At the FIB congress held during the XXXIVth World Championship in 2014, it was announced that Khabarovsk in Russia had been elected as host city.

[3] The mascots of the games were a bear and a tiger, named Тоша and Ероша, were inspired by the animals in the coat of arms of Khabarovsk.

[4] Ukraine refused to take part in the Russian-hosted championship because of the Russian annexation of Crimea the previous year.

However, the Latvians made an application to play in Division B this year too, and this was approved by the Federation of International Bandy.

[7] After drawn games in the group stage, a penalty shootout is held to determine final placings in the event of teams finishing on equal points All times are local (UTC+10).