Dec 13, 2009

The city of Zamość in Poland is 60km from the border with Ukraine, it has been a multi-cultural centre of learning and progress in Europe from its founding in the sixteenth century. It is also the furthest place to the south-east of FIPFA’s Europe Zone (as far as we know) to have a Powerchair Football club! The remarkable “Association of Help for Disabled...

Nov 21, 2009

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Paris, France – The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that its Governing Board officially approved FIPFA as an International Federation. Xavier Gonzalez, IPC Chief Executive Officer, met with Robert Thomson, FIPFA Secretary General, following the IPC board session held under the impressive Petronas Twin Towers at...

Nov 6, 2009

EMBARGO: FOR RELEASE Wednesday, 11 November 2009 Interview Contact (in French, English): Herve Delattre, FIFPA President Mobile telephone: +33 608 775 059 President@fipfa.org Contact for Technical Questions (in English, French): Ms. Terrie Moore, FIPFA Secretariat.                                       Mobile telephone: +1...

Sep 24, 2009

The WFA English National League kicks off this week-end (26&27 Sept. 09). This will see 17 teams from across England competing in 3 divisions. This year also see the introduction of the WFA Cup which will see all teams from across all 3 divisions play off to become Cup Champions in this knock out event.For more information and results, please see...

In June 1994, three years after the first official French Powerchair Football championship, an able-bodied French football coach decided to organize a very original tournament ! Dominique Scelles, boss of a company selling medical equipment, had the idea to organize a friendly match of able-bodied and disabled footballers. The idea is simple but still he had to...