“At night, official letters came from the Swedish and German federations - because of the closed borders with Russia and the difficult epidemiological situation, their teams will not be able to come to the World Championships in October.
However, they are ready to come at any time if there is a transfer.
The US team refused a month ago, "TASS quotes Matienko.
In his opinion, the organization of the tournament in October is now unlikely, since three out of eight teams have already refused to participate.
He stressed that the decision on the possible transfer of the World Cup will be taken by the International Bandy Federation.
The world championship is to be held in Irkutsk from 5 to 11 October.
The tournament was originally scheduled from March 29 to April 5, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier it was reported that a massive COVID-19 disease was recorded in the Volga bandy club.