1973 FIB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEN

Krasnoyarsk and Moscow, USSR, 17-24 February

The World Championship 1973 was the eighth World Championship. USSR won the tournament, Sweden won silver and Finland bronze. Sweden in some kind of transition year had 130 penalty minutes, USSR had 10. USSR won both games against Sweden, 5-1 and 1-0.

1 USSR          2 SWEDEN          3 FINLAND

USSR World Champion 1973 – Photo: USSR Bandy Federation

BEST GOAL SCORER

Anatoly Frolov, USSR — 12 goals

BEST PLAYERS

Goalkeeper
Leonid Mukhametzianov, USSR

Defender
Örjan Modin, Sweden

Midfielder
Vladimir Plavunov, USSR

Forward
Valery Maslov, USSR