Women's Bandy FIB World Championship 2020

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Women's Bandy FIB World Championship 2020

 

Oslo (NOR) - 19 February 2020 - 22 February 2020

 

 

Official Website

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Group A

 

Group B

 

China withdrew due to coronavirus.

 

Japan will participate for the first time.

 

Top-4 teams from Group A will go to the semifinals.

 

 

 

It's 10th women's WCH. All previous tournaments finised with the final game Sweden vs. Russia. Sweden won 8 times, Russia won 1 time. Norway won bronze 5 times, Finland won bronze 4 times.

Edited February 19, 2020 by Dmitry

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@Dmitry So are the teams in Group B cannot win a medal? I’m assuming there’s some kind of promotion ladder or something. I’m familiar with the teams and sport of Brady, but I’m not sure about the format. 
 

Either way, Sweden should cruise to victory. Especially after they upset Russia at the Universaide last winter. I’d put money on Norway to finish 3rd. Finland and US could maybe have an actual battle to see who gets 4th. 

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20 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

@Dmitry So are the teams in Group B cannot win a medal? I’m assuming there’s some kind of promotion ladder or something. I’m familiar with the teams and sport of Brady, but I’m not sure about the format. 
 

Either way, Sweden should cruise to victory. Especially after they upset Russia at the Universaide last winter. I’d put money on Norway to finish 3rd. Finland and US could maybe have an actual battle to see who gets 4th. 

The winner of the Group B will play vs. the last team in Group A for 5th place. 

 

1st day's results

 

Norway 1-1 USA. Norway won the penalty shootout 2-1

Finland 0-1 Sweden

Russia 6-0 USA

Norway 2-1 Finland

Sweden 3-2 Russia

 

Estonia 10-2 Switzerland

Japan 5-0 Switzerland

Japan 3-2 Estonia

 

 

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11 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

 

The winner of the Group B will play vs. the last team in Group A for 5th place. 

 

1st day's results

 

Norway 1-1 USA. Norway won the penalty shootout 2-1

Finland 0-1 Sweden

Russia 6-0 USA

Norway 2-1 Finland

Sweden 3-2 Russia

 

Estonia 10-2 Switzerland

Japan 5-0 Switzerland

Japan 3-2 Estonia

 

 

Damn, We really could have used that victory over Norway. We’ll play for 5th now probably. If I’m not mistaken, Japan has already won group b? Quite an impressive showing for their first world championships.

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2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Damn, We really could have used that victory over Norway. We’ll play for 5th now probably. If I’m not mistaken, Japan has already won group b? Quite an impressive showing for their first world championships.

 

In Group B teams will play each other two times 

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4 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

 

In Group B teams will play each other two times 

So Estonia is still in this thing then. Japan v. Estonia might be a great game then. I’m quite glad to see some close results for a change too.

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2nd day results

 

Finland 1-3 Russia

Sweden 8-0 USA

Russia 2-0 Norway

USA 2-3 Finland

Norway 1-11 Sweden

Switzerland 0-3 Japan

Estonia 7-2 Switzerland

Japan 7-6 Estonia

 

 

Round robin games are played 2 x 30 minutes and play offs 2 x 45 minutes.

 

PLAY-OFF

 

Semifinals

RUS-NOR

SWE-FIN

 

5th place

USA-JPN

 

7th place

EST-SWI
 

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We’ve actually had some close results this tournament, which is great 

 

Looking at tomorrow’s games:

The semifinals are as cut and paste as they’ve been in years passed. Finland only lost to Sweden by one goal, so the ability to upset is there. Norway also has home advantage against Russia, but I actually feel like Russia is a safe bet for the final. 
 

USA v. JPN is quite an intriguing match. I think we’ll beat Japan, but it’s hard to say since we’ve never played them at the world championships level before. 
 

Estonia should roll over Switzerland.

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Nothing unusual

 

3rd day results

 

Russia 4-0 Norway

Sweden 9-1 Finland
USA 5-0 Japan

Estonia 9-0 Switzerland