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The international
Electric Wheelchair Hockey
movement
What is EWH?
Indoor sport developed by the athletes
Unique sport for severely disabled
Meets the needs of the athletes capabilities
Special Game Rules
Special equipment
5–5
Similar to Floorball
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Statistics EWH
Start in 70th in Europe, Australia and America
(independent from each other)
Existing 37 years
14 nations in 3 continents
11 nations on World Ranking List
1500 Athletes
120 Teams
11 National Teams
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Where do we play EWH
Europe
1. Belgium
2. Czech Republic
3. Denmark
4. Estonia
5. Finland
6. Germany
7. Italy
8. Netherlands
9. Slovenia
10. Spain
11. Switzerland
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Oceania
America
12. Australia
13. Canada
14. USA
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Who plays EWH
Male & Female (mixed sport)
Athletes with severe disabilities
Players Eligibility:
* only persons in a electric wheelchair who are
able to participate in a teamsport exclusivily
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How to play EWH
Light material
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Synthetic Handstick, T-Stick, hole ball
Electric Wheelchairs
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Daily life chairs
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Electric Sports Wheelchairs
Playing field
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16 x 26 m (smooth surface)
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Goal: 250 x 20 x 40 cm
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Boundaries height 20 cm (round corners)
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International Committee since: 2002
Sport Section of IWAS since: 2005
Committees:
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Executive
(elected members)
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Technical
Events & Competitions
Development
Classification
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Reached
14 participating nations on 3 continents
(Europe, Oceania, America)
3 nations in development (Canada, USA, Estonia)
10 Sport Assemblies
2 World Championships
2 European Championships
Courses for: players, trainers, coaches,
referees, jury members and classifiers
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Reached
Courses for: players, trainers, coaches,
referees, jury members and classifiers
Cooperation with International Floorball
Federation
Contacts with International Fieldhockey
Federation
Many documents
Website (www.icewh.org)
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Where interest?
America
Asia
Argentina
Brazil
……
South Korea
Japan
China
Indonesia
.........
Africa
Oceania
South Africa
.........
New Zealand
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Aims
Full IWAS status in 2013
Develop EWH world wide
 how to include new nations/continents?
 how to include Canada and USA?
World Championships (every 4 years)
Regional Championships (every 4 years)
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Aims
Qualification Tournaments (every 4 years)
Sport Assemblies (every 2 years)
Classification System
Integration with regular sport (IFF or FIH)
Paralympic Status in future
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EWH an exciting sport !
To play and to watch !
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