1961 Bandy World Championship


The 1961 Bandy World Championship was the second Bandy World Championship, after the first having been arranged four years earlier. From now on, the world championships were to be played every other year, so the next tournamet was two years later. The 1961 tournament was contested between four men's bandy playing nations. The championship was played in Norway from 22–26 February 1961. The Soviet Union became champions.
Norway, having boycotted the first championship in 1957, made its championship début on home turf but lost all its games and came in last of the four participating nations.

Participants

Games

The championship was played as a round-robin tournament.
DateTeamsResultVenue
22 February2–1Herøya
22 February3–2Stabekkbanen, Bærum
24 February9–1Mjøndalen
24 February4–1Gressbanen, Oslo
26 February4–3Marienlyst, Drammen
26 February2–1Bislett, Oslo

Results table