The tournament has received applications from 24 teams (each team consisting of 3 contestants) from 3 countries: Slovakia (19), Croatia (3) and Poland (2). The Slovak teams come from Rožňava, Dobšiná, Košice, Prešov, Stropkov, Spišská Nová Ves, Žilina, Ružomberok, Dolný Kubín, Banská Bystrica and Bratislava. There will be several home teams from Rožňava playing for the following organizations: CSO Rehamenta, Social Service Home Jasanima, Social Service Home Subsídium, the Rožňava Psychiatric Hospital, the Rožňava Diocesan Charity and CSO Barborka.

Boccia is a Paralympic discipline based on the principle of throwing balls towards a target. Boccia was primarily developed for people with severe physical disabilities who are not able to do play other parasport. Standard boccia is only played by those who have been authorized by a sports physician and meet the classification criteria for a physical disability.

On the other hand, integrated boccia is for everybody – whether they have a disability, be it physical, mental or social, or no disability at all. It is suitable for both men and women (there are no women’s or men’s categories – men and women compete together), seniors, children, etc. Integrated boccia has the amazing ability to blur the boundaries between disabled and healthy players. In this sport, the absence of a handicap does not guarantee victory.

We invite all sport lovers to come support our home teams and enjoy the atmosphere of an iBoccia tournament and its matches. The competition will take place on 7 playing fields. In the first half of the tournament, the teams will participate in group matches (8 groups with 3 teams in each). 16 teams (2 teams from each group) advance to the next round, where the competition continues in the form of a single-elimination tournament.

The contestants will be given lunch and refreshments. The winners of the tournament will be awarded with cup trophies modelled after the Rožňava Tower as well as medals and certificates.

Financial support of the tournament: Nadácia Poštovej Banky.
Media partners: Rožňava24, Maj Gemer, Infonoviny.sk, InfoRožňava.
Main organizers:
o.z. REHAMENTA: Mgr. Igor LADA - projektový manažér, tel: 0908481589, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.rehamenta.sk.
BASHTO: Mgr. Ondrej Bašták Ďurán, +421 949 737 543, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., www.parahry.sk.

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