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Bandy

Bandy is a fast ice team ball sport: eleven-a-side teams play on a large ice field with skates, curved sticks and a ball toward goals. Bandy belongs to the hockey/stick-and-ball family on ice.

LevelMain sport FamilyHockey Family CategoryWinter sport

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Classification

Category Winter sport

Family Hockey Family

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Eleven-a-side ice sport with ball, sticks, goals and large field.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like skating, team tactics and lots of space for passing.

Cost Medium: skates, helmet/protection and club practice; access to a large ice field is the real hurdle. Club fee, ice time, stick, ball, protection, travel and team competition. Bandy or rink-bandy club, ice-sport club or national bandy federation. In many regions rink bandy is the more realistic entry.

First progress Ball feel after a few sessions; field tactics need team practice.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

skates
bandy stick
ball
helmet/protection
large ice field
team/coach

First steps

learn skating basics
find club
practise stickhandling and passing
try rink bandy
learn positional play

FIB member federation, national bandy body, ice-sport club or Scandinavian/Eastern European community.

Helmet/protection, controlled contact, suitable ice and coach supervision matter.

Weitere Angaben

Tags team, ice, bandy, winter-sport, hockey-familie, wintersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Score more goals than the opposing team.

Teilnehmer

two teams with up to eleven players.

Teamgröße

eleven-a-side in full-field bandy.

Spielfeld

large ice field.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

goals.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

skates
bandy stick
ball
helmet
goals

Wichtige Regelpunkte

foul
offside
illegal stick use
time penalty

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Federation of International Bandy
Federation of International Bandy (FIB)

FIB Conditions, Rules and Regulations Federation of International Bandy · federation · high
International Bandy Rules Federation of International Bandy · rulebook · high
Bandy Encyclopaedia Britannica · sport-guide · medium