European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
---|---|
Founded | 1970 |
Inaugural season | 1970 (men) 1974 (women) |
Continent | (Europe) |
The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by , the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
The first European Championship for men was held in 1970.[1][2] The first European Championship for women was held in 1974.[1][3]
Summaries[]
Men[]
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
1970 |
BEL (Bruges) |
– | Great Britain |
– | |||
1971 |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Great Britain |
– | Netherlands |
– | ||
1974 |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Great Britain |
45–40 | Netherlands |
– | ||
1977 |
NED (Raalte) |
– | Netherlands |
– | |||
1978 |
FRA (Kerpape) |
– | Netherlands |
– | |||
1981 |
SUI (Geneva) |
74–68 | Netherlands |
– | |||
1982 |
SWE (Falun)[4][5] |
63–58 | – | ||||
1987 |
FRA (Lorient) |
63–50 | Netherlands |
– | |||
1989 |
FRA (Charleville-Mezières) |
– | Netherlands |
– | |||
1991 |
ESP (Ferrol) |
57–50 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
85–59 | ||
1993 |
GER (Berlin) |
Netherlands |
57–52 | Great Britain |
61–42 | ||
1995 |
FRA (Paris) |
Great Britain |
55–54 | Spain |
Netherlands |
64–45 | |
1997 |
ESP (Madrid) |
46–44 | Great Britain |
59–53 | Spain | ||
1999 |
NED (Roermond) |
57–40 | Netherlands |
53–49 | Great Britain | ||
2001-2002 |
NED (Amsterdam) |
67–56 | Netherlands |
70–67 | Great Britain | ||
2003 |
ITA (Sassari, Porto Torres) |
60–47 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
74–64 | ||
2005 |
FRA (Paris)[6] |
56–54 | Great Britain |
54–52 | |||
2007 |
GER (Wetzlar)[7] |
76–66 | Great Britain |
69–56 | |||
2009 |
TUR (Adana)[8] |
64–52 | Turkey |
Great Britain |
73–65 | ||
2011 |
ISR (Nazareth, Israel)[9] |
Great Britain |
76-65 | Spain |
71–65 | ||
2013 Details |
GER (Frankfurt)[10] |
Great Britain |
59-57 | Turkey |
Spain |
65–56 | |
2015 Details |
GBR (Worcester) |
Great Britain |
87-66 | Turkey |
74-56 | Netherlands | |
2017 Details |
ESP (Tenerife) |
Turkey |
76-69 | Great Britain |
61-56 | Netherlands | |
2019 Details |
POL (Wałbrzych) |
Great Britain |
77-52 | Spain |
Turkey |
76-65 |
Men's Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
6 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
10 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 nations) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
Women[]
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
1974 |
FRA (Kerpape) |
35–20 | – | ||||
1987 |
FRA (Lorient) |
– | – | ||||
1989 |
FRA (Charleville-Mezières) |
40–37 | – | ||||
1991 |
ESP (Ferrol) |
49–48 | – | ||||
1993 |
GER (Berlin) |
53–38 | 38–32 | ||||
1995 |
NED (Delden) |
43–37 | Great Britain |
32–33 | |||
1997 |
ESP (Madrid) |
36–32 | Great Britain |
48–12 | |||
1999 |
NED (Roermond)[11] |
40–37 | Great Britain |
49–28 | |||
2003 |
GER (Hamburg) |
65–58 | Great Britain |
48–32 | |||
2005 |
FRA (Villeneuve d'Ascq) |
66–39 | 41–32 | Great Britain | |||
2007 |
GER (Wetzlar)[7] |
61–35 | Great Britain |
56–29 | |||
2009 |
GBR (Stoke Mandeville) |
82–45 | Great Britain |
53–41 | |||
2011 |
ISR (Nazareth)[12] |
48–42 | Great Britain |
60–47 | |||
2013 |
GER (Frankfurt)[13] |
57–56 | Great Britain |
60–39 | |||
2015 |
GBR (Worcester) |
72-62 | Great Britain |
69-39 | |||
2017 |
ESP (Tenerife) |
56-46 | Great Britain |
68-37 | |||
2019 Details |
NED (Rotterdam)[14] |
65-52 | Great Britain |
53-38 |
Women's Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 | |
2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | |
3 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Division[]
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Division B Summaries[]
Men’s Division B[]
https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/18810/schedule
Women’s Division B[]
https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/18811/schedule
Division C Summaries[]
Men’s Division C[]
Women’s Division C[]
Youth[]
U22 Men’s[]
https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/19930/schedule
U24 Women’s[]
https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/20840/schedule
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c History IWBF Europe, (.doc-file Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) IWBF Europe
- ^ Jump up to: a b History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- ^ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
- ^ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
- ^ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
- ^ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
- ^ Results 2011, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
- ^ [1]
- ^ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
- ^ 2011 IWBF European Championship
- ^ "2013 IWBF European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
- ^ "2019 European Championship For Woömen, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
External links[]
- European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
- Wheelchair basketball competitions between national teams
- European championships
- Basketball competitions in Europe between national teams
- Recurring sporting events established in 1970
- 1970 establishments in Europe
- Wheelchair basketball competitions in Europe