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IWBF issues tender for website development
IWBF are seeking a company to lead on the development and production of a new website for the International Sports Federation.
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- Published: 22 May 2016
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IWBF E-News May 2016
Keep up to date with all the latest news in the world of wheelchair basketball read IWBF's May e-newsletter. http://eepurl.com/b2sgOb
If you'd like to have all the latest information delivered direct to your inbox then all you have to do is subscribe to the IWBF newsletter.
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- Published: 21 May 2016
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IWBF Asia Oceania Men's U23 World Championships to take place in Bangkok
The Asia Oceania Zone of IWBF is delighted to announce that the zone's qualifying tournament for the Men's U23 World Championships will be held in Bangkok, Thailand in January 2017.
IWBF Asia Oceania Zone President, Saad Alazma said,"I'm really excited at the prospect of having up to 10 teams of young players fighting for the right to represent their zone at next year's World Championships. There are a number of nations that are developing teams for the future, and we have seen a significant rise in the number of teams in the Asia Oceania Zone since the qualifiers for the previous World Championships in 2013."
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- Published: 17 May 2016
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Wheelchair Basketball Groups for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games decided
The draw that decided the groups for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball competition took place on Wednesday 20th April in Rio.
The Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball competition will take place between the 7th to the 18th September at the Olympic Training Centre and the Rio Olympic Arena.
In the women’s draw current World Champions Canada will face defending Paralympic Gold medallists Germany in group A, alongside hosts Brazil, Great Britain and Argentina.
Whilst in group B the top three teams of their respective zones, European Champions Netherlands, Parapan American Games winners USA and Asia Oceania Champions China, come up against each other along with France and Algeria.
In the men’s draw, similar to the women’s, current World Champions Australia come up against defending Paralympic Gold medallists Canada in group A and will be joined by strong European opposition in Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands as well as Japan.
In the other group B, hosts Brazil chose to go up against Parapan American Games Champions and London 2012 bronze medallists USA as well as Iran, European Champions Great Britain, Germany and Algeria.
IWBF President, Ulf Mehrens, said after the draw, “I would like to express my thanks to the Rio 2016 Organising Committee who prepared and organised the draw extremely well. All the groups both in the men’s and women’s competition will be really interesting. The standard of wheelchair basketball across the world is progressing all the time and the Paralympic Games will see the best countries from their representative zones come together to compete for the World title. I’m now looking forward to what I’m sure will be a very exciting Paralympic Games.”
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- Published: 22 April 2016
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