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Hockey: The modern version of this game played with a ball and sticks with a curved end originated in England, played by both men and women, came to Austria in 1897; in 1900 the first hockey association in Austria established as a section of the Wiener Athletiksport-Club (WAC) sports club. At first played in the open air, hockey has also been played indoors since 1950; in 1963 the hockey stadium in the Vienna Prater was opened. The Austrian Hockey Association (Oesterreichischer Hockey-Verband, OeHV), founded in 1913, comprises 20 clubs with 3,341 members (1993).

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