| Year: | 2010 |
| Country: | Russia |
| Dates: | 24–31 January 2010 |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Venues: | Ice Palace Krylatskoye |
| City: | Moscow |
| Type: | other |
| Scoring Leader: | Yevgeny Ivanushkin & Pavel Ryazantsev[1] (14 goals) |
| Prevseason: | Västerås 2009 |
| Nextseason: | Kazan 2011 |
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).[2]
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.[3] This was Sweden's tenth Championship victory in this the XXIXth Bandy World Championship.[4] Russia won silver medals and Finland won bronze medals.[5]
All matches were played in the indoor venue Ice Palace Krylatskoye in Moscow, Russia.
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.
See main article: article and 2010 Bandy World Championship squads.
| Moscow | |
|---|---|
| Ice Palace Krylatskoye | |
| Capacity 8,000 | |
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.[6]