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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.
Hungary national bandy team is competing for Hungary in the international bandy tournaments.
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The Great Britain Bandy Association (GBBA) is the governing body of the sport of bandy in the United Kingdom. It is based in The Fens part of Cambridgeshire, East Anglia. Formerly, the federation was named Bandy Federation of England. After some years with less activity, the federation was restarted and given the name England Bandy Federation in January 2017. In September 2017 the present name was adopted, as the federation widened its scope to all of the UK.
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The four nation bandy tournament in 2014 was held as a centenary celebration of the 1913 European Bandy Championships.
The History of the International Ice Hockey Federation which spans over a hundred years, chronicles the evolution of international cooperation in ice hockey. Among major achievements accomplished in that time is the standardization of playing rules and the establishment of tournaments.
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- ↑ IIHF and Paris International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2010-02-18
- ↑ "Unofficial European Championships 2013/14". Bandysidan. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Internationellt Stor glädje i Davos" (in Swedish). Idrottonline. January 7, 2014. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ↑ Photo from the tournament of the Czech and Dutch teams
- ↑ Turnaj v RINK BANDY v Nymburce
- ↑ "bandy2016.ru/". Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
