Rink bandy

Rink bandy

Rink bandy being played in Dnipro, Ukraine
Highest governing body	Federation of International Bandy
First played	1960's in Sweden
Characteristics
Contact	No
Team members	5-6 players per side
Type	Team sport Winter sport
Equipment	Bandy skates Bandy ball Bandy sticks Protective gear
Venue	Ice rink
Presence
Country or region	Sweden, Russia, Finland, USA
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No

Rink bandy is a variant of the larger sport of bandy. Unlike bandy which is played on a large bandy field, rink bandy is played on significantly smaller ice hockey-sized ice rinks.

While a bandy field is about the same size as a football pitch, rink bandy is played on ice hockey rinks.