The World Championship tournament for men group A will be arranged in Sweden and the venue is Sparbanken Lidköping indoor arena in Lidköping between 24-30 March 2025. The tournament will be held at the same dates and place as the World Championship for Women.

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

FINLAND
HUNGARY
KAZAKHSTAN
NORWAY
SWEDEN
USA

Sweden won the World Championship title 2023 and the final against Finland. The Swedish team won 3-1 efter the same numbers in half time. The match had a very high pace in the first half as both teams offered world class bandy. The second half was not as dramatic, where Sweden managed to keep the lead for the rest of the match with a great ball possession.

The goals in the final 2023:
1-0 (27) Martin Landström, assist Martin Karlsson
1-1 (36) Teemu Määttä, assist Emil Fedorov
2-1 (42) Joel Broberg
3-1 (44) Christoffer Edlund, assist Christoffer Fagerström

-It is very gratifying that we now have an agreement with Lidköping Municipality and Destination Läckö-Kinnekulle. We know that the event is in safe hands and together we look forward to welcoming players and spectators. We are also extra happy to be able to celebrate the association’s 100th anniversary in connection with this. It is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase the sport of bandy at home and to offer exciting matches for both women and men, says Ingrid Amrén.

Sweden World Champion 2023. Photo: Romus Ramström

THE HOST CITY LIDKÖPING

The city of Lidköping is south of the southeastern part of Lake Vänern called Kinneviken. The city is divided into two parts by the river Lidan. The east side is called the old city and the west side the new city. In the new town square stands the statue of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie. Lidköping received its
first known city privileges on June 17, 1446, by Sweden’s then king, Kristofer of Bavaria, and thus became the first city on Lake Vänern. Lidköping has a wide flora of industry and business.

40 494 people live in Lidköping municipality, and the arena “Sparbanken Lidköping Arena” was inaugurated on 25 December, 2009. Audience capacity is
1 250 seats and 3 000 stands.

Lidköping is hometown for the Swedish champions, both men and women, Villa Lidköping BK. Lidköpings AIK plays in the second series Bandyallsvenskan.