Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
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.
The Federation of International Bandy is the international governing body for the sport of bandy, including the variant called rink bandy.
Federation of Swiss Bandy is the governing body for bandy and rink bandy in Switzerland. Its headquarters is in Lausanne. Federation of Swiss Bandy became a member of Federation of International Bandy in 2006.
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.
This tournament got a follow-up with the Davos Cup in 2016.
The Davos Cup was a bandy tournament held in 2016 for national teams from continental Europe.
Vaillant Arena is an arena in Davos, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of HC Davos. It holds 7,080 people, of which 3,280 are seated. Every year the Spengler Cup is played in this arena.
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.
The Finnish national bandy team has taken part in all the Bandy World Championships for men since the competition was launched for the first time in 1957. Finland won the championship title in 2004. They have always finished in the top four, and have won 28 medals in 36 championships.
Hungary national bandy team is competing for Hungary in the international bandy tournaments.
The Dutch national bandy team represents the Netherlands in the sport of bandy.
Estonian national bandy team competed for the first time during the first period of Estonian independence, in the interwar years 1918–1940. Estonia played six international frendlies against Finland between 1923 and 1934, losing them all.
Fleurier was a municipality in the district of Val-de-Travers in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Boveresse, Buttes, Couvet, Fleurier, Les Bayards, Môtiers, Noiraigue, Saint-Sulpice and Travers merged to form the administrative district of Val-de-Travers.
The International Ice Hockey Federation is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 76 members. It manages international ice hockey tournaments and maintains the IIHF World Ranking.
Somalia national bandy team represents Somalia in the Bandy World Championship. It is controlled by the Somali National Bandy Association, which is a member of the Federation of International Bandy. The squad participated in the 2014 Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, the first team from Africa to take part in bandy competitions. They participated in the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 tournaments as well.
Germany national bandy team is a bandy team competing for Germany in the international bandy and rink bandy tournaments.
An England national bandy team used to represent England in international bandy in the late 19th and early 20th Century. Since 2019, there is a Great Britain national bandy team in stead.
Czech Republic national bandy team is competing for the Czech Republic in the international bandy and rink bandy tournaments. It is run by the Czech Association of Bandy.
The Great Britain Bandy Federation 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, but after some years with less activity, the federation was restarted and given the name England Bandy Federation in January 2017 and in September 2017 the present name was adopted, as the federation decided to widen its scope to all of the UK.
France 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 France. France is not a member of the Federation of International Bandy.
Italy 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 Italy.
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