Xavier Cazaubon met Mr. Issa Hayatou, Vice President of FIFA

On the occasion of the FIFA Congress held in Mexico, the President of the FIPV met on 10th of May with Mr. Issa Hayatou, Vice President of FIFA and President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), as well as with Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Vice President of FIFA and President of the Asian Confederation of Football. He also met the presidents of federations and African members of the Executive Council of the CAF from the following countries: Guinea-Conakry, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mali, Cameroon, Zambia, Senegal, Togo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Gambia and Tanzania. The objective was to prepare the next African tour of the FIPV in the African continent, with the support of these key players of the sport for each of their countries, in order to build the principles of a continental implementation of Pelota.

Later, the President of the FIPV had dinner with Wilmar Valdez, President of the Uruguayan Football Association, who was accompanied by Alejandro Balbi, General Secretary of the AUF and Ignacio Alonso, Secretary for Economic Affairs.