The opening ceremony of the 2018 International Men’s Bandy Championship is held in Harbin on Jan 28. The 10-day event, which runs from Jan 27 to Feb 5, attracted around 200 players from 10 countries to demonstrate their skills, including competitors from Mongolia, Japan, Ukraine, the Netherlands and Slovakia. [Photo/dbw.cn]

Bandy teams from 10 countries gather in Harbin on Jan 28 to attend the opening ceremony of the 2018 International Men’s Bandy Championship. Bandy is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into an opposing team's goal. The sport is considered a form of hockey and has a common background with association football, ice hockey and field hockey. [Photo/dbw.cn]