The event, which will take place from July 16 to 19 and is being organised by the Croatian Paralympic Committee, will see some 700 athletes of all impairment types born in or after 1995 competing across the five sports of athletics, boccia, swimming, table tennis and sitting volleyball.

The athletics competition will feature 100 and 800-metre races, long jump, shot put, discus and javelin, while the boccia programme will include singles and team events.

In table tennis there will be singles contests for standing athletes, those in wheelchairs and competitors with an intellectual impairment, and sitting volleyball athletes will compete in a mixed event.

The disciplines for swimming are yet to be defined.

Meanwhile, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) revealed the event logo, which has been designed to reflect Varaždin's rich artistic heritage that earned it the name of Baroque City.

"These characteristics were taken into consideration while designing the new logo for the event which consists of different icons representing Para-athletes which, by overlapping form a heart, represents togetherness," the IPC explained.

"Varaždin can also be called the city of Paralympians, simply because through the years it has hosted a large number of international sporting events as well as competitions.

"Besides that it has lots of sport clubs and centres, and most importantly, local authorities that understand the meaning of investing in accessibility for their fellow citizens with impairments."

International rules of the IPC and international sports federations will apply in the competition.

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