Ice stock sport

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Ice stock Sport

Highest governing body	International Federation Icestocksport (IFI)[1] est. 1983
First played	1500; 524 years ago (1500), though probably older
Characteristics
Contact	No
Type	Individual sport Team sport Winter sport Summer sport
Equipment	1: Stock Body 2: Stock Handle 3: Plate
Presence
Olympic	No, but given IOC full recognition, June 2018 Demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions
Paralympic	No
World Games	No

Ice stock sport (also known as "Icestocksport" or "Bavarian curling") is a winter sport, somewhat similar to curling. In German, it is known as Eisstockschießen. Although the sport is traditionally played on an ice surface, events are also held on tarmac in summer.^{[citation needed]}

Competitors slide ice stocks over an ice surface, aiming for a target, or to cover the longest distance. Ice stocks have a gliding surface, to which a stick (ca 30 cm) is attached. The sport is mostly practised in southern Germany, Austria and Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy.

Ice stock has been demonstrated at the Winter Olympic Games on two occasions. Ice stock is also an event in India's Khelo India Winter Games program. The most recent world championship for Ice stock has been the 2022 Ice stock sport World Championships for Women and Men, held on February 22–27 February 2022 in Ritten, Italy in the central village of Klobenstein (Collalbo). It was the 14th time the event has taken place.