Editing Sport in the Netherlands (section)

===Bandy===
In terms of licensed athletes, [[bandy]] is the second biggest winter sport in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldbandy.com/newspost_7640.html |title=Bandy destined for the Olympic Winter Games! |access-date=2019-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017132109/http://www.worldbandy.com/newspost_7640.html |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bandy was introduced to the Netherlands in the 1890s and enjoyed some following for a couple of decades before ice hockey took over as the most popular winter team sport in the 1920s. However, bandy lived on in the Netherlands, and in the 1970s, it got a more organised form again.<ref name="Janmaat">{{cite web|url=http://www.bandybond.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/120-jaar-bandygeschiedenis-in-Nederland.pdf|title=120 jaar bandygeschiedenis in Nederland|author=Arnout Janmaat|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> [[Bandy Bond Nederland]] became the first non-founding member of [[Federation of International Bandy#Members and years of admission|Federation of International Bandy]] in 1973. [[Netherlands national bandy team|The national team]] normally plays in Division B of [[Bandy World Championships|the World Championships]]. After winning the division in [[2018 Bandy World Championship|2018]], the team played in Division A in [[2019 Bandy World Championship|2019]]. In [[2025 Bandy World Championship|2025]] a new Division B gold medal came.<ref>[https://worldbandy.com/2025/03/14/netherlands-world-champion-group-b/ NETHERLANDS WORLD CHAMPION GROUP B!]</ref>