Kazakhstan Bandy Federation (Qazaqstan Bendı Federatsııasy) is the governing body for the sport of bandy in Kazakhstan. It is based in

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. Its president is Oralbay Zhaksymbetov, while Vladimir Pashkovsky is Vice-President. Bandy has been played for many decades in Kazakhstan when the country belonged to the

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. The Kazakh club

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became Soviet national champions in 1977 and in 1990. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Kazakh federation was founded in 1993 and became a member of the

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the same year. Kazakhstan Bandy Federation hosted the 2012 Bandy World Championship and received praise for the arrangement. In September 2017 "ҚБФ" bought the country's only professional club, Akzhaiyk. The

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has competed in the

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since 1995, winning the bronze medal six times as of 2015. The federation will send a team to the men's tournament at the

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External links

Official homepageInterview with President Zhakzymbetov from the 2017-18 seasonInterview with President Zhakzymbetov from the 2018-19 season

References

Bandy in Kazakhstan Federation of International Bandy members Bandy governing bodies Bandy 1993 establishments in Kazakhstan Sports organizations established in 1993 {{bandy-stub