The Bandy World Championship 2010 was held between 24 and 31 January 2010, in Moscow, Russia. Men's teams from 11 countries participated in the 2010 competition: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States (group A) and Canada, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia and the Netherlands (group B).Official website – games
The tournament was won by Sweden, beating Russia with 6–5 after sudden death. The standing was 5–5 after full-time and the match winning goal was conceived by Daniel Mossberg, scoring in the 110th minute.Swedish Bandy Association Swedish triumph in Moscow after thriller. 19 April 2010. This was Sweden's tenth Championship victory in this the XXIXth Bandy World Championship. Why Sweden won World Cup gold. 31 January 2010. Russia won silver medals and Finland won bronze medals.SINA English Sweden win bandy world championship. 2 February 2010.
All matches were played in the indoor venue Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia.
Participating teams
Division A
Division B
Belarus had qualified for play in this year's Division A during the 2009 Bandy World Championship, but since they did not take part in 2010, the USA, which had lost the qualifier to Belarus in 2009, was promoted to Division A instead.
Squads
Venues
MoscowIce Palace KrylatskoyeCapacity: 8,000
Division A
Preliminary round
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Division B
Preliminary round
Knockout stage
Fourth place play-off
Second place play-off
Relegation playoffs The team that finished last in Division A, the United States, and the winner in Division B, Canada, met in a qualifying match for the vacant seat in next year's WC Division A. The match was won by 9–6 by the USA, thus secured another year in Division A.USA National Bandy team – USA National Bandy Team's World Championship Journey to Moscow
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