Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1973 M / 1990 W
CountryIWBF members
ContinentIWBF (International)

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) 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 7 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

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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)  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
Toronto (Canada)  Canada
13 2018 Hamburg (Germany)  Great Britain  Netherlands
14 2022 Dubai (United Arab Emirates)  United States  Netherlands

* Unofficial Championship

Results

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Men

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Year Dates Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1973*
Details
 Belgium (Bruges)
Great Britain
50–37
France

Netherlands

Germany
1975
Details
28-31 July
16 Sept (Finals)
 Belgium (Bruges)
Israel
50–47
United States

Great Britain

Netherlands
1979
Details
9-13 May  United States (Tampa)
United States
60–49
Netherlands

France

Israel
1983
Details
23-28 May  Canada (Halifax)
United States
86–67
France

Sweden

Israel
1986
Details
6-12 April  Australia (Melbourne)
United States
61–40
Canada

Netherlands

France
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
64–55
Great Britain

Canada
58–47
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
2022
Details
9–20 June 2023  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
United States
67–66
Great Britain

Iran
72–54
Netherlands

* Unofficial Championship

Women

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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

Netherlands
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
51–46
United States

Australia
43–39
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
2022
Details
9–20 June 2023  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Netherlands
57–34
China

United States
57–42
Germany

Medals

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Men (1973-2022)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States75113
2 Great Britain2316
3 Australia2024
4 France1315
5 Canada1146
6 Israel1001
7 Netherlands0224
8 Iran0011
 Sweden0011
 Turkey0011
Totals (10 entries)14141442

Women (1990-2022)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada5027
2 United States2417
3 Netherlands2013
4 Germany0325
5 China0101
 Great Britain0101
7 Australia0033
Totals (7 entries)99927

Nations

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Men

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
1973  GBR  FRA  NED  GER  BEL  SWE  ESP   SUI
1975  ISR  USA  GBR  NED  SWE  ITA  CAN  GER  BEL   SUI  POL
1979  USA  NED  FRA  ISR  CAN  SWE  ESP  GBR  BEL
1983  USA  FRA  SWE  ISR  NED  CAN  GER  GBR  JPN  BEL  AUS
1986  USA  CAN  NED  FRA  ISR  SWE  YUG  ITA  GER  AUS  GBR
1990  FRA  USA  CAN  NED  AUS  GER  JPN  SWE  BEL  ITA  AUT  GBR
1994  USA  GBR  CAN  FRA  NED  AUS  ESP  SWE  GER  ARG  JPN  ISR
1998  USA  NED  CAN  AUS  GBR  ESP  FRA  FIN  JPN  MEX  KOR  EGY
2002  USA  GBR  CAN  AUS  GER  FRA  NED  JPN  ISR  BRA  KOR  RSA
2006  CAN  USA  AUS  NED  GBR  SWE  JPN  ITA  BRA  ISR  FRA  RSA
2010  AUS  FRA  USA  ITA  GBR  POL  CAN  TUR  MEX  JPN  KOR  ALG
2014  AUS  USA  TUR  ESP  ITA  KOR  GBR  IRI  JPN  COL  GER  ARG  SWE  MEX  NED  ALG
2018  GBR  USA  AUS  IRI  ESP  POL  ARG  TUR  JPN  NED  ITA  CAN  GER  KOR  BRA  MAR
2022  USA  GBR  IRI  NED  ITA  CAN  AUS  GER  FRA  BRA  ARG  THA  KOR  EGY  IRQ  UAE

Women

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
1990  USA  GER  CAN  NED  FRA  AUS  GBR  ESP
1994  CAN  USA  AUS  NED  GER  GBR  JPN  FRA  ISR  ESP
1998  CAN  USA  AUS  JPN  GER  NED  GBR  MEX
2002  CAN  USA  AUS  JPN  MEX  NED  GER  GBR
2006  CAN  USA  GER  AUS  NED  JPN  MEX  FRA
2010  USA  GER  CAN  AUS  NED  GBR  JPN  CHN  MEX  BRA
2014  CAN  GER  NED  USA  GBR  AUS  CHN  FRA  JPN  MEX  BRA  PER
2018  NED  GBR  GER  CHN  CAN  USA  ESP  FRA  AUS  BRA  ARG  ALG
2022  NED  CHN  USA  GER  CAN  AUS  JPN  ESP  GBR  BRA  THA  ALG

Events

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References

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  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
  3. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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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