Georgia: Amputee football junior camp held in Tbilisi
Sunday, November 27, 2022
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Tbilisi hosted an international camp for junior amputee footballers. Youngsters from England, Belgium, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Poland and Türkiye took part in the event.
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“Football knows no borders. It is important for everyone to be able to play the game and be involved in this process. In 2019, we hosted the first-ever EAFF [European Amputee Football Federation] Champions League, and I am delighted to see the junior amputee camp take place in Tbilisi this year. I wish all participants the best of luck,” the GFF president, Levan Kobiashvili, said at the closing ceremony.
Together with the EAFF president, Mateusz Widlak, he presented certificates to all the participants.
The European Amputee Football Federation has been organising international junior amputee camps since 2019, with this camp in Tbilisi the first to be held since the pandemic.
This article originally appeared in UEFA Direct 199