Debuts, returns and withdrawals

This edition will mark the debut of Iran;^[7] and the returns of Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, China, Cuba, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Samoa, Suriname, Turks and Caicos, and the United States Virgin Islands.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} Cuba last competed in 1967, which will be the country's first time to compete after six decades of absence from the competition; Samoa last competed in 1986 (as Western Samoa); Suriname last competed in 1999; Botswana last competed in 2013; Turks and Caicos last competed in 2014; Bangladesh, New Zealand, and the United States Virgin Islands last competed in 2019; Kenya last competed in 2021; while the others last competed in 2022.