The IWAS Powerchair Hockey (Floorball) European Championship (EC) will take place July 13th – 18th 2016 in DeRijp, Netherlands.

Eight teams divided into two groups will take part in the EC 2016. The Competition will officially begin on Wednesday 13th July 2016 with the Opening Ceremony that will take place at the Sporthal De Oosterven at 18.30. The Opening match is scheduled right after the Opening Ceremony at 20.30 and will be Netherlands (World and European reigning Champions and therefore top seed in the group A) versus Switzerland (4th drawn in group A).

Check out the complete schedule for the European Championship at powerchairhockey.org/ecschedule and do not miss all the updates related to the EC2016 in the dedicated section: powerchairhockey.org/ec2016

Powerchair Hockey
(Previously called Electric Wheelchair Hockey)

The IWAS Committee of Powerchair Hockey (ICPH) is a sport section of the International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation, IWAS, and is the International head committee of Powerchair Hockey (PCH). The sport is also known as electric wheelchair floorball in some of the IFF Member Associations.

This sport is suitable for severely handicapped players, some of which use a normal floorball sticks and players with more severe handicaps play with so-called T- sticks on the front of the wheelchair.

Photo: EC 2012/Finland
Source & more information: http://powerchairhockey.org & IFF ICPH page