IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship

IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship

Formerly	IWAS Asia-Oceania Championship, IWAS Oceania Championship
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Continent	IWRF Asia-Oceania (Africa, Asia, Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (5th title)
Most titles	Australia (5 titles)

The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

Before 2009 the tournament was known as the Oceania Championship. The first Oceania Championship was held in 2001.^[1]

Due to the lack of another teams in Africa, the is also competing in this championship. was part of the tournament in 2007, but is since 2009 part of the IWRF Americas Championship.

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001*	New Zealand (Christchurch)		Australia	–	New Zealand		Japan	–
2003*	Japan (Chiba)		Australia	32–31	New Zealand		Japan	–	–
2005*	South Africa (Brakpan)		New Zealand	44–43	Australia		Japan	–
2007*	Australia (Sydney)		Australia	47–41			New Zealand	29–25	Japan
2009	New Zealand (Christchurch)		Australia	53–45	New Zealand		Japan	65–29
2011	South Korea (Seoul)		Australia	59–41	Japan		New Zealand	62–44
2013	South Africa (Pretoria)		Australia	55–48	Japan		New Zealand	65–33
2015	Japan (Chiba)		Japan	56–51	Australia		New Zealand	52–36
2017	New Zealand (Auckland)		Australia	53–46	Japan		New Zealand	44–41
2019	South Korea (Gangneung)		Australia	57–55	Japan		New Zealand	50–43

* = Oceania Championship

Championships per nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	8	2	0	10
2	Japan	1	4	4	9
3	New Zealand	1	3	6	10
4		0	1	0	1
Totals (4 nations)		10	10	10	30

Participation details[]

Team	*	*	*	*						Total
Australia	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	9
	–	–	–	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	1
Japan	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	9
New Zealand	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	9
	4th	–	4th	5th	5th	–	4th	–	–	5
	–	–	–	7th	4th	4th	–	4th	4th	5

* = Oceania Championship

See also[]

• Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
• IWRF European Championship
• IWRF Americas Championship
• Asian Championship

References[]

• Japan team profile, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
• Wheel Blacks Looking To Boost World Rankings, Voxy.co.nz, November 2, 2009
• News Updates - Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Paralympics New Zealand, November 26, 2001, Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Tim Johnson, tvnz.co.nz
• Oceana Zonal Championships - Chiba, Japan - September 5-7, 2003, United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• 2005 Oceania Zonals, Wheel Blacks
• Wheel Blacks Work Hard For Final Win^{[dead link]}, business.highbeam.com, article from: New Zealand Press Association, December 4, 2005
• 2007 Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
• 2009 Asia Oceania Zone Championships, Wheel Blacks
• 2011 Asia-Oceania Championships to be held in Seoul, Korea, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation, June 8, 2010