Yearly Archives: 2023

The Zagreb 2023 World Boccia Challenger was an overwhelming success and a great start to the 2023 competition season. Thank you to all of the players and huge congratulations our medallists!!! BC1 Female Gold: Barbora Skopalova Silver: Aurelie Aubert…

World Boccia is looking for a city to host the 2026 World Boccia Championships. The World Boccia Championships is the highlight in the calendar of World Boccia events and takes place once every four years. The fourth edition of…

As anticipated in the 2022 ‘End of Year’ message, we can confirm that David Hadfield OBE, President, World Boccia, has now retired. David, who has been President for the past ten years, has been widely recognised for his vision,…

The Host Organising Committee of the Cairo 2023 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships were fortunate to have a recent visit from Samson Deen, African Paralympic Committee President. Samson took over as President of African Paralympic Committee in October 2022. …

The first World Boccia competition of 2023 is quickly approaching and the athletes are excited to get back on court. 107 Athletes from 22 Countries will be competing in the 11 tournaments to be held in Zagreb: 4…

BISFed is very sorry to announce the passing of International Referee Donna Zorn on Saturday, after a short illness. Donna became involved with Boccia in the mid-1990s and Refereed at four Paralympic Games, having last Refereed for World…

Paris 2024 has launched the Pictograms for all Olympic & Paralympic Sports. Check out Boccia´s unique design. Paris 2024 has reinvented the concept of Olympic and Paralympic pictograms, elevating them from mere visual aids to striking coats of arms serving…

The 2023 World Boccia European Regional Championships will be one of the competitions to take place at the European Para Championships in Rotterdam. For the first time, the European Championships of ten different parasports will be organized simultaneously in…

Following an extensive International Federation application and review process, during which a record 33 Para sports submitted applications, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board has approved 22 sports for inclusion in the LA28 Paralympic Games. They are: 1.   …