Somali National Bandy Association

Somali National Bandy Association is the governing body for the winter team sports of bandy and rink bandy for Somalia. The organization was founded in 2013 and is formally a part of the Somali Olympic Committee. The same year, the Somalia national bandy team became the first squad from Africa to join the Federation of International Bandy.[1] The team consists of Somali nationals, mostly living in Sweden. It played in the 2014 Bandy World Championship.[2]

Somalia national bandy team in Borlänge, 2014

References

  1. ^ "Somali team seeking to be masters of ice sport bandy". BBC News. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. ^ SOMALIA SCORES ITS FIRST GOAL IN WORLD BANDY CHAMPIONSHIP


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