ANDE

What ANDE does

ANDE (Associação Nacional de Desportos para Deficientes) is Brazil's official national sports federation for athletes with physical disabilities, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The organization governs three adapted Paralympic sports modalities: Bocha (Boccia), Futebol PC (Cerebral Palsy Football), and Frame Running. It operates through a national network of affiliated clubs (Entidades) and a registered athlete pool (Atletas), organizing competitions, maintaining a national event calendar, and providing athlete classification aligned with international Paralympic standards.

The federation's go-to-market is community-led: athletes access ANDE programs by joining affiliated clubs, and demand is generated through events, a public event calendar, and a news portal (Notícias). Beyond sports governance, ANDE runs the Educa ANDE initiative, which extends into educational and scientific projects for people with disabilities, and maintains a Portal da Transparência publishing institutional accountability information including convenings and sponsorships. The platform is supported by a third-party Sistema de Gestão Esportiva (SGE) developed by BigMidia.

ANDE's revenue model relies on institutional funding rather than commercial pricing. It receives government transfers from the Brazilian Ministry of Sports (Ministério do Esporte), institutional support from the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) bodies including CPISRA and World Boccia, and corporate sponsorship (notably from Vale). The organization holds no disclosed equity investors, operates without a parent company, and serves athletes with disabilities, affiliated clubs, and education/science institutions as its key stakeholder segments.

Name

ANDE

Legal name

Associação Nacional de Desportos para Deficientes

Website

https://ande.org.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ANDE is Brazil's official national sports federation for athletes with disabilities, governing Bocha, Futebol PC, and Frame Running through affiliated clubs, athlete registration, and national events, funded by the Ministry of Sports and sponsors.

Ownership category

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Product category

Adaptive Sports Federation

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211), Spectator Sports (71121), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability & Adaptive Sport Governing Bodies (Paralympic & Sport-Specific) (MPAKAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Disability & Adaptive Sports Organizations (Paralympic, Special Olympics) (MPAKACAH), Adaptive & Para-Sport Event Organizers (MPAKADAM)

Keywords

• Adaptive sports federation
• Para-sport programs
• Disability athletics
• Athlete classification services
• Club affiliation programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio De Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional funding and sponsorships: ANDE receives institutional funding from government bodies (Ministério do Esporte) and is supported by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) networks. Revenue is supplemented by sponsorships and convenings tracked through the Convênios e Patrocínios transparency portal.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

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Core offering

ANDE governs and promotes three Paralympic sports modalities in Brazil (Bocha, Futebol PC, and Frame Running), providing athlete registration, club affiliation, national event organization, and the Educa ANDE educational initiative covering sport, education, and science projects for people with disabilities.

Product overview

ANDE operates a digital platform offering sports for people with disabilities in Brazil, centered around three main sports modalities: Bocha, Futebol PC (Powerchair Football), and Frame Running. The platform provides related services including athlete management, club/entity management, event organization, calendar scheduling, and a transparency portal. ANDE also runs the 'Educa ANDE' initiative covering sports, education, and science projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bocha Paralympic-adapted sports modality (Boccia) for athletes with physical disabilities, organized and promoted nationally by ANDE as one of its three core offerings.
• Futebol PC
• Frame Running
• Educa ANDE
• Athlete Registration Service
• Club Affiliation Service
• National Events and Competitions

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (COB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOB is Brazil's National Olympic Committee and provides institutional support and governance alignment to ANDE as the national disability sports federation. The partnership connects ANDE to the broader Brazilian Olympic movement.
• Comitê Olímpico Internacional (COI/IPC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and its sport-specific bodies (CPISRA for cerebral palsy sports, World Boccia) provide the international regulatory framework and competition pathways for ANDE's athletes.
• CP Football (Cerebral Palsy Football)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCP Football is the international federation governing football for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments, aligning with ANDE's Futebol PC modality and providing international competition standards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro (CPB): Brazil's National Paralympic Committee, coordinating multiple Paralympic sports and the country's delegation to the Paralympic Games. Directly comparable to ANDE as a Brazilian disability-sport governing body, though at a broader multi-sport and higher-profile level.
• Special Olympics Brasil: Brazilian arm of the Special Olympics movement, organizing year-round sports training and competition for people with intellectual disabilities. Comparable to ANDE as another national disability-sport organization operating in Brazil under international federation affiliation.
• CPISRA (Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association): International federation governing sport for athletes with cerebral palsy and related impairments. ANDE is a member; comparable as an international disability-sport federation focused on CP-related modalities, including Futebol PC.
• World Boccia: International federation governing Boccia (Bocha) worldwide. Comparable as the sport-specific international governing body for one of ANDE's three modalities, governing rules, classification, and competition standards.
• CP Football: International federation governing football 7-a-side for athletes with cerebral palsy. Comparable as the international federation governing one of ANDE's three core modalities, providing competition rules and pathways.

Emerging players

• Confederação Brasileira de Desportos de Surdos (CBDV): Brazilian Sports Confederation for the Deaf, governing deaf sport in Brazil under the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf. Adjacent disability-sport federation with overlapping athlete populations and a similar non-profit federation structure.

Broad incumbents

• International Paralympic Committee (IPC): Global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. Comparable as the apex federation under which ANDE operates, and a natural strategic counterpart and partner for ANDE's international competition pathways.
• Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro (COB): Brazilian National Olympic Committee and ANDE's institutional umbrella organization. Comparable as a national Olympic/Paralympic-aligned body operating under international federation governance and providing institutional support to sport federations in Brazil.

Regional players

• ParalympicsGB: UK's National Paralympic Committee, governing Paralympic sport across multiple disciplines in Great Britain. Comparable as a national disability-sport federation in a different geography, providing a structural benchmark for how ANDE could evolve into a multi-sport NPC.
• Move United (formerly Disabled Sports USA): U.S. national community-based disability sport organization offering adaptive sport programs across many disciplines. Comparable as a federated disability-sport organization serving athletes with disabilities through a network of community affiliates, similar in structure to ANDE's Entidades network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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