Bandy

Bandy is a winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick. It is the original sport that in some places evolved into ice hockey and has rules that are similar to soccer. It is now played in a few nations, including Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia.

Bandy was the demonstration sport at the VI Olympic Winter Games in 1952 (Oslo, Norway).

The size of a bandy field is in the range 4,050 - 7,150 square metres (45-65 by 90-100 metres). The size of the ball is 60-65 mm and is red to orange in color.

FIB, the Federation for International Bandy, has got 12 members (2002).

External Links

• What is Bandy? (http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/2049/English/Bandyhistory) - History and rules of Bandy.
• Bandy (http://dmoz.org/Sports/Hockey/Bandy/) - Category about Bandy at the Open Directory Project.
• International Bandy Federation (http://www.intbandy.com/)
• International Bandy Referees (http://www.bandyref.com/index)
• Another wiki about Bandy (http://bandy.swiki.net/)
• Bandysidan links (http://www.bandysidan.nu/?sida=lankar&sprak=eng) - One of the most extensive link directories about bandy

National bandyfederations

• Canada (Manitoba)- http://www.canadafloorball.ca/bandy.htm
• Belarus -
• Estonia -
• Finland - http://www.finbandy.fi/index_sjpl.htm
• Hungary -
• Kazakstan -
• Mongolia -
• Netherlands - http://home-2.wolmail.nl/~mvanonze/
• Norway - http://www.bandyforbundet.no/bandy/
• Russia -
• Sweden - http://www.svenskbandy.d.se/
• United States - http://www.americanbandy.com/

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bandy is a Scottish word meaning bow-legged