2018 IWRF World Championship

2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 5 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Quaycentre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney Olympic Park, Australia. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.^[1]

The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO, it as organised by and and it was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

Tournament[]

Twelve teams contested the 2018 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.

Preliminary Round[]

Group A[]

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	333	219	+114
Japan	5	4	0	1	265	227	+38
	5	3	0	2	259	269	-9
Sweden	5	2	0	3	244	275	-31
New Zealand	5	1	0	4	231	273	-42
	5	0	0	5	217	273	-70

Preliminary Round[]

Group B[]

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	5	5	0	0	260	192	+68
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	255	182	+73
	5	3	0	2	232	227	+5
	5	1	0	4	234	251	-17
	5	1	0	4	191	246	-55
	5	1	0	4	193	267	-74

Classification rounds[]

9th - 12th places[]

	Classification round				Ninth place
	9 August 2018 - 11:00
		61
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
	New Zealand	59
						44
	9 August 2018 - 10:30
						39
		49
		44
					Eleventh place
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
					New Zealand	51
						40

5th - 8th places[]

	Classification round				Fifth place
	9 August 2018 - 13:30
		52
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
		51
						52
	9 August 2018 - 13:00
						51
		54
	Sweden	42
					Seventh place
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
						51
					Sweden	48

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Medals round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	9 August 2018 - 15:30
	Japan	51
					10 August 2018 - 16:00
	United States	46
					Japan	62
	9 August 2018 - 16:0
					Australia	61
	Australia	59
	Great Britain	57
					Bronze medal match
					10 August 2018 - 1:45
					United States	47
					Great Britain	36

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All-Tournament Team[]

• 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
• 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
• 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
• 2.0 (USA)
• 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
• 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
• 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
• MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)

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References[]