

1 SWEDEN

Thomas Fransson, Anders Bridholm, Mikael Arvidsson, Stefan Karlsson, Lars Ångström, Hans Johansson, Christer Kjellqvist, Mats Carlsson, Anders Söderholm, Ola Johansson, Lars-Ove Sjödin, Per Togner, Joe Lönngren, Bengt Carlsson, Bengt Ramström, Sören Boström, Håkan Karlsson, Håkan Sundin (Head coach)

2 USSR     

Sergei Lazarev, Gennadi Shishkov, Vitali Savluk, Viktor Shakalin, Alexander Ryshakov, Alexander Volkov, Yuri Lahonin, Yuri Pershin, Vladimir Plavunov, Eugene Goryashev, Anatoly Popov, Alexei Diakov, Alexander Tsiganov, Vitali Anufrienko, Sergei Lomanov, Andrei Pashkin, Oleg Korpalev, Vyacheslav Soloviev (Head coach)

3 FINLAND

Matti Alatalo, Asko Eskola, Jarmo Haavisto, Christer Johansson, Martti Karvo, Risto Kontturi, Pertti Koponen, Esko Korhonen, Veikko Niemikorpi, Jukka Ohtonen, Kari Peuhkuri, Heikki Raitavuo, Leo Segerman, Timo Serenius, Esko Tammilehto, Pekka Vartiainen, Raimo Ylikoski, Kyösti Vilhunen (Head coach), Raine Salminen, (assistant coach)

BEST GOAL SCORER

Andrei Pashkin — 6 goals

BEST PLAYERS

Goalkeeper
Anders Bridholm, Sweden

Defender
Mats Carlsson, Sweden

Midfielder
Vladimir Plavunov, USSR

Forward
Ola Johansson, Sweden