The IBSA Board has reviewed and approved the following new composition of the IBSA Football Sport Committee, as proposed by the IBSA Administration and the Chairman of the IBSA Football Sport Committee.

IBSA Blind Football Sport Committee

The IBSA Blind Football Sport Committee will be formed by 8 members representing all regions.

• Chairman: Fabio Vasconcelos (Brazil)
• African Representative: Dris El Mountaqui (Morocco)
• American Representative: Agustin Rojas (Argentina)
• Asian Representative: Eiji Nakagawa (Japan)
• European Representative: Adam Bendall (England)
• Blind Female Athlete Representative: Bettina Sulyok (Austria)
• Blind Male Athlete Representative: Ricardo Alves (Brazil)
• Blind Football Referee Coordinator: Mariano Travaglino (Argentina)

Development Group:

The Development Group is a working group of people from several regions, who will collaborate with IBSA Football Sport Committee. This Development Group will be specialized in different tasks, all of them very important for the growing of the sport.

• Sponsorship and Marketing:

Tomaz Klasa (Poland)

Eita Otsubo (Japan)

Lucas Rodriguez (America)

• Sport Development:

Charly Simo (France)

Sunny Shalesh (Malaysia)

Alexandre Sergio (Brazil)

• Goalkeeper Representative:

Tony Elliot (England)

• Women´s Coaches Representatives:

Natsuki Yamamoto (Japan)

Obeta Chinenye (Nigeria)

Gonzalo Abbas (Argentina)

Tony Larking (England)

• Medical Department:

Matt Jones (England)

Halekson Freitas (Brazil)

IBSA Partially Sighted Football

• Chairman: Fabio Vasconcelos
• Referee Coordinator: Toni Lehtinen (Finland)

This updated structure aims to ensure regional representation and foster the development of IBSA Football on a global scale.