Wheelchair soccer
Wheelchair football is a sport from the field of disabled sports . A distinction can be made between the variations of e-wheelchair soccer and wheel soccer. German wheelchair football is officially supported by the DFB .
E-wheelchair football
In e-wheelchair football, two teams each with a maximum of three field players and one goalkeeper play against each other.
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The game is played on a playing field with the standard size of a basketball court (28 m × 15 m). However, slight variations in the size of the field are possible. The surface of the field is hard and ideally consists of wood or artificial material. The goals are marked by two vertical goal posts 6 meters apart.
A team consists of two to four active players, one of whom is the goalkeeper, and a maximum of four substitutes. The minimum age for participating in e-wheelchair soccer is five years. A player can be excluded from participating in a game if he is not fully in control of his wheelchair.
The basic equipment of every player consists of a shirt or jersey, team-compatible shorts or training pants, an electric wheelchair , a pelvic seat belt, a foot protection / grille and a clearly recognizable number. The maximum speed of the electric wheelchair is 10 km / h. The foot guard is designed to keep the ball from getting under the wheelchair and is used to move the ball and pass.
A game consists of two halves of 20 minutes each. In the run-up to a game, however, the length of the game segments can be adjusted to the players' possible needs in coordination with the referee .
Further rules can be found in the German translation of the rules of the Federation Internationale de Powerchair Football Association (FIPFA) .
history
The first e-wheelchair soccer game was launched in France in 1978 for young people with various physical disabilities. A year later Canada also started an independent project under the name "Power Soccer", which was played shortly afterwards in the United States and Japan . A similar game was played in Belgium , Portugal and Switzerland under the name “Wheelchair Football” . Between 1980 and 2005, various forms of wheelchair football developed around the world without any exchange between the individual organizers.
In October 2005 the official international regulations were adopted by representatives from France, Canada, USA, Japan, England, Portugal and Denmark and the FIPFA was founded.
The first FIPFA World Championship, with a total of eight participating teams, took place in Tokyo in October 2007.
In 2009 FIPFA was officially recognized as a federation by the International Paralympic Committee .
In 2011 the second official FIPFA World Championship, with ten teams now participating, was held in Paris.
In the period that followed, international interest in e-wheelchair football continued to grow, so that in the meantime, FIPFA rules are used in 28 countries. In the third FIPFA World Championship in 2017, in addition to the reigning world champion, three teams from the American continent , four teams from Europe and two from Asia / Oceania will take part.
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| 2007 | Tokyo ( Japan ) |
 United States
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 France
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| 2011 | Paris ( France ) |
United States
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 England
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France
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 Belgium
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| 2017 | Kissimmee ( USA ) |
France
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United States
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England
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 Australia
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The FIPFA consists of the following members:
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E-wheelchair soccer in Germany
The first German e-wheelchair soccer team was founded in Dresden in 2014. The “Power Lions” team at SV Motor Mickten-Dresden eV was founded by Katharina Kohnen, who learned about the sport from a friend in the USA. In the same year the team took part in their first international tournament in Vienna .
The biggest success of a German e-wheelchair soccer team to date was celebrated by the "Barmstedt Knights", who even beat the Danish national team and won the tournament when they participated in their first tournament in 2016 .
Wheelsoccer
The wheelchair football variant Wheelsoccer has not yet been organized by an association in Germany. The game was created by the Schleswig-Holstein Football Association .
In the game, two teams with four field players and a permanent goalkeeper play against each other. The game is played on a basketball court and with a large exercise ball on two 2-meter goals. The ball is hit or pushed with one hand or the wheelchair. The goalkeeper is the only player who is allowed to touch the ball with both hands. In addition, each team can contain up to two so-called "bonus players" (players with more severe disabilities). These bonus players may not be attacked by the opponents.
In addition, there are still no official rules for wheel soccer players. At the RuhrGames 2017 in Dortmund , Wheelsoccer was represented on the official stage for the first time.
Web links
- Official website of FIPFA
- Unofficial German translation of the rules
- History of the "Powerchair Footbal"
- Website of the first German e-wheelchair soccer team
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wheelchair football . In: DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund eV August 6, 2015 ( dfb.de [accessed August 25, 2017]).
- ↑ Regulations
- ↑ Start. Retrieved August 25, 2017 .
- ↑ E-wheelchair football in Barmstedt: A tournament victory at the premiere . In: DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund eV ( dfb.de [accessed on August 25, 2017]).
- ↑ Patrick Friedland: Wheelsoccer: Fun in a wheelchair without fixed rules . ( wr.de [accessed on August 25, 2017]).