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EPFA

European powerchair football association


Governing body of powerchair football 

in the european zone 

EPFA Nations Cup 2019

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ENGLAND is the EPFA Nations Cup Champion 2019!

1st England
2nd France
3rd Ireland
4th Denmark
5th Northern Ireland
6th Austria
7th Finland


 

Five first teams have secured a place at the FIPFA World Cup in Sydney in 2021.
Congratulations!

Nations Cup 2019 Fixture schedule and the results

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EPFA Nations Cup Fixture schedule 22nd - 26th May

 EPFA is looking forward to some great matches and wish all the teams the best of luck in the tournament.

Wednesday 22nd May

19:30 Opening Game 

Finland v Northern Ireland 0-3

Thursday 23rd May

10:00 England v Austria 14-0

11:15 Ireland v Denmark 0-2

12:30 France v Finland 15-0

13:45  Northern Ireland v England 0-17

15:00 Austria v Ireland 0-8

16:15 Denmark v France 0-5

Friday 24th May

09:15  Finland v England 0-8

10:30 Northern Ireland v Austria 4-0

11:45 Ireland v France 0-10

13:00 Denmark v Finland 4-0

14:15 Northern Ireland v Ireland 0-5

15:30 England v France 0-3

16:45 Austria v Denmark 0-6

Saturday 25th May

09:15 France v Northern Ireland  12-0

10:30 Ireland v Finland  5-0

11:45 Denmark v England 0-1

13:00 Austria v France  0-15

14:15 Northern Ireland v Denmark 2-4

15:30 England v Ireland 5-0

16:45 Finland v Austria  2-1

Sunday 26th May

 

9:15  7th v 6th  Austria v Finland 1-1

10:30 SEMI 1 - 1st v 4th France v Ireland 6-0

11:45 7th v 5th Austria v Northern Ireland 1-2

13:00 SEMI 2 - 2nd v 3rd England v Denmark 3-1

14:15 6th v 5th Finland v Northern Ireland 0-1

15:30 LSF 1 v LSF 2 (3rd place) Ireland v Denmark 2-1

16:45 FINAL SF 1 v SF 2  France v England 1-3

Our Partners

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EPFA are currently delivering a 4 year plan in partnership with UEFA to continue the development of powerchair football across Europe.  This work is focused around 5 key objectives:

  1. Growing the Game -  EPFA will continue to work to see powerchair football grow across Europe.  
  2. Building a workforce -  EPFA will provide training and knowledge to help NOPF’s grow.
  3. Providing competitive opportunities - EPFA will  implement and deliver a competition structure.
  4. Developing Governance and structure - EPFA will support NOPF’s to build a sustainable organisations.
  5. Administering the Game - EPFA will administer the sport of powerchair football across Europe.

Read about the project 

EPFA are delighted to be working in partnership with UEFA.
EPFA are delighted to be working in partnership with UEFA.

EPFA EVENTS

29/7-2/8 2019

EPFA Next Generation Experience 2019

Event Details

29/7-2/8 2019

EPFA Next Generation Experience 2019

Participants age 16 and under from Scotland, England, Rep of Ireland, Denmark, Finland and France will enjoy a mixture of powerchair football and social interactions over the days spent together. Alongside the event there is classification training led by FIPFA Head of Classification.

20/10-27/10 2019

Football For All Leadership Programme

Event Details

20/10-27/10 2019

Football For All Leadership Programme

 The Football For All Leadership Programme is the first programme specifically designed to promote employability and entrepreneurship of disabled people in the football world.
Last year EPFA sponsored Lewis McConnell from Scotland on the programme and have been very pleased with Lewis's commitment and development of his project over the last eight months. Two other participants from powerchair football, Jason Browning and Marcus Fritsch also signed up for the leadership programme.
This year EPFA wish to sponsor a new participant on the 2019 programme which will take place in Lisbon from 20th to 27th October. EPFA will sponsor the participants fee and the flight to Portugal.
To be in with a chance of being this year's sponsored participant please send a brief email outlining why you would like to take part in the leadership programme to

president@europeanpfa.com
Closing date for email considerations is Sunday 30th June 2019.
Take a moment to find out more about the programme here 

https://www.integrated-dreams.com/football-for-all-leadership-program

23/8-29/8 2020

EPFA Champions Cup 2020

Event Details

23/8-29/8 2020

EPFA Champions Cup 2020

 EPFA are pleased to announce that the Champions Cup 2020 will take place in Geneva
Switzerland from August 23rd to 29th 2020.
Further information will follow soon to the National Organizations of Powerchair Football. 

Latest Video

Watch the video from the 2017 Home Nations event held in Sevenoaks, Kent.   This was a development competition for Youth teams from England, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland. 


Thanks to Alexandra Johnson Photography.


You can see more video's on the EPFA YouTube channel.

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