Bandy is a winter sport, where a ball is hit with a stick. It is an ancestor of ice hockey. It likely descended from shinty and in turn field hockey. Bandy is played outdoors on a sheet of ice, and has rules that are similar to soccer. It is now played in a few nations, including Sweden, Finland, Norway, the USA, Belarus, Hungary, The Netherlands, Estonia, Canada and Russia. Bandy was the demonstration sport at the VI Olympic Winter Games in 1952 (Oslo, Norway). World Championships are held every year. There were 11 countries participiating in 2004 championships: Finland, Russia, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Norway, Canada, USA, NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium, HungaryThe Republic of Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars or Magyarorszag''. Magyar Koztarsasag ( In Detail) ( Full s, EstoniaThe Republic of Estonia is a country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the north, and sharing a land border with its fellow Baltic state Latvia to the south and with Russia to the east. Eesti Vabariik ( In and BelarusThe Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian: #x301 Russian: #x301 (former: #x301 ) is a landlocked nation of Eastern Europe with the capital Minsk. Name Main article: White Russia The spellings Belorussia and Byelorussia are transliterations of the name of the c. Finland won the 2004 championship. All the previous championships were won either by the Soviet Union/ Russia or Sweden.
The size of a bandy field is in the range 4,050 - 7,150 square metres ( 45-65 by 90-100 metres). The size of the ball is 60-65 mm and is red to orange in color.
FIB, the Federation for International Bandy , has 15 members (2004).
1 External Links
1.1 National Bandy Federations
Bandy is also a Scottish word meaning "bow-legged", but is widely used elsewhere.
Team sports
Winter sports
Hockey
