Our Coach Educator, Camilo Ortega (Col), has just returned from leading a successful boccia coaching course in Ecuador! The World Boccia Level 1 Coaching Course was held in Quito on October 29th and 30th and it hosted 15 enthusiastic…
From the 28th of September until the 4th of October, the Sport Technical Training Workshop for was held in Cali, Colombia. This workshop aimed to stimulate the development of boccia in South America and the Caribbean.
This…
World Boccia is please to share with you an updated version of the Calendar of events for 2025. There will be a grand total of 19 World Boccia sanctioned Event next year. The committee is working hard to confirm…
Today (10th October) is World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day was first celebrated on 10th October 1992 and has been observed annually since then. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of good mental health through…
Following an open call earlier this year and a stringent assessment process, World Boccia are delighted to announce that the following manufacturers of boccia balls are World Boccia Approved Ball Suppliers for 2025-2028:
Apowatec Boccas Balls, Unipessoal Lda Bocha…
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has recent published the 2025 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods. It can be found here. It has been approved by WADA’s Executive Committee and enters into force on 1st January 2025. To help National…
World Boccia is pleased to announce that from the 28th of September until the 4th of October, the first ever World Boccia Sports Technical Training Camp, for Latin America and the Caribbean, will be held in Cali, Colombia.
The…
The growing breadth and diversity of talent in boccia was once again the major theme of the pairs and team competition events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Out with the old. In with the new.
Eight different nations…
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons presented David Hadfield OBE, former President of World Boccia, with his 2023 Paralympic Order earlier this week (1 September) at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
The Paralympic Order is the highest…
Republic of Korea athlete Howon Jeong seized the final boccia gold medal on offer to complete a memorable and inspiring series of individual events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
As attention now turns to the pairs and team…
