Bandy Bond Nederland

Bandy was introduced to the Netherlands by Pim Mulier in 1891[1] and the Nederlandsche Hockey en Bandy Bond, organising field hockey and bandy, was founded on 8 October 1898.

In the 1920s and 1930s ice hockey increasingly became a tough competitor to bandy.

The federation eventually let go of bandy and was renamed the Nederlandse Hockey Bond in 1935.

It became a member of the Federation of International Bandy in 1973 (or the International Bandy Federation, as it was known at the time), as the first non-founding member.

The federation was merged into Skate Bond Nederland some decades later but since 2012 the sport has its own national federation again, in Bandy Bond Nederland.