Oceania Paralympic Committee

Oceania Paralympic Committee
Type	Sports federation
Membership	7 National Paralympic Committees
President	Mr. Paul Bird

Oceania Paralympic Committee (acronym: OPC)^[1] is an organisation based in Sydney, Australia. It is an international organisation that congregates the 7 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Oceania.

History

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]

Member countries

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	Code	National Paralympic Committee	Created	Ref.
Australia	AUS	Australian Paralympic Committee		[4]
Fiji	FIJ	Fiji Paralympic Association		[4]
New Zealand	NZL	Paralympics New Zealand		[4]
Papua New Guinea	PNG	Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee		[4]
Samoa	SAM	Samoa Paralympic Committee		[4]
Tonga	TGA	Tonga National Paralympic Committee		[4]
Vanuatu	VAN	Vanuatu Paralympic Committee		[4]

Events

FESPIC Games

• Beppu1975
• Parramatta1977
• HongKong1982
• Surakarta1986
• Kobe1989
• Beijing1994
• Bangkok1999
• Busan2002
• KualaLumpur2006

FESPIC Youth Games

• HongKong2003

See also

• Oceania National Olympic Committees

References

v t e Regional organizations of National Paralympic Committees All-Africa Games Asian Para Games Parapan American Games Africa ASCOD – African Paralympic Committee Americas APC – Americas Paralympic Committee Asia APC – Asian Paralympic Committee Europe EPC – European Paralympic Committee Oceania OPC – Oceania Paralympic Committee