List of years in ice sports

This page indexes the individual year in ice sports pages. Most years are annotated with one or more significant event as a reference point.

List of years in ice sports

Pre-19th Century

  • Skating has been shown to have been in use since 3,000 years back.
  • 1541, first written record about curling
  • 18th Century, sports resembling bandy and ice hockey were played in the winter time in England, the Netherlands, Russia and North America.

1870s

  • c. 1870

First track for bobsleigh in Switzerland

  • 1875

The first formal games of bandy and ice hockey are played in London, England and Montreal, British North America (Canada) respectively.

1880s

  • 1884

The first formal competitions in bobsleigh takes place in St. Moritz.

1890s

  • 1891

The first international bandy match is played, between an English and a Dutch team.

  • 1892

International Skating Union is founded.
The first written published rules of bandy. National Bandy Association is founded in England.

  • 1893

Stanley Cup is awarded for the first time.

1900s

  • 1902

The first Swedish national championship in bandy is played.

  • 1908

Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics is the first ice sport included in the Olympic Games.[1]
Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace was founded.
The first Finnish national championship in bandy is played.

1910s

  • 1910

The first ever European ice hockey championship is won by Great Britain.

  • 1913

The first ever European bandy championship is won by England.

1920s

  • 1923

Ice hockey is included in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT) is founded

  • 1924

The first ever Winter Olympic Games includes the ice sports bobsleigh, figure skating, and ice hockey. Curling was played unofficially.

1950s

  • 1952

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) began televising games in the National Hockey League.[2]

  • 1954

The 1954 World Championships has been described by the IIHF as "the start of the modern era of international hockey."[3] The tournament saw the first participation of the Soviet Union in international competition.

  • 1955

The first World Luge Championships is arranged.
The Federation of International Bandy is founded.

  • 1957

1957 Bandy World Championship is the first ever bandy world championship.

  • 1959

The first ever World Curling Championships is played.

1960s

  • 1967

1967 NHL expansion doubles the number of ice hockey teams in NHL from the Original Six to twelve.

1970s

  • 1972

World Hockey Association starts its league as a competitor to NHL.

  • 1979

World Hockey Association ceases its operations, the teams being added to the NHL.

1990s

  • 1998

Curling at the Winter Olympics officially for the first time.

2000s

  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004

2004 Women's Bandy World Championship is the first ever bandy world championship for women's teams.

  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009

2010s

References

  1. ↑ "About Figure Skating". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ McKinley 2006, pp. 144–145
  3. ↑ Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #4–Soviets hammer Canada, win gold at their first Worlds". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
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