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)		–
3	1979	Tampa (United States)	United States	–
4	1983	Halifax (Canada)	United States	–
5	1986	Melbourne (Australia)	United States	–
6	1990	Bruges (Belgium)		–
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

* Unofficial Championship

Results[]

Summaries[]

Men[]

Year	Dates	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Dates	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1973*		Belgium (Bruges)	Great Britain	50–37		Netherlands	–
1975	28-31 July 16 Sept (Finals)	Belgium (Bruges)		50–47	United States	Great Britain	–
1979	9-13 May	United States (Tampa)	United States	60–49	Netherlands		–
1983	23-28 May	Canada (Halifax)	United States	86–67			–
1986	6-12 April	Australia (Melbourne)	United States	61–40	Canada	Netherlands	–
1990^[6]	5-10 August	Belgium (Bruges)		62–61	United States	Canada	–	Netherlands
1994^[3]	21-30 July	Canada (Edmonton)	United States	67–53	Great Britain	Canada	72–62
1998^[3]	23-30 October	Australia (Sydney)	United States	61–59	Netherlands	Canada	63–56	Australia
2002^[3]	23-31 August	Japan (Kitakyushu)	United States	–	Great Britain	Canada	–	Australia
2006^[3]	6-15 July	Netherlands (Amsterdam)	Canada	59–41	United States	Australia	80–53	Netherlands
2010^[3] Details	7-17 July	Great Britain (Birmingham)	Australia	79–69		United States	71–42
2014 Details	5-14 July	South Korea (Incheon)	Australia	63–57	United States	Turkey	68–63	Spain
2018 Details	16-26 August	Germany (Hamburg)	Great Britain	79–62	United States	Australia	68–57	Iran

* Unofficial Championship

Women[]

Year	Dates	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Dates	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1990^[6]	5-11 July	France (Saint-Étienne)	United States	58–55		Canada	–
1994^[3]	6-13 August	Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville)	Canada	45–34	United States	Australia	38–36
1998^[3]	26-30 Oct	Australia (Sydney)	Canada	54–38	United States	Australia	40–35	Japan
2002^[3]	26-31 August	Japan (Kitakyushu)	Canada	–	United States	Australia	–	Japan
2006^[3]	8-14 July	Netherlands (Amsterdam)	Canada	58–50	United States		52–48	Australia
2010^[3] Details	7-16 July	Great Britain (Birmingham)	United States	55–53		Canada	59–49	Australia
2014^[7] Details	20-28 July	Canada (Toronto)	Canada	54–50			74–58	United States
2018 Details	16-26 August	Germany (Hamburg)		56–40	Great Britain		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		1	3	1	5
5	Canada	1	1	4	6
6		1	0	0	1
7	Netherlands	0	2	2	4
8		0	0	1	1
8	Turkey	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		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		1	0	1	2
4		0	3	2	5
5	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 nations)		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
^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. 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.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

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] Jump up to: ^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.

[4] "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. 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.

[50yearhistory-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b 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.

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