Talk:Bandy

In 2026, the World Championship in bandy will be held in Pori, Finland, for both men and women. You can read more about it here: World Championship for Men A and Women to Pori, Finland 2026! - WORLDBANDY.COM . This information should be added to the appropriade pages here at Wikipedia. I will get on it as soon as I can. ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 10:22, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

The World Championship A group will be held in Pori, but the B group will be held in Upsala. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.234.64.202 (talk) 15:52, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

I just removed an unreferenced claim in the lead that an alternative name for the sport would be "11-a-side ice hockey". I have never heard or read this term anywhere. Where is this term used? Bandy is not ice hockey, bandy is a swifter game with rules more like the rules of football. If you want this term to be re-added, please discuss it here on the talk page and do add a source! (I think it would be more historically correct to call ice hockey "6-a-side bandy" than to call bandy "11-a-side ice hockey", but maybe that's just me.) Ove Raul (talk) 23:52, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

I don't think "11-a-side ice hockey" has ever been used as another name for the sport of bandy, but it seems it has been used on occasion as a short way of describing what bandy is, which is acctually a pretty nice way of explaining it, even if it is not strictly correct:

"Coach Putte Ramberg represented Sweden 27 times at football and once at Bandy (imagine 11-a-side ice hockey on a rink the size of a football pitch)."

— https://laurencereade.com/2013/06/10/joyous/

However, this does not mean or merit that it should be presented as if it was another name for bandy. It is not.  ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 10:04, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

True, it is not. A description is not a name. Funny how someone just could add it like that, but that's the way Wikipedia is. Anyone can write anything. Sometimes ideas like this stays much longer in a Wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.234.64.202 (talk) 15:56, 14 October 2025 (UTC)

Most sports have names which are descriptions – ice hockey, you play hockey on ice; football, you kick a ball with your feet; skiing, you ski; basketball, you throw a ball in a basket. Bandy is different. Bandy has a unique name. That is maybe the reason someone wanted to add a description of that kind to the article's start? I don't know, maybe not. I just speculate.

The Federation of international Bandy has decided to publish a history of itself and the sport. See here: https://worldbandy.com/2025/08/04/fib-has-concluded-the-publication-of-its-rich-history/ . Ove Raul (talk) 05:12, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

These history pages have some contents which is interesting, some facts I did not know about. However, it seems the published texts also present some information which is often seen as being either wrong or doubtful, like writing as if it was an established fact that the 1913 European Bandy Championship has happened. I think this is a bit contentious, as there are some sports historians who have researched the matter and not found any contemporary reports about such a Europan bandy championship being held back then. You can read more at the talk page of the article about this alleged championship competition (follow the link here in my post and click the talk tab).  ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 09:47, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Are you saying you think the page lack credibility in a way that it should preferably not be used as a source at all? Or is it just this instance with the European championship in 1913 which is poorly written but other parts of the page could be good enough as a source for this page or other pages at Wikipeda? Ove Raul (talk) 22:00, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

I think the credibility of the page is for anyone to judge for him- or herself. Personally, I was surprised reading the text about the 1913 European Bandy Championship as it was written like if it was an established truth this competition really happened, while it has been up for discussion for a long time, not only here at Wikipedia. This also makes me think the rest of the page is perhaps not very trustworthy. I would have liked to see a list of source literature, but could not find any. Maybe there is in another part of the site, I haven't looked around everywhere.  ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

The source is legit, but it doesn't seem well-researched, which is a shame.

Someone has added a sentence in the lead, saying bandy *is* the predecessor of Ice hockey, with a source given. However, the source doesn't say it *is* the predecessor of bandy, but that it probably is. Why can't people use sources more correctly? I think this has to be changed.  ; As we see the human society is liquid, we are all just running with the flow (talk) 07:54, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Bandy is older than ice hockey, but both sports are still played. Ice hockey has not taken over, so bandy is not a predecessor.