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2.Tehistoryofthedeafbasketballcompetitions
2005Melbourne/Australia
2009Taipei/Taiwan
2013Sofa/Bulgaria
2017Samsun/Turkey
theUSA,Slovakia,Lithuania,Australia,Greece,Russia,Ukraine,
China
theUSA,Lithuania,Greece,Israel,Venezuela,Spain,Ukraine,
Taiwan
Lithuania,Venezuela,theUSA,Ukraine,Russia,Greece,Slo-
vakia,Argentina
Lithuania,Venezuela,Ukraine,Greece,Argentina,Slovakia,
Russia,Turkey
13
136
17
166
16
148
14
135
Key:1-theyearoftheDeaflympics(DL),2-organizer:city/country,3-finalteamclassification,
4-numberofcountriesparticipatinginbasketballcompetitionattheDL,5-numberofcompetitorsparticipat-
ingintheDL,*beginningofwomen’sparticipationinDL
TeorganizeroftheDeafGamesistheInternationalCommitteeof
SportsfortheDeaf-ICSD,(alsoknownasComitéInternationaldesSports
desSourds(CISS))basedinLausanne(Switzerland).Since1974,ICSDhas
alsobeenorganizingworldchampionshipsinvarioussports,includingthe
EuropeanDeafChampionships.
2.2.EuropeanDeafBasketballChampionship
InEurope,theorganizerofsportseventsistheEuropeanOrganizationfor
theSportoftheDeaf(EDSO).EDSObeganoperatingin1983.Currently,
itbringstogethersportsfederationsfrom40Europeancountries(50,000
athletes,1,000sportsclubs).EDSO,incooperationwithICSDandnational
federations,organizeschampionshipsin29sportsinvariousagecategories.
TeEuropeanDeafBasketballChampionshipisverypoorlydocu-
mented.Itisinvaintolookforreliable,comprehensiveinformationonthis
subject.TefirstEuropeanBasketballChampionshipsfortheDeafwere
playedfrom3rdto5thNovember1975inTurku,Finland.Table2liststhe
gamesinchronologicalorder.
InPoland,therepresentativeofsportsclubsforthedeafisthePolish
AssociationofDeafSports(PZSN)basedinLublin.PZSNassociatesabout
30clubswhichgatheraproximately1800players,whotrainsportsdisci-
plinessuchas:athletics,basketball,volleyball,swimming,football,tennis,
judo,wrestling,bowling,badminton,cycling,karate,taekwondo,chess,
sailing,skiing,snowboarding.