Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice in which two teams of 11 players, including a goalkeeper, compete with a hard ball and curved sticks to score in the opponent's goal. The game is often described as hockey on ice, but it is played on a larger rink and uses a ball instead of a puck.
Players wear skates and protective gear. The playing surface is a large sheet of ice, roughly the
Rules are determined by the sport's international governing body, the Federation of International Bandy (FIB). The
Historically, bandy originated in 19th-century England and was subsequently adopted and developed in Sweden and Russia.