Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Founded	1973
Country	IWBF members
Continent	IWBF (International)

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship 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,^[1] 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,^[2] 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 6 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 6 women's world championships, Canada has won four world titles, and the United States two world titles.

Winners

Number	Year	Host	Men	Women
1	1973*	Bruges (Belgium)	Great Britain	–
2	1975	Bruges (Belgium)	Israel	–
3	1979	Tampa (United States)	United States	–
4	1983	Halifax (Canada)	United States	–
5	1986	Melbourne (Australia)	United States	–
6	1990	Bruges (Belgium)	France	–
6		Saint-Étienne (France)	–	United States
7	1994^[3]	Edmonton (Canada)	United States	–
7		Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain)	–	Canada
8	1998^[3]	Sydney (Australia)	United States	Canada
9	2002^[3]	Kitakyushu (Japan)	United States	Canada
10	2006^[3]	Amsterdam (Netherlands)	Canada	Canada
11	2010^[3]	Birmingham (United Kingdom)	Australia	United States
12	2014 ^[4]^[5]	Incheon (South Korea)	Australia	–
12		Toronto (Canada)	–	Canada
13	2018	Hamburg (Germany)	Great Britain	Netherlands

* Unofficial Championship

Results

Summaries

Men

Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1973* Details	Belgium (Bruges)	Great Britain	50–37	France	Netherlands	–
1975 Details	Belgium (Bruges)	Israel	50–47	United States	Great Britain	–
1979 Details	United States (Tampa)	United States	60–49	Netherlands	France	–
1983 Details	Canada (Halifax)	United States	86–67	France	Sweden	–
1986 Details	Australia (Melbourne)	United States	61–40	Canada	Netherlands	–
1990^[6] Details	Belgium (Bruges)	France	62–61	United States	Canada	–	Netherlands
1994^[3] Details	Canada (Edmonton)	United States	67–53	Great Britain	Canada	72–62	France
1998^[3] Details	Australia (Sydney)	United States	61–59	Netherlands	Canada	63–56	Australia
2002^[3] Details	Japan (Kitakyushu)	United States	–	Great Britain	Canada	–	Australia
2006^[3] Details	Netherlands (Amsterdam)	Canada	59–41	United States	Australia	80–53	Netherlands
2010^[3] Details	Great Britain (Birmingham)	Australia	79–69	France	United States	71–42	Italy
2014 Details	South Korea (Incheon)	Australia	63–57	United States	Turkey	68–63	Spain
2018 Details	Germany (Hamburg)	Great Britain	79–62	United States	Australia	68–57	Iran

* Unofficial Championship

Women

Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1990^[6] Details	France (Saint-Étienne)	United States	58–55	Germany	Canada	–
1994^[3] Details	Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville)	Canada	45–34	United States	Australia	38–36	Netherlands
1998^[3] Details	Australia (Sydney)	Canada	54–38	United States	Australia	40–35	Japan
2002^[3] Details	Japan (Kitakyushu)	Canada	–	United States	Australia	–	Japan
2006^[3] Details	Netherlands (Amsterdam)	Canada	58–50	United States	Germany	52–48	Australia
2010^[3] Details	Great Britain (Birmingham)	United States	55–53	Germany	Canada	59–49	Australia
2014^[7] Details	Canada (Toronto)	Canada	54–50	Germany	Netherlands	74–58	United States
2018 Details	Germany (Hamburg)	Netherlands	56–40	Great Britain	Germany	44–43	China

Medal table

Men

As of 2018


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	5	1	12
2	Great Britain	2	2	1	5
3	Australia	2	0	2	4
4	France	1	3	1	5
5	Canada	1	1	4	6
6	Israel	1	0	0	1
7	Netherlands	0	2	2	4
8	Sweden	0	0	1	1
8	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		13	13	13	39

Women

As of 2018


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	5	0	2	7
2	United States	2	4	0	6
3	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
4	Germany	0	3	2	5
5	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

References

^ History of the Game Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
^ Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE, Official website of the Olympic Movement
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
^ "2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship - Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 3830954417.
^ "Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

World Championships Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
Official site of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2010, British Wheelchair Basketball (archived)
Canada to host 2 Wheelchair World Championships, basketball.ca, October 23, 2009
Chronology of Events in the Development of Wheelchair Basketball, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) ^{[dead link]}
Korea awarded 2014 Men's World Champiohship, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), April 9, 2010 ^{[dead link]}
World Championship Wheelchair Basketball - Gold Cup 2006, Archived copy at the Wayback Machine ^{[dead link]}
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)

[1] History of the Game Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)

[2] Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE, Official website of the Olympic Movement

[iwbfwcr-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[4] "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

[5] "2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship - Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[50yearhistory-6] Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 3830954417.

[7] "Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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