Bandy

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.

Bandy Media

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  Detail from Brueghel's 1565 Jagers in de Sneeuw, showing bandy being played informally before it became an organized sport

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  Charles Goodman Tebbutt with a bandy stick in 1889

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  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

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

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  Bandy team preparing to defend their goal against a corner stroke in 2012.

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  Pictogram representing the sport of Bandy.

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  View of an outdoor bandy match in Sweden in 2006

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  Keijo Hyvärinen, Bandy referee. Match between Hammarby and GAIS Elitserien, Zinkendamms IP (Stockholm) 2012-02-11.

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  The goalkeeper has no stick.

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  Bandy positions in 3–4–3 formation

Other websites

Media related to Bandy at Wikimedia Commons

• Federation of International Bandy