The nomination window for the IWBF Players' Commission has opened ©Getty Images

The nomination window for the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Players' Commission has opened.

Those wishing to run in the election have until December 15 to be nominated by their National Federation.

Players must have competed in an official IWBF competition in the last eight years, appear in the IWBF's international classification database and be 18 come the day of the election.

Voting will take place between February 1 and 14 next year.

All players who have competed in an official IWBF competition in the past four years - although for this first election the cut-off goes back to Rio 2016 - can vote.

Four players will be voted onto the IWBF's first-ever Players' Commission, and join the four existing Athlete Steering Committee members.

Terry Bywater, pictured with the ball, will have a seat on the new IWBF Players' Commission ©Getty Images
Terry Bywater, pictured with the ball, will have a seat on the new IWBF Players' Commission ©Getty Images

The Players' Commission must have equal gender representation - meaning two men and two women will be elected onto the panel.

There should also be two members from each of the IWBF's four zones - Africa, the Americas, Asia-Oceania and Europe - and one man and one woman from each zone.

This means some players will be unable to stand in the election, given the composition of the Athlete Steering Committee.

Ella Sabljak from Australia, Canadian Erica Gavel, Britain's Terry Bywater and Egyptian Alhassan Sedky are the four Athlete Steering Committee members, and have guided the process by which the IWBF has established a Players' Commission.