Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
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.
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1973 |
| Country | IWBF members |
| Continent | IWBF (International) |
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) |  Israel | – |
| 3 | 1979 | Tampa (United States) |  United States | – |
| 4 | 1983 | Halifax (Canada) | United States | – |
| 5 | 1986 | Melbourne (Australia) | United States | – |
| 6 | 1990 | Bruges (Belgium) |  France | – |
| Saint-Étienne (France) | – | United States | ||
| 7 | 1994[3] | Edmonton (Canada) | United States | – |
| Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) | – | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | United States |
| 12 | 2014 [4][5] | Incheon (South Korea) | Australia | – |
| Toronto (Canada) | – | Canada | ||
| 13 | 2018 | Hamburg (Germany) | Great Britain |  Netherlands |
* Unofficial Championship
Results
Men
| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1973* Details |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium (Bruges) |
Great Britain |
50–37 | France |
Netherlands |
– | ||||
| 1975 Details |
28-31 July 16 Sept (Finals) |
Belgium (Bruges) |
Israel |
50–47 | United States |
Great Britain |
– | |||
| 1979 Details |
9-13 May | United States (Tampa) |
United States |
60–49 | Netherlands |
France |
– | |||
| 1983 Details |
23-28 May | Canada (Halifax) |
United States |
86–67 | France |
 Sweden |
– | |||
| 1986 Details |
6-12 April | Australia (Melbourne) |
United States |
61–40 | Canada |
Netherlands |
– | |||
| 1990[6] Details |
5-10 August | Belgium (Bruges) |
France |
62–61 | United States |
Canada |
– | Netherlands | ||
| 1994[3] Details |
21-30 July | Canada (Edmonton) |
United States |
67–53 | Great Britain |
Canada |
72–62 | France | ||
| 1998[3] Details |
23-30 October | Australia (Sydney) |
United States |
61–59 | Netherlands |
Canada |
63–56 | Australia | ||
| 2002[3] Details |
23-31 August |  Japan (Kitakyushu) |
United States |
– | Great Britain |
Canada |
– | Australia | ||
| 2006[3] Details |
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 | France |
United States |
71–42 |  Italy | ||
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1990[6] Details |
5-11 July | France (Saint-Étienne) |
United States |
58–55 | Germany |
Canada |
– | - | ||
| 1994[3] Details |
6-13 August | Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville) |
Canada |
45–34 | United States |
Australia |
38–36 | Netherlands | ||
| 1998[3] Details |
26-30 Oct | Australia (Sydney) |
Canada |
54–38 | United States |
Australia |
40–35 | Japan | ||
| 2002[3] Details |
26-31 August | Japan (Kitakyushu) |
Canada |
– | United States |
Australia |
– | Japan | ||
| 2006[3] Details |
8-14 July | Netherlands (Amsterdam) |
Canada |
58–50 | United States |
Germany |
52–48 | Australia | ||
| 2010[3] Details |
7-16 July | Great Britain (Birmingham) |
United States |
55–53 | Germany |
Canada |
59–49 | Australia | ||
| 2014[7] Details |
20-28 July | Canada (Toronto) |
Canada |
54–50 | Germany |
Netherlands |
74–58 | United States | ||
| 2018 Details |
16-26 August | Germany (Hamburg) |
Netherlands |
56–40 | Great Britain |
Germany |
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 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Germany | 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
- "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.
- 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)
- Korea awarded 2014 Men's World Champiohship, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), April 9, 2010
- World Championship Wheelchair Basketball - Gold Cup 2006, Archived copy at the Wayback Machine
- International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.