1971 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Stockholm and 11 other cities, Sweden, 3-14 March

The World Championship 1971 was the seventh Championship in Bandy and was played in Sweden, 13-14 March. USSR won the tournament before Sweden and Finland.

The games were played in 12 Swedish cities; Eskilstuna, Gothenburg, Katrineholm, Lidköping, Motala, Oxelösund, Skövde, Stockholm, Uppsala, Vänersborg, Västerås and Örebro.

1 USSR          2 SWEDEN          3 FINLAND

Price ceremony with winner USSR 1971 Photo: The Swedish Bandy Federation

BEST GOAL SCORER

Kalevi Pirkola, Finland — 6 goals

BEST PLAYERS

Goalkeeper
Seppo Jolkkonen, Finland

Defender
Matz-Allan Johansson, Sweden

Midfielder
Örjan Modin, Sweden

Forward
Nikolai Durakov, USSR