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Women playing bandy for their countries, Finland and Norway

Bandy is a sport like ice hockey but with a ball instead of a puck and on a larger field. It is played on ice. The rules are much like the rules for association football.

Rules

There are 11 players on each team. The game is 90 minutes long with 45 minutes in each half, like association football (soccer). The size of the bandy field is the same as in association football.

The rules are set by the Federation of International Bandy.

International

There are 32 countries in the Federation of International Bandy.

Bandy World Championship for men has been played recurringly since 1957.

Images for kids

  • Charles Goodman Tebbutt (0401-02823)

    Charles Goodman Tebbutt with a bandy stick in 1889

  • Bandybollar

    Making of a historic bandy ball in stages, from the original cork on the left to the final ball painted red, with a modern bandy ball to far right

  • Stamps of Kazakhstan, 2014-043

    Kazakh stamp featuring bandy (допты хоккей dopty khokkey, "ball hockey")

  • Hammarby vs GAIS 2012-02-11 (4)

    Bandy team preparing for a corner stroke in 2012

  • Sollentunavallen Helenelund-AIK

    View of an outdoor bandy match in Sweden in 2006

  • Hammarby vs GAIS 2012-02-11 (14)

    Referee

  • Emil Paulin Ström 2012b

    The goalkeeper has no stick.

  • 3-4-3

    Bandy positions in 3–4–3 formation

  • Swedish bandyplayer

    Swedish U17 player on a corner stroke

  • Bandystick

    A bandy stick and ball

  • Magnus Muhrén 2012b

    Player with a bandy helmet and chinguard

  • BandyCountries

    World map showing the 27 Federation of International Bandy members as of May 2017

  • 2012bandy russia-sweden1

    Russia in the men's World Championships 2012

  • BandyCountriesWC2017

    A record eighteen countries participated in the World Championships of 2016 and 2017. Blue means Division A countries, red Division B countries as of the 2017 tournament and green the other FIB members. Latvia, which was relegated from Division A in 2016, made a late cancellation in 2017.

  • Bandy in Medeu Kazakhstan

    The final of the bandy tournament at Asian Winter Games at Medeu between Kazakhstan and Mongolia

  • Team England Bandy 1913

    Members of the Bury Fen Bandy Club, an English bandy team in 1913

  • Bury Fen

    Bury Fen

  • Hänninhauta 2014

    A match in Finland

  • Eishockey Leipzig 1909

    Match in Leipzig between LSC and Berliner Schlittschuh-Klub 1909

  • Issaliev Rauan

    Rauan Isaliyev, captain of the Kazakhstan national bandy team

  • Pim Mulier dunkel

    Pim Mulier introduced bandy to the Netherlands.

  • Norges damelandslag i bandy 2006

    The Norwegian team celebrating the bronze medal in WCS 2006

  • Stadium Trud Arkhangelsk

    Trud Stadium in Arkhangelsk

  • Clarence von rosen

    Clarence von Rosen introduced bandy to Sweden

  • Bandyfinal2010 hammarby celebration

    After the 2010 final at Studenternas Idrottsplats in Uppsala, Sweden

  • VSK Bandy höjer SM bucklan efter finalen 2020

    Västerås SK raises the Swedish Championship trophy for women after their victory against Skutskär in 2020

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Bandy para niños

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