Belgium national bandy team

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Belgium national bandy team made an appearance at the 1913 European Bandy Championships, which were played in Davos, Switzerland, but the outbreak of World War I then ended the interest for bandy in Belgium. [1] Belgium is not a member of the Federation of International Bandy.

1913 European Bandy Championships was the first, and so far the only, European Championship tournament in bandy. The five-nation competition was held in February 1913 in Saint-Moritz, Switzerland. Winner of the tournament was Germany.

Davos Place in Graubünden, Switzerland

Davos is an Alpine town, and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 10,937 (2017). Davos is located on the river Landwasser, in the Rhaetian Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range at 1,560 m (5,120 ft) above sea level.

World War I 1914–1918 global war originating in Europe

World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.

References

  1. Ilya Trisvyatsky (February 14, 2013). "Bandy: A concise history of the extreme sport". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Retrieved February 13, 2014.