Editing Bandy (section)

===International federation===
The Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace, or [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] as it is more well known as today, was founded in 1908 and was governing some bandy competitions in its early years, before only concentrating on ice hockey.

[[Image:BandyCountries.png|thumb|World map showing the 27 [[Federation of International Bandy]] members as of May 2017]]
The [[Federation of International Bandy]] (FIB) was formed as ''International Bandy Federation'' in 1955 and has had 33 members at most, each representing a country where bandy is played. Currently, there are 27 members of the federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbandy.com/members.html|title=Members – Federation of International Bandy|website=www.worldbandy.com|access-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127123051/http://www.worldbandy.com/members.html|archive-date=27 January 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref> The name of the federation was changed to the present one in 2001 after the [[International Olympic Committee]] approved it as a so-called "[[International Olympic Committee#Sports federations recognised by IOC|recognized sport]]". The abbreviation "IBF" was at the time already used by another recognized sports federation, and IOC considers it important that the official abbreviations of sports federations are unique, so that the federations are not mistaken for one another.

In 2004, FIB was fully accepted by IOC. FIB is now a member of [[Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations]].