IWBF Europe
IWBF Europe Zone, on behalf of IWBF, promotes, supervises and directs the sport of wheelchair basketball within Europe. 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 Europe Executive Council
Walter Pfaller, Austria – President | Email: walter.pfaller@iwbf.org
Fernando Zappile, Italy – Vice President
Avi Lehrman, Israel – Treasurer
Bartosz Molik, Poland – Classification
Malik Abes, Austria – Development
David Kingstone, Great Britain – Competition
Edwin Wallaart, Netherlands – Technical
Munir Gokmen, Turkey – PR – Marketing Commission
Zarko Tomsic, Slovenia – Member
Petr Tucek, Czech Republic – Europe Secretary General | Email: office@iwbf-europe.org
ZONE MEMBERS
There are currently 34 NOWBs in the IWBF Europe Zone these are:
Armenia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
NEWS
FIBA and IWBF strengthen cooperation
FIBA and IWBF (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation) have strengthened their partnership with the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding until the end of 2023. The two world governing bodies for the sports of basketball and wheelchair basketball have...
Brazil’s Viana: Sitting in a basketball chair returned my dream of being a professional athlete
Brazil’s Amauri Viana found wheelchair basketball as part of his rehabilitation following a car accident left him with a spinal cord injury at the age of 19. The 30-year-old Brazilian international, who plays for the A.D.D. (Sports Association for the Disabled) Magic...
Erskine: Wheelchair basketball was kind of my form of outpatient physical therapy
Today wheelchair basketball is a sport that is played by people with varying physical disabilities, however in its early days it was created to aid rehabilitation of those with spinal cord injuries. To this day a high percentage of wheelchair basketball players...
