Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation (Ukrainian: Українська федерація хокею з м'ячем та рінк-бенді (УФХМР)) known by the abbreviation, "UBRF", is the governing body for the sports 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 ...

and

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 ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. The UBRF was founded in 2007 and is based in

Dnipro Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

. The federation became a member of the Federation of International Bandy (FIB) in 2008. In 2012 the organization made progress and developed its modern orientation towards the growth of bandy in the Ukraine. Within Ukraine, there are a number of regional bandy federations under the national federation. Since 2012, the national Ukrainian championship for bandy has been played every year. The first men's national bandy championship of the independent Ukraine took place on February 26, 2012 in

Severodonetsk russian: Северодоне́цк , other_name = Severodonetsk , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , image_caption = , image_flag = Severodoneck prapor.png , image_shield ...

, in the

Luhansk region Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

. At the club level, an international rink bandy club competition called Dniprobandy is organized by the Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation. The

Ukraine national bandy team , - , - , - The Ukraine national bandy team is Ukraine's national representative in the sport of bandy. Two national teams exist, one for men and one for women. Both teams are organized by the Ukrainian Bandy and Rink b ...

participated for the first time 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 ...

for men at the

2013 Bandy World Championship The 2013 Bandy World Championship was an edition of the top annual event in international bandy, held between January 23 and February 3, 2013, in Norway and Sweden. 14 countries participated in the 2013 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan ...

. At the 2016 tournament, Ukraine reached the semi-final of Division B, capturing the bronze medal. In terms of licensed athletes,

is the second largest team winter sport in the world among male participants.

History

The history of

in Ukraine dates back to 1920: The champion of

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...

in 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 was the bandy team of the , the Mykolaiv Yacht Club. In the winter season of 1921/22, bandy also appeared in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

. The first winners of the Kharkov Championship in 1923 and 1924 were the teams of O.L.S. and O.F.K. named after Balabanov, respectively. In 1924, a bandy team of railway workers appeared in the city of Lyman. In 1922, the people of Mykolaiv and Kharkiv unsuccessfully took part in the championship of the RSFSR (on February 22, Mykolaiv lost to Moscow 0:31, and Kharkiv to Saratov 0:16). In 1924, also unsuccessfully, the Kharkiv players made their debut in the championship of the USSR (defeat against the future champion of the Moscow national team 0:13). However in 1928 during the Winter Physical Education Festival in Moscow from February 2 to 9, the Ukrainians (USSR national team) took 2nd place in the USSR championship (the highest achievement in history) losing in the match to the championship of Leningrad 0:5. In 1927, the first women's bandy teams appeared in Kharkiv: In the post-war years, bandy in the

Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

gave way somewhat to

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice ...

. Ukrainian teams rarely participated in the championships of the USSR and did so without much success. In particular, in the 1950s, Kharkiv "Traktor" played two seasons each in the 1st and 2nd groups, Kyiv "Bolshevik" ("Iskra") spent a season in the 1st and 2nd groups, two seasons in Lokomotiv from

played in the second group, and Shakhtar from Kadyiv and (in class "B") House of Officers from Vinnytsia, the winner of the Ukrainian SSR Cup in 1955, played one season in the second group. In the 1960s and 1980s, "Avangard" (Budy), which also repeatedly became the champion of the Ukrainian SSR, took part in the Union championships in the second group.

Notable players

* , Suzdalev Yuriy Vasyliovych

References

External links

Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation, in English
Bandy governing bodies Federation of International Bandy members

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 Ukraine {{bandy-stub

History

Notable players

See also

References

External links