!!!Eishockey

Ice Hockey was introduced in Austria as "Bandy" (played with a ball) 
before 1900, from 1922 played with a puck. Austrian teams were very 
successful during the period between the World Wars (European 
champions 1927 and 1931, 3%%sup rd/%  in the World Championship of 
1931), currently (1995) Austria is playing in Group A. In 1967, 1977, 
1988 and 1996 World Championship games were held in Austria. The 
Austrian Ice Hockey Association (OEHV) was founded in 1912, it 
includes 142 clubs with 6,254 members (as of 1993).

!Literature
S. Margreiter, H. Haiszan and R. Killias, Das grosse 
oesterreichische Eishockey-Buch, 1987.


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