European Wheelchair Basketball Championship

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IWBF European Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1970
Inaugural season1970 (men)
1974 (women)
Continent (Europe)
Great Britain vs. , men's semifinal in 2007: (Germany, #15) and Jon Pollock (Great Britain, #9).

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[]

[1][2][3]

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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain75416
2 74314
3 3104
4 3003
5 Netherlands17513
6 Turkey1315
7 1023
8 1012
9 0257
10 Spain0224
11 0011
Totals (11 nations)24242472

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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 106117
2 78116
3 Great Britain011011
4 0134
5 0112
6 0011
Totals (6 nations)17171751

Division[]

 [fr]

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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c History IWBF Europe, (.doc-file Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) IWBF Europe
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
  5. ^ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
  6. ^ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
  8. ^ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
  9. ^ Results 2011, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
  12. ^ 2011 IWBF European Championship
  13. ^ "2013 IWBF European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  14. ^ "2019 European Championship For Woömen, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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