Paralympic football camp in Paphos

Unique professional training camp for Paralympic Football is held in Paphos, in one of the most beautiful and amazing places and a well-developed sports infrastructure. 5x5 football, also known as „futsal“ and „blind football“, is adapted football for athletes with visual impairments, including blindness. It is regulated by IBSA, played with the amended FIFA rules: • The playing field is smaller and • surrounded by sides. • Teams consist of five players, including a goalkeeper. • A team can use a guide to help players. • When it touches the ball, it makes a noise to allow players to find it. • Matches consist of two 25-minute halves with a ten-minute break. • In football 7x7, athletes with cerebral palsy or any other neurological disease perform. • The rules of the game are simplified: - the field is much smaller, - there is no offside rule, - the ball can be thrown out of touch with one hand. - Each half lasts 30 minutes, - between the halves a 15-minute break is made. Depending on the diseases involved, there are different classes of players in 7x7 football: - Class C5: Athletes who experience inconvenience when walking, but don’t feel any pain when they just stand or hit the ball. - Class C6: Athletes with impaired coordination while running. - Class C7: athletes with hemiplegia. - Class C8: athletes with minor pathologies, who still carry the status of Paralympic athletes. - The team must have at least one player of class C5 or C6. - More than two C8 players are not allowed. - Teams are allowed to use half sighted goalkeepers- sighted goalkeepers cannot be registered with FIFA! Paphos is a resort town with • beautiful clean beaches, • blue lagoons, • with a wide beautiful promenade and • many professional football fields. • Paralympic Football training camps are organized in Paphos, in one of the most beautiful and suitable places for effective training and quick recovery.

At the sports camp we provide:

•  We provide - professional football stadiums and - fields with natural and artificial coating, - night-time lighting, - gyms, showers, - locker rooms, - massage rooms and professional sports masseurs, - a medical office, - rooms for storing equipment in all football stadiums and fields.
• We offer accommodation in 3 *, 4 * and 5 * hotels by the sea, in specially equipped rooms - the hotels offer a full board varied buffet style meal, including fruit juices such as apple and orange juice, still and carbonated mineral water.
• We provide • conference rooms, • coffee breaks once or twice a day.
• The private dining room prepares • breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or • separately booked tables in the restaurant or dining room for the entire stay.
• There is the possibility of organizing joint-training and friendly games with local football teams.
• We offer a large selection of accommodation, ranging from hotels, apartments, villas, sports facilities with accommodation and other accommodation options.
• The training camp provides the opportunity for individual and group training for • children, • juniors, • professional athletes and • amateurs under the guidance of our highly qualified professional trainers.
• During the camp we offer sports massage and rehabilitation issues. In our free time we offer the best excursions and outdoor activities throughout Cyprus There is opportunity to purchase a sports package with air transfer, insurance, visas.

Our company is a certified sports travel operator, in cooperation with the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Cyprus - in the winter period, from October to March, it is possible to receive grant for the team in order to promote tourism and attract new teams and clubs that have already attended , sports associations and sections for sports activities. Funds are allocated to the head of the group or the customer directly through our accredited company for the current program to stimulate the growth of tourism in which we are included and to provide a full transaction process for you. In order to get the best price and special conditions for a training camp - coaches, organizers of sports groups, travel agents and sports federations should book it a year / at least half of a year in advance.