Canada Bandy is the governing body for bandy in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. Its headquarters are located in

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749, ...

, Manitoba. The Canadian program for bandy was started in 1986, inspired by the US experiences with the sport. At first it was only concentrated to the area around Winnipeg. Canada Bandy became a member of

Federation of International Bandy The Federation of International Bandy (FIB; french: Fédération internationale de bandy, russian: Международная федерация хоккея с мячом, sv, Internationella Bandyförbundet) is the international governing bo ...

(FIB) on 6 July 1983. Canada has national bandy teams for both the men's and women's category: the Canadian men's national bandy team and the Canadian women's bandy team. The men compete in the

Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the W ...

while the women compete in the

Women's Bandy World Championship The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International B ...

. Canada also plays America in the annual

Can-Am Bandy Cup Can-Am Bandy Cup is the name of an annually recurring friendly bandy match played between the Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical o ...

. Canada Bandy's current organizational status and the current status of both national teams is unknown.

National teams

* – Men's national bandy team * – Women's national bandy team

References

External links

{{National members of the Federation of International Bandy Bandy in Canada Bandy governing bodies Bandy Federation of International Bandy members