European Paralympic Committee


The European Paralympic Committee 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.
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.
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 is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
NationCodeNational Paralympic CommitteeCreatedRef.
ANDAndorran Adapted Sports Federation
ARMArmenian National Paralympic Committee
AUTAustrian Paralympic Committee
AZENational Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
BLRParalympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
BELBelgian Paralympic Committee
BIHParalympic Committee of Bosnia & Herzegovina
BULBulgarian Paralympic Association
CROCroatian Paralympic Committee
CYPCyprus National Paralympic Committee1999
CZECzech Paralympic Committee
DENParalympic Committee Denmark
ESTEstonian Paralympic Committee
FROÍtróttasambandið fyri brekað - Faroese Paralympic Committee1980
FINFinnish Paralympic Committee
FRAFrench Paralympic and Sports Committee
GEOGeorgian Paralympic Committee
GERNational Paralympic Committee Germany
GBRBritish Paralympic Association1989
GREHellenic Paralympic Committee2001
HUNHungarian Paralympic Committee
ISLIcelandic Sports Association for the Disabled
IRLParalympic Council of Ireland
ISRIsrael Paralympic Committee
ITAItalian Paralympic Committee
LATLatvian Paralympic Committee
LIELiechtensteiner Behinderten Verband
LTULithuanian Paralympic Committee
LUXLuxembourg Paralympic Committee
MLTMalta Federation of Sports Associations For Disabled Persons
MDAParalympic Committee of Moldova
MNEParalympic Committee of Montenegro
NEDDutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation
MKDMacedonian Paralympic Committee - Federation for Sport and Recreation for Disabled of Macedonia
NORNorwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
POLPolish Paralympic Committee
PORPortugal Paralympic Committee
ROUNational Paralympic Committee, Romania
RUSRussian Paralympic Committee1996
RSMSan Marino Paralympic Committee
SRBParalympic Committee of Serbia
SVKSlovak Paralympic Committee
SLOParalympic Committee of Slovenia - Sports Federation for the Disabled of Slovenia
ESPSpanish Paralympic Committee
SWESwedish Parasports Federation
SUISwiss Paralympic Committee
TURTurkish Paralympic Committee2002
UKRNational Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine

Events

European Para Youth Games (EPYG)

The age range is from 13 to 23.
NumberYearHostSportsAthletesCountriesChampion
12011 Brno, Czech Republic526013
22012 Brno, Czech Republic1134714
32015 Varazdin, Croatia422322
42017 Liguria, Italy860026
52019 Lahti, Finland7+1TBDTBDTBD

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