American Bandy Association
Encyclopedia
American Bandy Association (ABA) is the governing body of bandy
in the United States
. It is headquartered in Minnesota
. The American Bandy Association was established in 1981 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy
the same year.
All ABA league games are played at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval
in Roseville, Minnesota
.
Bandy
Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is headquartered in Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The American Bandy Association was established in 1981 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy
Federation of International Bandy
The Federation of International Bandy is the international governing body for the sport of bandy. It was formed in 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has had its base in Sweden since 1979. The present offices are situated in Katrineholm....
the same year.
All ABA league games are played at the Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval
Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval
The Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval is an outdoor ice rink in Roseville, Minnesota, United States. It is claimed to be the largest artificial outdoor skating surface in the North America. The facility was constructed from June to December 1993...
in Roseville, Minnesota
Roseville, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,543.9 people per square mile . There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 1,126.4 per square mile...
.