Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup,a club competition,and from the Women's Bandy World Championship. A Youth Bandy World Championship also exists separately from the senior competition and has competitions in both the male and female categories.
The Federation of International Bandy is the international governing body for the sport of bandy,including the variant called rink bandy. The federation is headquartered in Simrishamn Municipality,Sweden.
IJshockey Nederland (IJNL) is the official governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. It was founded as the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond in 1933 as a three team league with The Hague,Amsterdam and Tilburg. It joined the International Ice Hockey Federation on 20 January,1935. In 1946,it created the Eredivisie. The organisation’s name was changed from NIJB to IJNL in 2017.
Danmarks Ishockey Union or DIU is the governing body of ice hockey in Denmark. It is a member of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The association was founded on 27 November 1949 and became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation the same year.
The Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia,sometimes called the Armenian Ice Hockey Federation,is the Armenian national ice hockey federation. Its headquarters are based in Yerevan. The president,Vahram Sargsyan,is also the Chairman of the Armenian National Federation of Bandy.
The Estonian men's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Estonia internationally. The team is controlled by the Estonian Ice Hockey Association,a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
The South Korean national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of Korea. They are currently ranked 19th in the IIHF World Rankings and competed in the World Championship top division tournament. The team's most successful campaign thus far was a second-place finish in the 2017 Division I Group A tournament and thus qualifying for the top division in 2018. They competed in their first Winter Olympics in 2018 in Pyeongchang as the host nation.
The Kuwait national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait. The team is controlled by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 8 May 2009. As of 28 May 2023,Kuwait is currently ranked 50th in the IIHF World Ranking. Kuwait participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia,a regional tournament for lower-tier hockey nations in Asia,from 2010 to 2018. Kuwait made its World Championship debut at the 2018 Division III Qualification tournament.
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland. In 1927,the Finnish Skating Association introduced ice hockey as part of its program and,through that organization,Finland joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1928. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association was formed on 20 January 1929 and featured seventeen clubs. Since the late 1980s,Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and,as of 2022,the men's national team is ranked first in the world and the women's national team is ranked third in the world by the IIHF.
The Latvian Ice Hockey Federation,commonly abbreviated as LHF is the governing body that oversees ice hockey in Latvia,including the Latvian Hockey Higher League,the Latvia women's national ice hockey team and the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. It was founded in 1931 and was admitted to the IIHF the same year.
The International Ice Hockey Federation is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich,Switzerland,and has 83 member countries.
The Korea Ice Hockey Association is the governing body and member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) that oversees ice hockey in South Korea.
The Tunisia national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Tunisia. The team is controlled by the Tunisian Ice Hockey Association and has been an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) since 22 September 2021. Tunisia is currently not ranked in the IIHF World Ranking and has not entered in any IIHF World Championship events.
Bandy and Field Hockey Federation of the USSR was the governing body for the sports of bandy and field hockey in the Soviet Union. The federation was governing these two sports since 1967,when ice hockey was split off to form the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation;ice hockey had only been introduced to the Soviet Union some twenty years earlier.
Bandy in the United States is played mostly in Minnesota. The national team regularly plays in Division A of the Bandy World Championships. In terms of licensed athletes,it is the second biggest winter sport in the world. Bandy is a team sport played on ice with ice skates,a ball,and a curved stick on a large sheet of ice called a bandy field. In the United States,the national governing body for bandy is the American Bandy Association (ABA),also called USA Bandy which was established in 1981,the same year it became a member of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB). The USA Bandy Hall of Fame is located in Minnesota.
China Bandy Federation,CBF,was founded on 13 December 2014. The Chinese Ice Hockey Association joined the Federation of International Bandy (FIB) in 2010 and governed bandy in China until it was replaced by the CBF.
The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Taiwan internationally in women's competition. The team is overseen by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation,a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team was formed in 2014 and competed in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament,which it has won on two occasions,currently competes in IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships Division 2B.
The India women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing India internationally in women's competition. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Association of India,and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The team was formed in 2016 and currently competes in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.
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