Home›Hockey Codes›Origin RegionBrowse ByOrigin RegionOrigin region names the place where a sport's own rules were first codified. Wikipedia notes association football's "Laws of the Game" have been "in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) since 1886," a body rooted in the British football associations that first wrote those laws. This dimension shows which places have given the world their own codified sports.FactsOrigin RegionFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedHockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. 1Origin RegionFilter Results4 entriesOrigin YearAll1856 (1)1875 (1)1883 (2)1924 (2)Olympic Programme StatusAllCurrent Olympic Sport (3)Demonstration Sport (Historical) (2)Former Olympic Sport (1)Derived FromAllHurling (1)Area (sq km)All70,273 (1)10,186,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)Country CountAll23 (1)44 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllRepublic (1)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (1)Independence or Founding YearAll1922 (1)LandlockedAllNo (1)PopulationAll5,458,600 (1)592,296,233 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 4AfricaOrigin Region1 entryEuropeOrigin Region2 entriesIrelandOrigin Region1 entryNorth AmericaOrigin Region2 entriesFAQsWhy is ice hockey grouped with field hockey instead of with other winter sports?Ice hockey is grouped with field hockey by implement and rule lineage, a deliberate call recorded on the category's own page, rather than with other winter sports.Hockey Codes deliberately pulls ice hockey out of a generic winter-sports bucket and groups it with field hockey by implement and rule lineage instead, matching the recognized hockey codes grouping used in sport reference works. Both are stick-based goal-scoring team sports, regardless of surface, which is why they belong together rather than with other snow or ice disciplines.Sources1. Wikipedia: Hockeytier 2WikipediaHockey, Etymology sectionQuote, Hockey, Etymology sectionHockey is a family of stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.