Coloplast to Sponsor the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

HUMLEBAEK, Denmark, Nov. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coloplast is a major
sponsor of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, which take place on 17
- 26 September in Vancouver, Canada.

"We sponsor the tournament because we wish to give people with disabilities an
opportunity to play sport at a high level, and because wheelchair rugby is a
very competitive and exciting sport. Our sponsorship supports the tournament and
contributes to the general development of the sport," says Nicolas Nemery, Vice
President for Continence Care Marketing in Coloplast.

Qualifications for the championships are well under way. The European countries
played for their six qualification spots at the 2009 European Championships,
which were recently held in Denmark. Next up are the America zone and
Asia-Oceania zone championships. Here it will be decided which six nations which
will accompany the European teams in Canada.

A complete schedule of the matches along with statistics, rules and team info
will be available on the official site of the tournament: www.2010wwrc.com.

Wheelchair rugby facts:

In wheelchair rugby the athletes compete in armored wheelchairs in order to take
the ball across the opponents' goal line. Wheelchair rugby is one of the fastest
growing parasports in the world. It is currently played in more than 25
countries, of which many have well-organised national leagues.

The World Championships are held every four years where the 12 best teams in the
world compete for the overall championship. The upcoming championships are
hosted by the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association and BC Wheelchair Sports
Association. It is the first time that the championships will take place in the
country where wheelchair rugby originated. The sport was invented in 1977 in
Winnipeg and has since then spread all over the world.

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CONTACT: Coloplast A/S
Morten Sorensen, Media Relations Manager
+45 4911 2632
dkmoso@coloplast.com
Nicolas Nemery, Vice President for Continence Care Marketing