The 2020 Bandy World Championship for Division A was scheduled to be played in Irkutsk, Russia in 2020 but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 Bandy World Championship for Division A and B was initially scheduled to be played in Syktyvkar, Russia, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finland and Sweden withdrew from the tournament,[1] which was then postponed indefinitely.

A bandy tournament for men was held as a demonstration sport at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, but this had no world championship status.

The international federation was founded in 1955 by the four countries which had men's national bandy teams who had played in Moscow.

(During the period 1972–1990, the Rossiya Tournament was held for national teams in the years when there was no world championship.

Denmark, Switzerland, Armenia and Poland are countries that a few years ago expressed interest in participating in future tournaments.

[9][10] The reason for the 2011 tournament having only eleven teams, was a late cancellation from Australia,[11] another country no longer an FIB member.

The number of groups is not fixed, it is changed from year to year and there are discussions about reinstating a Group C.[12] Japan and Kyrgyzstan attended their first World Championships in 2012, Ukraine joined in 2013, Germany and Somalia made their debuts in 2014, China in 2015, and the Czech Republic in 2016.

In 2004 the B-pool was played in a location separate from group A for the first time, at the City Park Ice Rink in Budapest.

In 2013 this happened again as Vetlanda hosted the B-pool, whereas Vänersborg was the main venue of the A-pool with three matches played at other locations, Trollhättan, Gothenburg and Oslo.