CP Football Champions at UEFA Final
2018-05-24

CP Football Champions at UEFA Final

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The International Federation of CP Football (IFCPF) is pleased to promote CP Football opportunities and once again be involved with the activities of the UEFA Champions Festival ahead of the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final in Kiev.

 

Thursday 24th May 2018

15:30 โ€“ 16:00 - Saint Andrew Charity Foundation

The Saint Andrew Charity Foundation have brought together 16 children with cerebral palsy to enjoy the experience of playing on the UEFA Champions Festival pitch in front of supporters. This will be a unique opportunity that will showcase opportunities for young players to get involved in CP Football.

 

 

 

16:00 โ€“ 16:30 National Committee of the Sports of Disabled of Ukraine

The players of the Ukraine Paralympic national team will take part in the 2018 UEFA Champions Festival Kiev and will show a master class to the youth Paralympic team of Kyiv region. 

 

Famous players of the National Paralympic Team for CP Football:

  • Len, Oleh
  • Kulinich, Bogdan
  • Romanchuk, Vitaliy
  • Trushev, Vitaliy
  • Zinoviev, Yevgeny

 

The Ukraine national paralympic football team - the four-time world champion - 1998, 2001, 2003 and 2017, the bronze medalist in the world in 2007, the silver medalist in the world in 2015, the multiple champion of Europe 1999, 2002, 2006, 2011, two-time silver prize winner of the Paralympic games: in 2000 in Sydney and in 2012 in London, the three-time champion of the Paralympics - in Athens-2004, in Beijing 2008 and in Rio-2016. In addition, since 2003 - the Ukrainian team is anked first in the world ranking.

 

Players of the Youth Football Paralympic Team of Kyiv Region:

  • Tobey, Anton
  • Gusev, Hlib
  • Davtyan, Yuri
  • Dembik, Bogdan
  • Princess, Denis
  • Karaush, Eugene
  • Ilyenko, Olexiy
  • Chekhov, Vadim

Interestingly, the youngest athlete "youth" is 14 years old.

All welcome to attend

This interesting football event organized by the International Federation of CP Football (IFCPF), with the support of the Saint Andrew Charity Foundation (Kiev), the National Committee of the Sports of Disabled of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Center for Physical Culture and Sports people with disabilities "Invasport".

 

We invite everyone to this unique event where the entrance is free.