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Special event: Celebrate Deaf Basketball

Deaf Basketball Australia is delighed to inform that they will be hosting a 'Celebrate Deaf Basketball' function on Saturday 15 January 2005 - during the 20th Deaflympic Games in Melbourne, Australia.

This special event will be held at the All Star Cafe/Bar at the Crown Casino Entertainment Complex after the Deaflympics basketball finals.

There will be plenty of entertainment throughout the night so bring your family, partners and friends along to celebrate the good times. It is also a great opportunity to mingle with Australian and International Deaf Basketballers on the night.

Details are on the flyer - click to download. Entry into this special event is $30.00 AUD per person and drinks are at bar price.

DIBF Conference

DIBF will be conducting an important conference during the 20th Deaflympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. It is exclusively for members and national Deaf basketball federations. Observers are most welcome to attend.

Conference will commerce at 18.00hrs on Thursday 13 January 2005 (No basketball matches on that day).

For more information and location details, please click on the flyer above to download.

Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) won bid for
Summer Deaflympics 2009 in sharp competition with Greece - Feb 2003

With slight difference in votes the Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) won the race for hosting 2009 Summer Deaflympics over Greece. Greece probably made a more professional presentation with performance of different hearing sports ministers, perfect pictures of Athens and different venues based on the 2004 Athens Olympics and more but Chinese Taipei put more of heart in their performance and thus won it all.

Salt Lake City in USA to host Winter Deaflympics 2007 - Feb 2003
Being the only candidate the USA will arrange Winter Deaflympics 2007 in nearby situated Park City. They made a very good presentation and the choice was easy for the CISS Congress.

DIBF is now officially recognised! - Feb 2003
CISS – (Comité International de Sports de Sourds / International Deaf Sports Committee) held their 38th Congress in Sundsvall, Sweden with 70+ countries delegates. The delegates have congenially approved to officially recognise Deaf International Basketball Federation as the governing body of deaf basketball around the world and are now affiliated member of CISS. DIBF will now try to be affiliated to the FIBA as soon as possible. Hopefully other sports will be able to establish International Deaf Sports Federations the same way as the DIBF.

CISS name change to IDC - International Deaflympic Committee - Feb 2003
Deaflympics logo

The CISS Congress in Sundsvall, Sweden, unanimously decided to change name and direction of the CISS to the International Deaflympic Committee (IDC) and with future concentration on Winter and Summer Deaflympics. The Congress assigned the CISS-EC the task of negotiating with the IOC, International Olympic Committee, about approval of changing name.