The Russian Bandy Federation (Russian: Федерация хоккея с мячом России, ФХМР (FKhMR)), formerly ''All-Russian Bandy Federation'' (Всероссийская федерация хоккея с мячом) is the governing body for
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...
in the
Russian Federation
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
. It was founded in 1992 when it replaced the old Soviet federation (
Bandy and Field Hockey Federation of the USSR) as a member of the
Federation of International Bandy
The Federation of International Bandy (FIB; , , ) is the international governing body for the sport of bandy, including the variant called rink bandy. The federation is headquartered in Karlstad Municipality, Sweden.
History
Bandy as known tod ...
(FIB).
History
The
Soviet Union was dissolved in December 1991, in the middle of the bandy season. This led the Soviet national teams to initially be rebranded as
CIS in January and February 1992. A new Russian national team was also set up and at the
Russian Government Cup 1992 Russian Government Cup 1992 was played in Krasnojarsk during the period 28 January-2 February 1992. Sweden won the tournament.
This was the first time the Russia national bandy team played, and the last time the Commonwealth of Independent States n ...
both teams played.
The Federation banned coach Igor Gapanovich of
Vodnik Arkhangelsk
Vodnik () is a bandy club from Arkhangelsk in Russia. Vodnik was founded in 1925. During the existence of the Soviet Union the club was a part of the Voluntary Sports Societies of the USSR Vodnik.
Vodnik became Russian champions in 1996 to begi ...
and coach Evgeny Erakhtin of
Baykal-Energiya each for 30 months in March 2017, and fined each club 300,000 rubles (£4,100/$5,100/€4,800) for the teams scoring an aggregate of 20 goals in their own nets rather than their opponent’s to ensure they played against a convenient team in upcoming play-offs.
Structure
The Russian Bandy Federation is headquartered in Moscow. President since 2009 is
Boris Skrynnik, who was also the president of
FIB between 2005 and 2022. The federation has four vice presidents, one of whom is former pro-boxer
Nikolai Valuev
Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev ( rus, Никола́й Серге́евич Валу́ев, p=vɐˈlujɪf; born 21 August 1973) is a Russian politician and former professional boxer. He competed in boxing from 1993 to 2009, and held the World Boxing ...
, who is also the general manager of the
Russia national bandy team
The Russia national bandy team represents Russia in international bandy. There is a national team for men's competitions and a Russia women's national bandy team. This article deals chiefly with the men's national bandy team.
Until 1991 there w ...
; another vice president is
Sergey Myaus, head coach of the national bandy team.
The federation is governing the national leagues in Russia, which is set up in a top-tier
Russian Bandy Super League
The Russian Bandy Super League (), is a men's professional bandy league in Russia, the top division of Russian bandy.
There is no definite rule which teams will be relegated or promoted. Besides results on the ice, financial resources and infrast ...
and second tier leagues, as well as the
Russian Cup. The Russian Bandy Super League is fully professional and the winning team each year is crowned
Russian champions.
Presidents
* 1992-2009
Albert Pomortsev
* 2009-
Boris Skrynnik
See also
*
Russia women's national bandy team
Russia women's national bandy team is the women's team representing Russia in the sport of bandy. The team competes in the Women's Bandy World Championship.
On the International Olympic Committee's recommendations following the 2022 Russian invasi ...
References
External links
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{{National members of the Federation of International Bandy
Bandy in Russia
National members of the Federation of International Bandy
Bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, 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 playin ...
Sports organizations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Russia