Oceania Paralympic Committee | |
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Type: | Sports federation |
Formation: | 2006 |
Headquarters: | Suva, Fiji |
Membership: | 9 National Paralympic Committees |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Paul Bird |
Language: | English |
Website: | OceaniaParalympic.org |
Oceania Paralympic Committee (acronym: OPC)[1] is an organisation based in Sydney, Australia. It is an international organization that congregates the 9 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Oceania.
The Oceania Paralympic Committee was formed in 2006 when the FESPIC Federation was divided into two separate bodies, the Oceania Paralympic Committee and the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC).[2] [3]
In the following table, the year in which the NPC was recognised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is also given if it is different from the year in which the NPC was created.
Nation | Created | Ref. | |||
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Australia | AUS | Paralympics Australia | 1990 | [4] | |
Fiji | FIJ | Fiji Paralympic Association | 1990 | ||
Kiribati | KIR | Kiribati National Paralympic Committee | |||
New Zealand | NZL | Paralympics New Zealand | 1968 | ||
Papua New Guinea | PNG | Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee | |||
Samoa | SAM | Samoa Paralympic Committee | |||
Solomon Islands | SOL | Solomon Islands Paralympic Committee | |||
Tonga | TGA | Tonga National Paralympic Committee | |||
Vanuatu | VAN | Vanuatu Paralympic Committee |