Men's teams from 13 countries participated in the 2009 competition: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden (group A) and Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States (group B).

Belarus retained their place in group A by beating the United States in a play-off in the previous tournament held in 2008.

These two arenas are in the same recreation area in Västerås, Rocklunda sports park.

[2] ABB Arena Syd and Hakonplan in Västerås staged 40 games.

The other venues were: Team rosters are limited to 17 players in each game, with 11 playing and 6 reserves at a time.