Soviet Union women's national bandy team represented the former
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
in
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 ...
. It was controlled by the
Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR
Federation of bandy and field hockey USSR (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом и хоккея на траве СССР) was the governing body for the sports of bandy and field hockey in the Soviet Union. The federation was go ...
.
The Soviet women did not form a national team until around 1990. In 1990 and 1991 they were in Sweden playing the
Swedish women's team.
Svenska Bandyförbundet - ''Samtliga landskamper''
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See also
*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 ...
*Rink bandy
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 pitc ...
*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 ...
** Great Britain women's national bandy team
** Sweden women's national bandy team
** Russia women's national bandy team
**Finland women's national bandy team
The Finland women's national bandy team (, ) represents Finland in the Women's Bandy World Championship and other international bandy competitions. It is governed by the Finnish Bandy Association, a member of the Federation of International B ...
** Norway women's national bandy team
**Switzerland women's national bandy team
Switzerland women's national bandy team is representing Switzerland in international bandy tournaments. It is controlled by the Federation of Swiss Bandy and made its debut at the 2018 Women's Bandy World Championship.
See also
*Bandy
*Rink bandy
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** China women's national bandy team
** Canada women's national bandy team
** Hungary women's national bandy team
** United States women's national bandy team
References
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 ...
Bandy in the Soviet Union
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