Field Hockey · Interesting Facts
Chapter 10: Other Forms of the Game
10 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 31 October 2026 · markdown
Chapter 10 covers the relatives and offshoots of field hockey: shinty, camogie, bandy, floorball, rink hockey, underwater hockey, unicycle hockey, indoor hockey and Hockey5s. Some are older than the modern game, and some are played in places no one would expect.
Shinty's Camanachd Cup is a silver cup that has been passed around among winners and filled with whisky. Camogie, the Irish women's stick game, has run an All-Ireland since 1932 and belongs to the GAA family, close to hurling. Bury Fen Bandy Club, on the frozen Fens of Cambridgeshire near the village of Bluntisham, wrote rules for hockey on ice, and C.G. Tebbutt wrote a handbook of bandy. Floorball is called innebandy in Sweden, meaning 'indoor bandy', and uses plastic sticks of about a metre in length.
Rink hockey on roller skates has a Nations Cup held since 1921, with gaps, and it is the oldest international tournament in the sport. Underwater hockey, originally called Octopush, is played with snorkels, and the goal is a metal trough three metres wide. Unicycle hockey has players from their early teens to their 60s. A German tennis and hockey club in Wiesbaden wrote the first indoor rules, and Hockey5s first appeared at the Youth Games in Nanjing.
The facts below cover the Camanachd Cup, shinty's great finals, camogie, Bury Fen's bandy, floorball, rink hockey, underwater hockey, unicycle hockey, indoor hockey and Hockey5s.
10.101Shinty's Thirsty Trophy
Scotland's stick game has a silver cup that gets lost, filled with whisky and once ended up with the police.
Test 1The Camanachd Cup's trophyTake a test
It is passed around among the winners after the final.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Skye Camanachd had just won it.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
They had to wait until November.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
He later served as provost, and died in 1956.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
The original is still in use today.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Duncan Macpherson of Inverness came up with the idea.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Most people in the game use the shorter names.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
April 1896, November 1896, 1956, 1990.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
1893, 1896, 2019.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
A replica was once considered, but judged too expensive.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · applied
10.102Shinty's Great Finals
A rained-off final, a replay after a row and a player with eight goals.
Test 1Shinty's great finalsTake a test
They won 2-0 in Inverness.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
The Highland Railway laid on extra trains for it.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
It was the first time that had happened in the final.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Its first came in 1907, in a 7-2 win.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Newtonmore won 11-3 against Furnace that day.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
Newtonmore won 3-2 and lost the replay 3-1.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
He played for Kingussie, and passed the record of 12 wins held by Newtonmore's Chisholm and Ritchie.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
1907, 1911, 1914, 2019.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
8 goals, 15 wins, 34 wins and 57 cups, as counted in 2020.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · recall
The match was replayed the following week.
Source: High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history' · applied
10.103Camogie
The Irish women's stick game has run an All-Ireland since 1932.
Test 1CamogieTake a test
Founded in 1904, the association came 28 years before the first All-Ireland championship of 1932.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
It beat Galway in the final at the Sportsfield in Galway.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
She helped draw up the first rules.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
She played for the great Dublin team.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
Long black stockings, canvas boots and long-sleeved blouses went with them.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
It was donated by the Mayo man Seán O'Duffy.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
Kilkenny won 12 titles in 21 seasons.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
1904, 1932, 1968, 1996.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
5, 12, 24, 26.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · recall
It is the women's stick game of the GAA family, close to hurling.
Source: The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan · applied
10.104Bury Fen's Bandy
On the frozen Fens of Cambridgeshire, skaters wrote the rules of hockey on ice.
Test 1Bury Fen and bandyTake a test
It lies near the village of Bluntisham.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
A family history gives credit to Arnold Tebbutt and Frederick Jewson as well.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
The sport's name was still in flux in those days.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
Bury Fen won 14-1 against a team from Haarlem.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
It has since won the Euro Hockey League more than anyone.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
A Swedish national league followed in 1902.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
It happened in the same cold winter as the trip to the Netherlands.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
1882, 1891, 1894, 1902.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
1882, 1957, 2004.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · recall
The Fens have long been England's great skating country.
Source: International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum · applied
10.105Floorball
A plastic stick and a ball full of holes: an indoor game from Sweden.
Test 1FloorballTake a test
The Swedes call it innebandy, meaning 'indoor bandy'.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
It literally ties the game to bandy.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
Sweden, Finland and Switzerland were its first members.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
All three still rank among the leading nations.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
It was at home, with Finland second and Norway third.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
The company's plastic sticks found their way to other countries.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
The first official rule book came two years later.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
1958, 1979, 1981, 1986.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
1996, 1997, 2022.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · recall
It uses plastic sticks of about a metre in length.
Source: International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 2022 · applied
10.106Rink Hockey
Hockey on roller skates was older than many think, and its big event is over a century old.
Test 1Rink hockeyTake a test
It took place in 1936.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It was also a dominant force in the Nations Cup at the time.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It is the oldest international rink hockey tournament in history.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It has been held since 1921, with gaps.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It began as the Fédération Internationale de Patinage à Roulettes.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It was the third world championships.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
It has long been part of that multi-sport event.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
1921, 1924, 1936, 1947.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
Stuttgart hosted the first world championship in 1936, Montreux the second, and Lisbon the third in 1947.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · recall
Its name changed from the FIRS only recently.
Source: World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org) · applied
10.107Under the Water
Hockey at the bottom of the swimming pool, with snorkels.
Test 1Underwater hockeyTake a test
Its name still appears in some British clubs today.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
Alan Blake's club wanted its divers to stay fit over the winter.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
They rotate down to the bottom in turn.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
It is three metres wide.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
It is heavier than an ice hockey puck.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
They breathe at the surface, between dives.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
Players keep coming up for air, so positions are always changing.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
3, 6, 10.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
It starts in a way similar to water polo.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · recall
It is a metal trough three metres wide.
Source: CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records · applied
10.108Unicycle Hockey
On one wheel, with a hockey stick, often in a school gym.
Test 1Unicycle hockeyTake a test
It is the earliest known appearance of the game.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
It is often cited as the first real unicycle hockey club.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
Germany beat another German team for the gold.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
Both finalists were German clubs, so Germany was certain of gold in the first world final, in 1994.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
As many as 16 countries have active clubs.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
It is made from strands of torch wick dipped in fuel.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
Games have no one dedicated to stopping shots.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
1925, 1960, 1976, 1987, 1994.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
16, 30, in their 60s.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · recall
The sport's players range from early teens to their 60s.
Source: The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com) · applied
10.109Indoor Beginnings
A German tennis and hockey club wrote the first rules, one winter after the war.
Test 1Indoor hockey's beginningsTake a test
The rules were written up at its tennis and hockey club.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
He was a former president of the Wiesbaden club.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
It was in the Congress Hall in what was then East Germany.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
There were men's, women's and junior teams in it.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
It was the Welsh championship of 1972.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
It is the first team known to have won money at a hockey event.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
It was just a winter version of the main game.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
1949-50, 1951, 1972, 2003.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
1972, 1974, 2003.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · recall
Austria's own championship followed only a few months later.
Source: Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history' · applied
10.110Hockey5s at the Youth Games
A shorter, faster format of hockey for young players, first seen at Nanjing.
Test 1Hockey5s at the Youth OlympicsTake a test
It replaced the 11-a-side game at the Youth Games.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
Canada took silver.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
It was a home gold for a fast-growing hockey country.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
It beat India 4-2.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
The great Luciana Aymar was an ambassador for those Games.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
By 2018 it had been shortened again.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
It made each game very short and very fast.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
2014, 2018, 2024.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
2, 4, 12.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · recall
The eight-time Player of the Year came from the host country.
Source: Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation · applied
Questions people ask
- What is the Camanachd Cup?
- It is shinty's silver cup, passed around among the winners after the final. Duncan Macpherson of Inverness came up with the idea, and the original is still in use today.
- Since when has camogie had an All-Ireland?
- Since 1932. Camogie is the Irish women's stick game of the GAA family, close to hurling.
- Where did bandy rules for hockey on ice come from?
- From Bury Fen, on the frozen Fens of Cambridgeshire near Bluntisham, where skaters wrote the rules. C.G. Tebbutt wrote 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'.
- What is the oldest international rink hockey tournament?
- The Nations Cup, held since 1921 with gaps. World Skate describes it as the oldest international rink hockey tournament in history.
- How is underwater hockey played?
- Players use snorkels and breathe at the surface between dives, so positions are always changing. The goal is a metal trough three metres wide, and the puck is heavier than an ice hockey puck.
- Who plays unicycle hockey?
- Players range from early teens to their 60s, and games have no one dedicated to stopping shots. As many as 16 countries have active clubs.
- Who wrote the first indoor hockey rules?
- They were written up at a tennis and hockey club in Wiesbaden, Germany, one winter after the war. It was just a winter version of the main game.
- Where did Hockey5s first appear?
- At the Youth Games in Nanjing in 2014, where it replaced the 11-a-side game.
Sources
Primary/official sources only, no Wikipedia citations: the FIH and its continental federations, national associations, The Hockey Museum, the Olympic Channel and Olympedia, Guinness World Records, clubs' and makers' own histories, museums and named reputable media.
- High Life Highland, 'The Camanachd Cup' (highlifehighland.com); Highland Folk Museum; Newtonmore Camanachd Club, 'Club history'20
- The Camogie Association, 'History' (camogie.ie/history); GAA Museum, Croke Park, 'The Birth of Camogie'; Meath Chronicle, on the first game in Navan10
- International Hockey Wiki, 'Bury Fen Bandy Club', 'Tebbutt Family' and 'Bandy and Ice Hockey in the Netherlands'; C.G. Tebbutt, 'A Handbook of Bandy; or, Hockey on the Ice'; The Hockey Museum10
- International Floorball Federation, 'IFF & Floorball History in Short' (floorball.sport); Unihoc, 'Our story'; Fact sheet of The World Games 202210
- World Skate, 'Nations Cup 2026: over a century of rink hockey history returns to Montreux' and 'About FIRS' (worldskate.org)10
- CBS Colorado, 'Underwater Hockey originally called Octopush', 2016; Pressreader, 'Strange sports in the townships'; CMAS records10
- The Hockey News, 'The weird, wild and wacky world of unicycle hockey' (thehockeynews.com)10
- Stadtlexikon Wiesbaden, 'Wiesbadener Tennis- und Hockey-Club'; The Hockey Museum, 'Indoor hockey' (hockeymuseum.org); USA Field Hockey, 'FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup: a history'10
- Olympics.com, 'Hockey gets faster, fewer, fiercer' and 'Hockey 5s set to shine at YOG Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Teams confirmed for Buenos Aires 2018'; FIH, 'Nanjing 2014 legacy still being felt in China'; Pan American Hockey Federation10