European Paralympic Committee

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European Paralympic Committee

Formation	July 2, 1999
Type	Sports federation
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Membership	48 National Paralympic Committees
Official language	English
President	Ratko Kovačić
Website	http://www.europaralympic.org/

The European Paralympic Committee (EPC) is an international non for profit organisation which serves a membership of 48 National Paralympic Committees and 9 European branches of disability. Based in Vienna, Austria, the EPC was founded as the IPC European Committee, it was later registered as an independent entity in 1999.^[1]

The EPC is responsible for organising the European Paralympic Committee Youth Games. Furthermore, the EPC acts as an organisation which promotes and defends the collective interests of National Paralympic Committees, International Organisation of Sports for the Disabled or International Paralympic Sport Federation and European athletes with disabilities.^[1]

The EPC has a democratic structure and the governing body of the organisation is elected every two years through a General Assembly, where all registered members are entitled to send delegates and cast their vote. The Committee is made up the President, Secretary General, Treasurer, Technical Officer, Athletes' Representative and four Members-at-large. The current incumbent of the EPC President's is Ratko Kovačić from Croatia, a former Table Tennis Champion.

Member countries[]

In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.

Nation	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Andorra	AND	Andorran Adapted Sports Federation		[1]
Armenia	ARM			[2]
Austria	AUT	Austrian Paralympic Committee		[3]
Azerbaijan	AZE			[4]
Belarus	BLR			[5]
Belgium	BEL	Belgian Paralympic Committee		[6]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH			[7]
Bulgaria	BUL			[8]
Croatia	CRO			[9]
Cyprus	CYP	Cyprus National Paralympic Committee	1999	[10]
Czech Republic	CZE			[11]
Denmark	DEN			[12]
Estonia	EST	Estonian Paralympic Committee		[13]
Faroe Islands	FRO		1980	[14]
Finland	FIN	Finnish Paralympic Committee		[15]
France	FRA	French Paralympic and Sports Committee		[16]
Georgia	GEO	Georgian Paralympic Committee		[17]
Germany	GER	National Paralympic Committee Germany		[18]
Great Britain	GBR	British Paralympic Association	1989	[19]
Greece	GRE	Hellenic Paralympic Committee	2001	[20]
Hungary	HUN			[21]
Iceland	ISL			[22]
Ireland	IRL	Paralympic Council of Ireland		[23]
Israel	ISR			[24]
Italy	ITA	Italian Paralympic Committee		[25]
Latvia	LAT	Latvian Paralympic Committee		[26]
Liechtenstein	LIE			[27]
Lithuania	LTU	Lithuanian Paralympic Committee		[28]
Luxembourg	LUX			[29]
Malta	MLT			[30]
Moldova	MDA			[31]
Montenegro	MNE	Paralympic Committee of Montenegro		[32]
Netherlands	NED	Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation		[33]
North Macedonia	MKD			[34]
Norway	NOR	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports		[35]
Poland	POL			[36]
Portugal	POR			[37]
Romania	ROU			[38]
Russia	RUS	Russian Paralympic Committee	1996	[39]
San Marino	RSM			[40]
Serbia	SRB	Paralympic Committee of Serbia		[41]
Slovakia	SVK			[42]
Slovenia	SLO			[43]
Spain	ESP	Spanish Paralympic Committee		[44]
Sweden	SWE	Swedish Parasports Federation		[45]
Switzerland	SUI	Swiss Paralympic Committee		[46]
Turkey	TUR	Turkish Paralympic Committee	2002	[47]
Ukraine	UKR			[48]

Events[]

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)[]

The age range is from 13 to 23.^[2][3][4][5]

Number	Year	Host	Sports	Athletes	Countries	Champion
	2011	Brno, Czech Republic	5	260	13	Czech Republic
	2012	Brno, Czech Republic	11	347	14	Czech Republic
	2015	Varaždin, Croatia	4	223	22	Spain
	2017	Liguria, Italy	8	600	26	Germany
	2019	Lahti, Finland	7+1	TBD	TBD	TBD

Results : https://www.europaralympic.org/games-events , https://www.europaralympic.org/press

See also[]

• International Paralympic Committee
• European Olympic Committees

References[]

External links[]

• European Paralympic Committee - official Website
• European Paralympic Committee Youth Games - official Website