[1] This Bandy World Championship marked an important development for the sport at the international level.

Countries invited are thus Finland, Norway, Kazakhstan, United States, Germany, Estonia, and Hungary.

The world's first doping detection dog will be present for the tournament, an 8-year-old Springer Spaniel named Molly.

Molly will be used to detect certain banned substances that are not allowed as per the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list.

Czech Republic Germany Hungary Netherlands Slovakia Switzerland Best players selected by the directorate:[6]