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19-1115: The federation was one of the founding members of the Federation of International Bandy in 1955. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, the federation was replaced by the All Russian Bandy Federation in early 1992. For field hockey, the Russian Field Hockey Federation was created in its place. The following former states of the Soviet Union now have their own bandy federations: Russia (founded in 1992), Kazakhstan ( Kazakhstan Bandy Federation , 1993), Belarus ( Belarusian Bandy Federation , 1999), Estonia ( Estonian Bandy Association , 2002), Kyrgyzstan ( Bandy Federation of Kyrgyzstan , 2004), Latvia ( Latvia's Bandy Federation , 2006), Ukraine ( Ukrainian Bandy and Rink bandy Federation , 2007), and Lithuania ( Lithuanian Bandy Association , 2008). Only listing those which have

38-616: A Misplaced Pages article. Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation , aka BWF , is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee . It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales . In 1981,

57-412: A Misplaced Pages article. Former members: Soviet Union Former members: American Samoa Federation of International Bandy The Federation of International Bandy ( FIB ; French : Fédération internationale de bandy , Russian : Международная федерация хоккея с мячом , Swedish : Internationella Bandyförbundet ) is the international governing body for the sport of bandy , including

76-555: A time when bandy and ice hockey were seen as variants of the same game. The founders of the federation were representatives from Belgium, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Bohemia (now Czech republic). However, as ice hockey became an Olympic sport while bandy did not, bandy only survived in some of the Nordic countries and the Soviet Union. LIHG is now the International Ice Hockey Federation . In

95-616: Is the current President of the FIB. When FIB was formed in 1955, it introduced the same rules for bandy all over the world. Especially in Russia and other Soviet Republics , different rules had been used prior to this. Bandy World Championships have been organized for men since 1957 and for women since 2004. The federation was named the International Bandy Federation ( IBF ) between 1957 and 2001. The current name

114-673: The COVID-19 pandemic and was to be held in 2022, but was finally cancelled on 1 March 2022, after Finland, Sweden, Norway, and the United States announced that they would not take part in the competition in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In 2011, FIB formulated its purposes as being the following. FIB vows to completely share the principles and articles of the Olympic Charter in its activities, including

133-659: The 1940s, the Nordic countries Finland , Norway and Sweden set up a joint rules committee. In the early 1950s, the Soviet Union decided to break out of its isolation in international sport and started a friendly exchange with said Nordic countries. The federation was formed on 12 February 1955 at Hotell Malmen in Stockholm , Sweden , by representatives from Finland, Norway, the Soviet Union and Sweden. The federation has had its base in Sweden since 1979. Henrik Nilsson

152-526: The BWF-sanctioned tournament. The points awarded is based on the final results of each tournament participated for the past 52 weeks. Junior Ranking consists of players under 19 years old. The BWF regularly organises seven major international badminton events and two events for para-badminton : Major tournaments: Other major tournaments: Para major tournaments: Event(s) are no longer held regularly: Grade 2 tournaments, known as BWF World Tour

171-815: The IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation , and on 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid , the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation . When the BWF was founded, its head office was located in Cheltenham , UK. It was then relocated to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia on October 1, 2005. Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen is the current president. The BWF has 201 member nations around

190-571: The last decades. There were 27 national members of the federation as of 2017 and Slovakia applied for membership. After the International Olympic Committee's recommendations following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the Federation of International Bandy excluded Russia from participating in the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship . The men's 2020 Bandy World Championship had already been postponed due to

209-634: The organisation. The rules of bandy are set in the Bandy Playing Rules . It is overseen by the Rules and Referee Committee. FIB has an agreement with the International Skating Union to use the same arenas. The cooperation between the two federations is increasing, since both have an interest in more indoor venues with large ice surfaces being built. The following persons have been presidents of FIB: The federation

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228-417: The policy with regard to anti-doping controls. FIB wants to promote the development of the sports of bandy and rink bandy in the member countries and wants to carry on propaganda for the importance and advantages of these sports. FIB also works for bandy to become an Olympic sport. FIB declares itself to be an "independent autonomic mainsports organization which mainly is governing bandy activities all over

247-687: The variant called rink bandy . The federation is headquartered in Simrishamn Municipality, Sweden . Bandy as known today has been played since the later half of the 19th century. Rules were set up in the 1890s by the National Bandy Association in England and by the corresponding body in Russia. The Ligue International de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) was founded on 15 May 1908 at 34 Rue de Provence in Paris, France, at

266-410: The world". FIB leads and supervises bandy and rink bandy around the world. FIB also sees as its job to settle the rules for the games. One national member association should be entrusted by FIB with arranging an official world championship. FIB means that at least four nations must participate for it to be worth an event. FIB also wants to promote the introduction and the membership of new nations to

285-437: The world, organized into 5 continental confederations. The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton around the world, they are: Below is the list of presidents since 1934: The BWF World Ranking and BWF World Junior Ranking are introduced to determine the strength of the players. BWF World Ranking is used for determining the qualification for entry and seeding for

304-728: Was adopted at a request from the International Olympic Committee when the IOC made bandy a "recognized sport", since the acronym IBF at the time was already in use by the International Badminton Federation (in 2006, the International Badminton Federation changed names to Badminton World Federation and now uses the acronym BWF). In 2004, FIB was accepted by IOC. FIB is a member of Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations as well as Global Association of International Sports Federations . The number of bandy playing nations have grown considerably in

323-740: Was founded by the national bandy associations in Finland, Norway, the Soviet Union and Sweden on 12 February 1955. The Soviet membership was taken over by Russia in early 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. For two months, the former Soviet Union national bandy team appeared as Commonwealth of Independent States , but the CIS was never formally a member of the FIB. The member associations are divided in geographical zones. There are 27 associations in 4 zones (as of 25 March 2022 ): Furthermore, on 26 September 2023, Italy

342-712: Was granted provisional membership. Some of the Asian countries in FIB, and also the former member Kyrgyzstan, have founded the Asian Bandy Association , which has its headquarters in Astana (most recently known as Nur-Sultan), Kazakhstan. This helps organize the bandy competition at the Asian Winter Games and works to spread the knowledge of bandy in Asia. Members: Only listing those which have

361-476: Was sanctioned into six levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The events that were formerly held from 2007 to 2017 are: Grade 3 tournaments, known as Continental Circuit was sanctioned into three levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors, and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for their contributions to badminton. Over

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