Rubens-Alcais Award

The purposes of the Rubens-Alcais Award are:

• To honour a National Deaf Sports Federation which has achieved outstanding results in development and promotion of sports for deaf people in the last two years
• To recognize the exemplary sport achievements, the spirit and the skills of the National Deaf Sports Federation
• To encourage other National Deaf Sports Federation to strive and emulate achievements of the National Deaf Sports Federation, which were awarded the Rubens-Alcais Award

Past Rubens-Alcais Award recipients:

Year	Country
2019	Brazil
2019	Turkey
2017	Bulgaria
2017	Chinese Taipei
2017	Russian Federation
2017	South Africa
2009	China
2009	Lithuania
2005	Bulgaria
2005	Sweden
2001	Switzerland
1999	Denmark
1997	Finland
1995	Bulgaria
1993	Australia
1991	New Zealand
1989	Norway
1987	Japan
1985	Sweden
1983	Denmark
1981	Poland
1979	Romania
1977	Germany
1977	West Germany
1975	Finland
1973	Belgium
1971	United States
1969	Italy