About EPBF

The European Paintball Federation - EPBF - is an international federation, governing Paintball sport in Europe. EPBF is an international association, uniting all national paintball federations of Europe.

The aims of EPBF are as follows:

• To promote the development of the sport of Paintball around Europe. To this end, EPBF must contact all official organizations and individuals susceptible to contribute to this effort, at the technical, administrative and financial levels.
• To stimulate relations and bonds of friendship and support the peaceful coexistence between the National Federations and its members, while respecting the interests of all.
• To establish and promote the international Paintball regulations adopted by EPBF.
• To regulate Paintball, as practiced by all its affiliated federations or associations, and ensure that Paintball regulations are adhered to at European championships, Millennium series, European competitions which, without exception, are held under its control.
• To select, train, improve and oversee the activities of judges and referees, as well as that of technical and administrative personnel.
• To represent Paintball and defend its interests at the levels of the National Olympic Committees, the International Olympic Committee and the other international sports organizations.
• To take an impartial decision in case of dispute or differences of opinion occurring between affiliated nations during the practice of Paintball.
• To prohibit itself from taking part, and declare itself opposed to any debate or any political, racial or religious discrimination.
• To help National Paintball Federations to be recognized by their National Olympic Committees and seek the recognition of EPBF by the International Olympic Committee.
• To disseminate information on UPBF activities.
• To maintain contact and cooperation with UPBF and the confederations recognized by UPBF.

EPBF STRUCTURE

EPBF President: Laurent Hamet (France)

EPBF Secretary: Viktoriya Sarantseva (Ukraine)

EPBF COUNCIL members:

• Bruno Lemaire - Federation de Paintball Sportif
• Tomasz Matuszewski - Stowarzyszenie Polska Liga Paintballowa
• Oleksandr Dichek - Paintball Federation of Ukraine
• Wolfgang Kornholz - Österreichischer Paintball Verband
• Stefan Maiwald - Deutsche Paintball Liga
• Erik Saltermark - Norges Paintball Forbund
• Laurent Hamet - Millennium Series
• Viktor Tohayev - Paintball Federation of Ukraine
• Ulrich Staehr - Deutsche Paintball Liga
• Manfred Ulrich - Deutsche Paintball Liga
• Stephen Baldwin - Millennium Series
• Barry Fuggle - Millennium Series
• Patrice Guigou - Federation de Paintball Sportif
• Christophe Meert - Belgian Federation of Paintball
• Steve Bull - UK Paintball Sports Federation

EPBF EXECUTIVE BOARD members:

1. Laurent Hamet
2. Bruno Lemaire
3. Patrice Guigou
   
4. Tomasz Matuszewski
5. Viktor Tohayev
6. Wolfgang Kornholz
7. Ulrich Staehr
8. Manfred Ulrich
9. Stephen Baldwin
10. Barry Fuggle

EPBF COMMISSIONS:

• Rules commission
• Competitions commission
• Technical and development commission
• EPBF Statutes commission
• Referees commission
• Players statutes commission
• Disciplinary and Ethics commission
• Commerce and Finance Commission
• Control and Revision commission

For National Federations or Associations, who want to affiliate with EPBF:

Please download the AFFILIATION form, fill it out and send it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so we can Invoice your Organization on the Affiliation fee amounts.

After the payment is done, please send the payment confirmation and your organization logo to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Your Orgznization will be added to the EPBF Members List in 1 week latest after the affiliation fee payment.

Your National League events will be included into EPBF events calendar and the results will be counted in the EPBF Ranking. For that we will need your National league current calendar and events results after each event. The results of each event should be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. maximum in 1 week after the event`s finishing.

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