Kazan, Russia, 30 January-6 February
The 2005 World Championship in Bandy was the 25th tournament ever. The tournament was held in Kazan, Russia, 30 January-6 February. The teams played in Group A with six teams and Group B with five teams.
The championship was won by Sweden after a final win over Russia 5-2. It was Sweden’s eighth title.
The bronze medals went to Kazakhstan, which defeated the reigning World Champion Finland by 5-3 in the bronze match
1 SWEDEN
Andreas Bergwall, Anders Svensson, Marcus Bergwall, Per Hellmyrs, Andreas Westh, Jonas Holgersson, Daniel Eriksson, Johan Andersson, Stefan Söderholm, Daniel Liw, Stefan Erixon, Anders Östling, Per Fosshaug, Magnus Muhrén, David Karlsson, Henrik Hagberg
2 RUSSIA
Roman Geizel, Ilya Handayev, Pavel Franz, Alexei Scheglov, Andrei Zolotariov, Ivan Maksimov, Sergei Lomanov, Alexander Tiukavin, Sergei Obuhov, Oleg Haidarov, Yuri Pogrebnoi, Sergei Saburova, Alexei Mysoyedov, Dmitry Savelyev, Rinat Shamsutov, Evgeny Ivanushkin
3 KAZAKHSTAN
Alexander Kosynchuk, Denis Polovnikov, Yuri Loginov, Mikhail Dobrynin, Denis Slautin, Vladislav Novozhilov, Sergei Gorchakov, Andrei Veselov, Sergei Tarasov, Andrei Timushev, Alexei Kouroshkin, Alexei Zolotariev, Alexander Driagin, Denis In-Fa-Lin, Vyacheslav Bronnikov, Aleksei Zagarskih
BEST GOAL SCORERS GROUP A
24 goals
Sergei Obuhov, Russia
18 goals
Vyacheslav Bronnikov, Kazakhstan
16 goals
Yevgeny Ivanushkin, Russia
9 goals
Ari Holopainen, Finland and David Karlsson, Sweden
8 goals
Johan Andersson, Sweden
7 goals
Påhl Hansen, Norway, Magnus Muhrén, Sweden, Sergei Lomanov, Sami Lakkonen, Finland
BEST PLAYERS
Goal keeper
Aleksander Kosyntiuk, Kazakhstan
Defender
Marcus Bergwall, Sweden
Midfielder
Magnus Muhrén, Sweden
Forward
Sergei Obuhov, Russia