All selected players, except an ice hockey player living in Canada, are Somali nationals who live in the Swedish town of Borlänge and play for the local club Borlänge Bandy[3] (Borlänge-Stora Tuna BK, later renamed Peace & Love City).

Somalia national bandy team is financed by the municipality of Borlänge and Somali Olympic Committee.

The project was launched in May 2013 and the team planned already by then to participate in at least two World Championship tournaments.

[4][5][6] In the 2014 Bandy World Championship, the Somalia squad played in the Group D of Division B with Germany, Japan, Mongolia, and Ukraine.

In 2016 and 2017, Somalia also played friendlies against an unofficial Afghanistan national bandy team.