The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) is the international governing body

Sport governing body

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 for the sport of bandy

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,...

. It was formed in 1955 in Stockholm

Stockholm

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, and has had its base in Sweden since 1979. The present offices are situated in Katrineholm

Katrineholm

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The federation was named the International Bandy Federation (IBF) between 1957 and 2001. The current name was adopted at a request from the International Olympic Committee when the IOC made bandy a "recognized sport", since the acronym IBF was already in use by the International Badminton Federation

International Badminton Federation

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. In 2004 FIB was fully accepted by IOC.http://www.worldbandy.com/template1.asp?pageID=18

When FIB was formed in 1955, it introduced the same rules for bandy all over the world. Especially in Russia, different rules had been used prior to this. Bandy World Championships

Bandy World Championships

The Bandy World Championships are a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy....

 are organized for men since 1957 and for women since 2004.

The newest member is Japan

Japan

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Members and years of admission

Country:	Year:	National Federation:	Ext.link:	National team:	Note:
Argentina	2008	Bandy Federation of Argentine
Armenia	2008	Armenian National Federation of Bandy
Australia	2006	Australian Bandy Federation
Belarus	1999	Belarusian Bandy Federation
Canada	1986	Canada Bandy	http://www.canadabandy.ca/
Mainland China	2010	Chinese Ice Hockey Association Chinese Ice Hockey Association The Chinese Ice Hockey Association is the governing body of ice hockey and bandy in the People's Republic of China. It´s a member of International Ice Hockey Federation since 1963 and of Federation of International Bandy since 2010.-External links:...
Kingdom of England	2010	Bandy Federation of England
Estonia	2002	Eesti Jääpalliliit	http://www.hot.ee/estbandy/
Finland	1955	Suomen Jääpalloliitto	http://www.finbandy.fi		Founding member
Hungary	1988	Magyar Bandy Szövetség	http://www.bandy.hu/
India	2002	Bandy Federation of India
Republic of Ireland	2006	Bandy Federation of Ireland
Italy	2003	Federazione Italiana Bandy
Japan	2011	Japan Bandy Federation	http://j-bandy.jp/
Kazakhstan	1994	Kazakhstan Bandy Federation
Kyrgyzstan	2004	Bandy Federation of Kyrgyzstan
Latvia	2006	Latvijas Bendija Federācija	http://www.bandy.lv/
Lithuania	2008	Lithuanian Bandy Association
Mongolia	2002	Bandy Federation of Mongolia
Netherlands	1973	Nederlandse Roller sports en Bandy Bond
Norway	1955	Norges Bandyforbund	http://www.bandyforbundet.no/bandy/		Founding member
Poland	2005	Bandy Federation of Poland
Russia	1992	All Russian bandy federation All Russian bandy federation The All Russian bandy federation is the governing body for bandy in the Russian Federation. It was formally founded in 1992 even if it has been a member of the Federation of International Bandy in its own right since 1991, when it replaced the old Soviet federation. Its history goes back to 1898....	http://www.rusbandy.ru/		Replaced the Soviet Union
Serbia	2006	Bandy Federation of Serbia
Sweden	1955	Svenska Bandyförbundet	http://www.svenskbandy.se/		Founding member
Switzerland	2006	The Bandy Federation of Switzerland
Ukraine	2008	Ukrainian Bandy and Rinkbandy Federation	http://www.ukrbandy.org.ua
United States	1981	American Bandy Association American Bandy Association American Bandy Association 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....	http://www.usabandy.com/