Rink bandy and rinkball are 2 very similar team sports. Rink bandy originated in Sweden in the 1960s. As indoor ice hockey arenas started coming, it was a way for bandy players to practice on ice a longer time of the year. Gradually rinkball developed as a sport of its own after being introduced to Finland later that decade. Both games use a bandy ball. Rink bandy uses bandy sticks and rinkball ice hockey sticks. The 2 games are played on an ice hockey rink. Similar to both hockey and bandy, one game lasts 60 minutes, and is composed of either two 30 minute halves or three 20 minute periods. They use similar rules to normal bandy, but simplifies them to increase the pace of the game. Checking is prohibited, making the sport relatively safer than its relatives. Because of the smaller playing area, fewer players are used.

Rink bandy is a part of Federation of International Bandy. There used to be a European Championship. Today there is no international rink bandy championship. With more and more indoor bandy arenas coming in Sweden, rink bandy subsequently becomes less interesting among Swedish bandy clubs. In Russia there are still several rink bandy tournaments. In its quest for entering the programme of the Winter Olympics, rink bandy is an important way for Federation of International Bandy to get more member countries, thus also spreading bandy since some members without a large ice only play rink bandy at home and still participate in the B and C groups of Bandy World Championships. Rink bandy was in the programme of the 2012 European Company Sports Games.