The Dutch national bandy team represents the

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in the sport of

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

. The team made its international championship debut at the

1913 European Bandy Championships 1913 European Bandy Championships was the first, and so far the only, European Championship tournament in bandy. The competition was held in February 1913 in Saint-Moritz, Switzerland. Background Modern bandy originated in England and the first ...

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, Switzerland. However, the Netherlands did not 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 Wom ...

before the 1990s, even if

actually has been played more or less regularly in the Netherlands since the early 20th Century. The Netherlands participated in their first World Championship tournament in 1991 and has been attending the tournaments regularly since the 2003 championship. By the 1991 World Championship the team had the traditional Dutch orange jerseys, but before that the colours of the flag. On 6 January 2014 the Dutch won a four nation tournament in Davos, a centenary celebration of the European Championship of 1913. The other teams were

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, and

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. The Netherlands also took part in the 2016

Davos Cup The Davos Cup was a bandy tournament held in 2016 for national teams from continental Europe. History In January 2016 the Federation of International Bandy together with the Federation of Swiss Bandy arranged a tournament in Davos. Due to recent ...

. The current team is controlled by the

Bandy Bond Nederland Bandy Bond Nederlands is the governing body for bandy in the Netherlands and is controlling the Netherlands national bandy team. Bandy was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in 1891 and the Nederlandsche Hockey en Bandy Bond, organising ...

References

External links

Official Site
(in Dutch)
Somalia - the Netherlands game of 1 Feb 2015 at Youtube
from the

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(the game starts about 4:55 in) National bandy teams

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

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