The international bandy Federation has decided that the 40th world Cup in group A will be held in Irkutsk at the new Baikal ice arena from October 5 to 11.

The Swedish bandy Federation confirmed its participation in the world Cup 2020 in Irkutsk, which was postponed to October. This is reported on the organization's website.

In the two-volume history-from the formation of the game to the construction of the ice Palace «Baikal» in Irkutsk.

The group A tournament of the world bandy championship, which was scheduled to take place in Irkutsk from March 29 to April 5, was postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus. The competition will be held approximately in October 2020.

Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District Sergey Menyaylo, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin and Acting Governor of the Irkutsk Region Igor Kobzev visited the Baikal Ice Palace on March 11.

The leadership Of the international bendy Federation (FIB) is not considering postponing or canceling the upcoming world Cup in Irkutsk due to the spread of the coronavirus, President of the FIB and FHR Boris Skrynnik told RIA Novosti.

The Ministry of culture and sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan recommended that the national sports Federations cancel sending athletes to countries where cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded, and generally refrain from traveling outside of Kazakhstan for prevention purposes. President of the Republic Kasym-Jomart Tokayev instructed to take such measures.

The last, sixth, issue of the video diary of the world bandy championship among the teams of group B was released on the AIST TV channel.

The XL world bandy championship tournament for group B teams ended in Irkutsk on March 6.

On March 6, in Irkutsk, at the Record stadium, the Netherlands team defeated Latvia in extra time with a score of 5:4 in the match for the 5th place in the world bandy championship among the teams of group B.