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
Regina Costa, Portugal – Classification
Maurice Hammerton, Great Britain – Development
Dirk Cossaer, Belgium – Competition
Tonia Gomez, Spain – Technical
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:
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
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
First teams qualify for Tokyo 2020
Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Spain from the European Zone, have all earned qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Following the conclusion of the 2019 Women’s European Championship in Rotterdam, the four teams are the first to have secured...
Beijer and Visser make third consecutive European All-Star Five
The All-Star Five of the 2019 Women’s European Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands was announced during a presentation ceremony following the final. Gold medal winners from the Netherlands, Mariska Beijer (4.0) and Jitske Visser (1.0) were named in their third...
Netherlands women retain European Crown
The much-anticipated final of the 2019 Women’s European Championship saw reigning World and European champions the Netherlands come up against World silver medallists Great Britain, who had already created history by making a European final for the first time. The...
For more information about IWBF Europe and the NOWB’s please visit their website http://www.iwbf-europe.org/
