Bandy: The Big Ice Ball Game

Bandy is the world's second-most played winter sport.

Bandy is a ball sport played on a large ice surface.

Two teams wear ice skates and use sticks to play.

The ice field measures 90 to 110 metres long.

Field width on ice ranges from 45 to 65 metres.

Bandy rules were first organized and published in England.

Games have two halves, each lasting 45 minutes.

Each team has eleven players on the ice at once.

Bandy balls are about the size of tennis balls.

Sweden and Russia have the strongest bandy teams.

More than one million people play bandy in Russia.

The Federation of International Bandy began in 1955.

Bandy was a demonstration sport at the 1952 Oslo Olympics.

Bandy is nicknamed winter football due to its rules.

Bandy is popular in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Kazakhstan.