Czech Republic national bandy team

Czech Republic national bandy team is competing for Czech Republic in the international bandy and rink bandy tournaments.

History

Bohemia, then a part of Austria-Hungary, was in its own right an early member of the Ligue International de Hockey sur Glace, which administrated ice hockey and bandy in the years before the First World War.[1] Austria-Hungary national bandy team participated in the 1913 European Bandy Championships.

The Czech Association of Bandy was founded in 2013 and became a member of the Federation of International Bandy in 2014.

On 6 January 2014 the Czech Republic participated in a four nation tournament in Davos, a centenary celebration of the European Championship of 1913. The other teams were the Netherlands, Hungary, and Germany.[2][3][4]

19 September 2015 the team took part in a rink bandy tournament in Nymburk.[5]

So far, the country has not played in the World Championship but is expected to make its debut in 2016.[6]

References

  1. ↑ IIHF and Paris International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved on 2010-02-18
  2. ↑ "Unofficial European Championships 2013/14". Bandysidan. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Internationellt Stor glädje i Davos" (in Swedish). Idrottonline. January 7, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  4. ↑ Photo from the tournament of the Czech and Dutch teams
  5. ↑ Turnaj v RINK BANDY v Nymburce
  6. ↑ bandy2016.ru/

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