The Portuguese Winter Sports Federation ( pt, Federação de Desportos de Inverno de Portugal, FDI-Portugal) is the governing body of

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

, alpine skiing,

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

, and snowboarding in

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National teams

* Men's national team

Ice hockey statistics

* 116 players total * 48 male players * 50 junior players * 18 female players * 7 referees * 1 indoor rink * Not ranked in the

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Other sports

The federation also supports the competitive

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...

and snowboarding in Portugal.

References

External links

Official website
1999 establishments in Portugal

Winter Sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold are ...

Sports organizations established in 1999 National governing bodies for ice skating National members of the International Skating Union {{Wintersport-stub