Bandy

Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the... Wikipedia

• Highest governing body:  Federation of International Bandy (FIB)
• Nicknames:  Hockey on the ice, Winter football
• First played:  1882, England
• Contact:  Limited, (Shouldering allowed but body checking illegal)
• Team members:  11 field players
• Mixed gender:  No, separate competitions
• Type:  Team sport, Winter sport
• Equipment:  Bandy ball, Bandy stick, Bandy skates, Protective equipment
• Venue:  Bandy field (official), Sports complex, Frozen body of water - lake, river, pond, Ice rink, Ice field
• Olympic:  - Demonstration 1952 - (recognized as a sport by the IOC in 2001)
• Paralympic:  No
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo