IWBF Asia Oceania
IWBF Asia Oceania, on behalf of IWBF, promotes, supervises and directs the sport of wheelchair basketball within Asia Oceania. It strictly recognises the autonomy of each NOWB within its own territory, while following the policies of IWBF as established by the World Congress and the IWBF Executive Council.
IWBF Asia Oceania Executive Council
Saad Alazmaa, Kuwait –Â President |Â Email: saad.alazmaa@iwbf.org
Osamu Kotaki, Japan –Â Vice-President of East Asia
Ang Kean Koo, Malaysia – Vice-President of South East Asia
Mohammad Alkhazaleh, Jordan – Vice-President of West Asia
Lisa Chaffey, Australia – Vice-President of Oceania
Hourieh Baradaran, Iran – Vice-President of Central & South Asia
Phatt Krissana, Thailand – Treasurer
Toufic Allouche, Lebanon – Classification Officer
Matthew Wells, Australia – Technical Officer
Don Perriman, Australia – Asia Oceania Secretary General |Â Email: don.perriman@iwbf.org
ZONE MEMBERS
There are currently 26 NOWBs in the IWBF Asia Oceania these are:
Afghanistan
Australia
Bahrain
Cambodia
China
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
Indonesia
India
Iran
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Korea
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Nepal
New Zealand
Oman
Palestine
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
NEWS
Teams and Schedule confirmed for the 2022 Asia Oceania Championships
In 10 days, the 2022 Asia Oceania Championships will tip-off in Phuket, Thailand on Friday 20 May 2022. Eleven men's and four women's teams will compete in the wheelchair basketball competition spread across nine days in a bid to achieve qualification to the 2022 IWBF...
New IWBF Players’ Commission host first meeting
The IWBF Players’ Commission held its inaugural meeting at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball on Friday 8 April 2022. In a hybrid meeting, four members of the Commission who were able to join in person met at the FIBA Headquarters, whilst three of the four who...
IWBF Executive Council reconvene in-person at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball
The IWBF Executive Council gathered on 9 & 10 April 2022 at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland. The weekend was the first time since November 2019 that the IWBF Executive Council had met in-person due to the COVID pandemic. All members of...
