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Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

International wheelchair basketball competition

Summary

International wheelchair basketball competition

FieldValue
sportWheelchair basketball
founded1973 M / 1990 W
countryIWBF members
continentIWBF (International)

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the sport's global governing body.

The first unofficial Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for men was held in 1973, with Bruges, Belgium being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by Great Britain, with a team that included Philip Craven, who would later become the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975.

The men's world championships has been won seven times by the United States, twice each by Australia and Great Britain (one of which being the unofficial Championship in 1973), and once each by Israel, France and Canada. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first nine women's world championships, Canada has won five world titles, and the United States and the Netherlands two.

Winners

NumberYearHostMenWomen
11973*Bruges (Belgium)–
21975Bruges (Belgium)–
31979Tampa (United States)–
41983Halifax (Canada)–
51986Melbourne (Australia)–
61990Bruges (Belgium)–
Saint-Étienne (France)–
7url=http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/world-events/world-championshipstitle=World Championships - Resultspublisher=International Wheelchair Basketball Federationurl-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709073803/http://www.iwbf.org/_OLD_JULY_2013/index.php/world-events/world-championshipsarchive-date=2014-07-09 }}Edmonton (Canada)–
Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain)–
81998Sydney (Australia)
92002Kitakyushu (Japan)
102006Amsterdam (Netherlands)
112010Birmingham (United Kingdom)
122014Incheon (South Korea)–
Toronto (Canada)–
132018Hamburg (Germany)
142022Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
152026Ottawa (Canada)
  • Unofficial Championship

Results

Men

YearDatesHost (final location)Gold medal gameBronze medal gameScoreScoreFourth place
GoldSilverBronze
1973*
DetailsBelgium (Bruges)****50–37–
1975
Details28-31 July
16 Sept (Finals)Belgium (Bruges)****50–47–
1979
Details9-13 MayUnited States (Tampa)****60–49–
1983
Details23-28 MayCanada (Halifax)****86–67–
1986
Details6-12 AprilAustralia (Melbourne)****61–40–
Details]]''5-10 AugustBelgium (Bruges)****62–61–
Details]]''21-30 JulyCanada (Edmonton)****67–5372–62
Details]]''23-30 OctoberAustralia (Sydney)****61–5963–56
Details]]''23-31 AugustJapan (Kitakyushu)****64–5558–47
Details]]''6-15 JulyNetherlands (Amsterdam)****59–4180–53
Details]]''7-17 JulyGreat Britain (Birmingham)****79–6971–42
2014
Details5-14 JulySouth Korea (Incheon)****63–5768–63
2018
Details16-26 AugustGermany (Hamburg)****79–6268–57
2022
Details9–20 June 2023United Arab Emirates (Dubai)****67–6672–54
2026
Details9–19 SeptemberCanada (Ottawa)
  • Unofficial Championship

Women

YearDatesHost (final location)Gold medal gameBronze medal gameScoreScoreFourth place
GoldSilverBronze
title = The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A Historyauthor = Armand Thiboutot, Philip Cravenpublisher = Waxmann Verlagyear = 1996isbn = 3830954417page = 80 }}
Details5-11 JulyFrance (Saint-Étienne)****58–55–
Details]]''6-13 AugustGreat Britain (Stoke Mandeville)****45–3438–36
Details]]''26-30 OctAustralia (Sydney)****54–3840–35
Details]]''26-31 AugustJapan (Kitakyushu)****51–4643–39
Details]]''8-14 JulyNetherlands (Amsterdam)****58–5052–48
Details]]''7-16 JulyGreat Britain (Birmingham)****55–5359–49
2014
Details20-28 JulyCanada (Toronto)****54–5074–58
2018
Details16-26 AugustGermany (Hamburg)****56–4044–43
2022
Details9–20 June 2023United Arab Emirates (Dubai)****57–3457–42
2026
Details9–19 SeptemberCanada (Ottawa)

Medals

Men (1973-2022)

Women (1990-2022)

Nations

Men

Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
1973GBRFRANEDGERBELSWEESPSUI
1975ISRUSAGBRNEDSWEITACANGERBELSUIPOL
1979USANEDFRAISRCANSWEESPGBRBEL
1983USAFRASWEISRNEDCANGERGBRJPNBELAUS
1986USACANNEDFRAISRSWEYUGITAGERAUSGBR
1990FRAUSACANNEDAUSGERJPNSWEBELITAAUTGBR
1994USAGBRCANFRANEDAUSESPSWEGERARGJPNISR
1998USANEDCANAUSGBRESPFRAFINJPNMEXKOREGY
2002USAGBRCANAUSGERFRANEDJPNISRBRAKORRSA
2006CANUSAAUSNEDGBRSWEJPNITABRAISRFRARSA
2010AUSFRAUSAITAGBRPOLCANTURMEXJPNKORALG
2014AUSUSATURESPITAKORGBRIRIJPNCOLGERARGSWEMEXNEDALG
2018GBRUSAAUSIRIESPPOLARGTURJPNNEDITACANGERKORBRAMAR
2022USAGBRIRINEDITACANAUSGERFRABRAARGTHAKOREGYIRQUAE

Women

Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
1990USAGERCANNEDFRAAUSGBRESP
1994CANUSAAUSNEDGERGBRJPNFRAISRESP
1998CANUSAAUSJPNGERNEDGBRMEX
2002CANUSAAUSJPNMEXNEDGERGBR
2006CANUSAGERAUSNEDJPNMEXFRA
2010USAGERCANAUSNEDGBRJPNCHNMEXBRA
2014CANGERNEDUSAGBRAUSCHNFRAJPNMEXBRAPER
2018NEDGBRGERCHNCANUSAESPFRAAUSBRAARGALG
2022NEDCHNUSAGERCANAUSJPNESPGBRBRATHAALG

Events

  • Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
  • Wheelchair Eurobasket
  • European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
  • IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
  • Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship
  • IWBF Champions Cup
  • André Vergauwen Cup
  • Willi Brinkmann Cup
  • IWBF Challenge Cup
  • Kitakyushu Champions Cup
  • Wheelchair Basketball Intercontinental Cup June 2023 in Turkey.
  • NCC 2023 International Köln. Nations Cup Cologne 2023 Continental Cup
  • 2023 Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - The Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - fifteenth edition in 2023. Six teams - between 7-9 April in Belgium.
  • May 3, 2023. TOKYO — Official 3×3 wheelchair basketball tournaments, the first of their kind in Japan, have been held since last autumn.
  • 2023 Osaka Cup - from February 10-12, 2023, in Osaka, Japan.

References

References

  1. [http://www.iwbf.org/index.php/the-game/history History of the Game] {{webarchive. link. (April 30, 2011 , [[International Wheelchair Basketball Federation]] (IWBF))
  2. [http://www.olympic.org/sir-philip-craven,-mbe Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE], Official website of the Olympic Movement
  3. "World Championships - Results". [[International Wheelchair Basketball Federation]].
  4. "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee.
  5. "2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship - Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada.
  6. Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven. (1996). "The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History". Waxmann Verlag.
  7. "Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC". Wheelchair Basketball Canada.
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