As part of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Code Compliance Monitoring Program, Signatories of the WADA Code were required to complete a Code Compliance Questionnaire (CCQ) starting in 2022. The purpose of the CCQ was to assess implementation of the 2021 Code and...

This weekend FIB 2023 World Cup Girls Y17 for club teams is played in Vetlanda, Sweden at Hydro Indoor Arena. Organizers are the Swedish Bandy Association and Skirö AIK. There will be 7 teams participating: IFK Vänersborg, Surte/Kareby, Skirö AIK, Uppsala BoIS, Villa...

Edsbyns IF won the final of FIB 2023 Mini World Cup for Boys Y16 in Bollnäs, Sweden today, Monday October 30. The Swedish team beat Norwegian Stabæk IF 5-2 (3-1) in the final game. Edsbyn  advanced to final after winning the B-group and won against Bollnäs GIF in the...

Västerås SK and Villa Lidköping BK are the Swedish Cup champions for women and men, respectively. In both finals, which were played on Sunday 15 October, there was no drama. Both winning teams took the initiative early in the games and there was never any real...

Kuzbass from Kemerovo succeed in the Russian Cup and won the final game against Dynamo Moscow 6-5 after a big lead in half time 5-1. The final was played on September 24 at Kuzbass Stadium in Kemerovo. It was 5 130 spectators that watched the final game at the...

The 11th International Athletes’ Forum (IAF) in Lausanne, Switzerland had over 400 athlete representatives. During the event there were discussisons about the most important issues for athletes across the Olympic Movement. The two days of discussion and debate...

There is no doubt that the referees are important for the development of bandy. The Swedish Bandy Association have gone to action and published a video about the life as a referee to get more people interested in the important role for bandy. The video is in Swedish...

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have now published the 2024 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which was approved by WADA’s Executive Committee on September 22, 2023. The list enters into force on January 1, 2024.  FIB have published the updated list...

This week, September 26, 2023, FIB held an Executive Committee (EC) meeting followed by an Extraordinary Congress to discuss the governance reforms of the organization. The main focus of the meetings was the amendments of the FIB Statutes which were submitted by the...