Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Team Russia withdrew from the tournament[3][4] and although the Ukraine women's national bandy team was scheduled to participate, they had to withdraw.[5][6] Team Ukraine's appearance was meant to be the Ukrainian women's bandy world debut, almost a century after women's bandy teams were first recorded to have appeared in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in 1927.[7]
According to the Federation of International Bandy (FIB), the competition was postponed from its initial start date due to organizing problems in Sweden.[9] It was initially planned to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, January 9-16, 2022 at the newly built Gubbängen's Skating and Bandy Arena (Bandyhallen i Gubbängen in Swedish). The tournament was to be the first Women's Bandy World Championship to be played indoors[10][11] and still was after the change of venue.
The 2022 Women's Bandy World Championships took place in Åby, a small community north of Växjö, in southern Sweden about 400 kilometers south of Stockholm.
The tournament was held at the Eriksson Arena[1] a newly built bandy arena which was completed in 2019.[1] Åby/Tjureda IF, a team in the Bandyallsvenskan, the Swedish second division, normally plays there.
Squads
Each team had a maximum of 16 players and 4 leaders.[12][13]
Referees
There were three main referees: Victoria Bergström (Sweden), Stephanie Johnson (USA) and Ida Salomonsson (Sweden).[14][15]
There were also six assistant referees: Elisabeth Englund, Siri Hansson, Hanna Hansson, Samuel Pettersson, Andreas Pettersson and Hannah Pettersson.
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^Pavitt, Michael (22 March 2022). "Sweden set to defend Women's Bandy World Championship title with Russia excluded". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^Nyheter, S. V. T.; Nielsen, Erik (2 March 2022). "Bandy-VM i Åby blir av – utan Ryssland" [Bandy WC going ahead - without Russia]. SVT Nyheter. Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^Вестник физической культуры. — 02.1927. — № 2. — С. 16. (in Russian)
^Neil Shefferd (22 December 2022). "Sweden announced as host of 2023 Men's and Women's Bandy World Championships". insidethegames.biz. inside the games. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^"FIB 2022 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN". worldbandy.com. Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^"Invitation to World Championship for Women in Växjö, Sweden" (PDF). www.worldbandy.com. Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^"2022 – FIB World Championship Women - Referees and Supervisors" (PDF). www.worldbandy.com. Federation of International Bandy. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^"Här är domarna till damernas bandy-VM 2022" [Here are the referees for the women's world championship 2022]. bandy-vm.se. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^"Final-2022 VM-Women «Sweden»-«Norway» 27 Mar /World Championship-A/". YouTube (in Swedish). TV- BANDY-ХОККЕЙ С МЯЧОМ. 27 March 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.