The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be the 11th occasion boccia has appeared at the Games and represents the 40th anniversary of its first inclusion in 1984. In celebration of that landmark, World Boccia is examining the roots of…
World Boccia is pleased to announce the bi-partite slot allocation for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The World Boccia Competition Committee, in association with the IPC, selected 24 individual athletes across the 8 individual classes to compete in Paris.…
This year’s Paralympic boccia tournament in Paris promises to be the most geographically diverse in the sport’s history.
If there was one significant takeaway from the recent São Paulo 2024 World Boccia Cup in Brazil, it was the high…
DAVID Smith admits it will be a tough task to become a triple individual Paralympic champion, but believes he is on track with 100 days to go to Paris.
Great Britain’s three-time gold medal winner – he also picked…
World Boccia is very sorry to share the sad news that Jakob Škantelj from Slovenia has recently died.
Jakob was influential in Parasport in Slovenia. He began playing chess, then powerchair hockey and finally boccia. He became an…
After a rigorous selection process, Marali Olën was appointed as Head of Classification earlier this year. There were a number of very strong candidates and World Boccia would like to thank everyone who applied.
Marali is an experienced physiotherapist.…
World Boccia has unfortunately received the sad news that Thomas Knoth has died. Our thoughts are with his team-mates, family and friends at this difficult time.
Dear Boccia World,
It is my sad duty to inform the…
World Boccia is fully committed to doping-free sport. If an athlete with a medical condition needs to legitimately use a prohibited substance or method for treatment or management of this condition, they need to apply for a Therapeutic Use…
This is an open letter to all manufacturers of boccia balls inviting applications to become a World Boccia Approved Equipment Supplier for 2025-2028
Introduction
To continue one of the key objectives of World Boccia to ensure that athletes…
World Boccia are delighted to announce that Seoul, Korea, has won the right to host the 2026 World Boccia Championships! The World Boccia Championships is the highlight in the World Boccia’s calendar of events and takes place once every…