Evaluation European Para Championships 2023

The European Para Championships (EPC) 2023 are a new international multi-sportevent for elite athletes with physical disabilities. The event combines European Championships (ECs) in ten sport disciplines: para archery, para badminton, boccia, para cycling, goalball, para judo, shooting para sport, para taekwondo, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. The EPC 2023 took place at seven locations in Rotterdam.

European Para Championships bv aims to establish the EPC as a recurring event on the international elite sports event calendar, with plans to organize it every four years in different European cities after 2023.

European Para Championships bv has requested the Mulier Institute and Rebel to carry out an evaluation of the EPC 2023. The objective of the study is twofold:

1. Evaluating the EPC 2023 through the perspective of seven stakeholder groups.
2. Inventory of the activities organized around EPC 2023 in the Netherlands.

Method
Both quantitative and qualitative research has been conducted. Data collection occurred through document analysis, face-to-face surveys (interviews) and online surveys.

Reading guide
This report is structured per subproject: 2. organization and partners, 3. athletes and staff, 4. visitors, 5. media partners, 6. sport federations, 7. volunteers and 8. residents of Rotterdam. Lastly, a conclusion and recommendations will be given in chapter 9.