Editing Bandy (section)

===Czechia===
A team from Prague in present-day Czechia became Austrian national bandy champions in 1911.<ref>ÖNB-ANNO "Historische Zeitungen und Zeitschriften": Allgemeiner Sport-Zeitung Ausgabe 87 vom 22. Januar 1911 (the source is given on the discussion site of German Wikipedia's article about bandy)</ref>

Czechia has been playing in the [[Bandy World Championship|World Championship]] since [[2016 Bandy World Championship|2016]]. As a way of preparing as well as possible for international matches, the Czechs have invented modified rules for games on ice hockey rinks, a variety called [[short bandy]], which differs from rink bandy.<ref name="short bandy">[https://www.worldbandy.com/2022/07/01/short-bandy-a-new-successful-type-of-bandy/ Short Bandy – A new successful type of bandy?]</ref> The Czech (former rink bandy) national league is now called ''[[Liga českého národního bandy]]''.