2017 IWBF Men's European Championship

The 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 23rd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Tenerife, Spain from 21 June to 30 June 2017.

2017 IWBF Men's European Championship
LocationTenerife, Spain
Start date21 June
End date30 June
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Squads edit

Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability [1] The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Preliminary round edit

All times local (UTC+02:00)

Group A edit

Team̹̹ Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Netherlands 5 4 1 302 260 +42 9
  Spain 5 4 1 321 279 +42 9
  Poland 5 3 2 331 308 +23 8
  Italy 5 2 3 296 305 -9 7
  France 5 2 3 305 305 0 7
   Switzerland 5 0 5 279 377 -98 5
21 June
20:45
Spain   73–54    Switzerland
22 June
13:15
Netherlands   58–61   Poland
22 June
20:00
Italy   59–57   France
23 June
11:00
Switzerland   64–79   Italy
23 June
13:15
Poland   59–70   Spain
23 June
18:45
France   54–57   Netherlands
24 June
12:15
Spain   64–54   France
24 June
17:45
Netherlands   52–50   Italy
24 June
20:00
Poland   76–59    Switzerland
25 June
11:00
Netherlands   75–41    Switzerland
25 June
13:15
France   66–64   Poland
25 June
18:45
Italy   52–60   Spain
26 June
12:15
Poland   71–55   Italy
26 June
15:30
Spain   54–60   Netherlands
26 June
17:45
Switzerland   61–74   France

Group B edit

[2]

Team̹̹ Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Turkey 5 5 0 396 253 +143 10
  Great Britain 5 4 1 414 260 +154 9
  Germany 5 3 2 310 310 0 8
  Israel 5 2 3 266 368 -102 7
  Sweden 5 1 4 298 356 -58 6
  Lithuania 5 0 5 261 398 -137 5
22 June
14:15
Great Britain   79–56   Sweden
22 June
16:30
Germany   63–41   Lithuania
22 June
18:45
Turkey   90–37   Israel
23 June
11:00
Lithuania   53–77   Turkey
23 June
15:30
Israel   43–86   Great Britain
23 June
20:00
Sweden   58–79   Germany
24 June
11:00
Israel   66–53   Sweden
24 June
16:30
Turkey   87–45   Germany
24 June
18:45
Great Britain   120–52   Lithuania
25 June
10:00
Turkey   71–58   Sweden
25 June
17:45
Lithuania   54–65   Israel
25 June
20:00
Germany   38–69   Great Britain
26 June
11:00
Israel   55–85   Germany
26 June
13:15
Sweden   73–61   Lithuania
26 June
16:30
Great Britain   60–71   Turkey

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 June 2017
 
 
  Netherlands 63
 
28 June 2017
 
  Israel 49
 
  Netherlands 55
 
27 June 2017
 
  Great Britain 72
 
  Poland 69
 
30 June 2017
 
  Great Britain 96
 
  Great Britain 69
 
27 June 2017
 
  Turkey 76
 
  Turkey 66
 
28 June 2017
 
  Italy 63
 
  Turkey 68
 
27 June 2017
 
  Germany 64 Third place
 
  Germany 70
 
30 June 2017
 
  Spain 63
 
  Netherlands 56
 
 
  Germany 61
 

5-8 edit

 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 June 2017
 
 
  Italy 42
 
29 June 2017
 
  Spain 62
 
  Spain 85
 
28 June 2017
 
  Poland 70
 
  Poland 89
 
 
  Israel 72
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 June 2017
 
 
  Italy 59
 
 
  Israel 53

9-12 edit

 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
27 June 2017
 
 
  Lithuania 62
 
29 June 2017
 
  France 68
 
  France 79
 
27 June 2017
 
   Switzerland 73
 
   Switzerland 61
 
 
  Sweden 56
 
Eleventh place
 
 
29 June 2017
 
 
  Lithuania 82
 
 
  Sweden 77

Final standings edit

All Star Team edit

Nation Name Shirt # Class
  Poland Marcin Balcerowski 12 1.0
  Germany Thomas Böhme 13 3.0
  Turkey Özgür Gürbulak 5 4.0
  Great Britain Abdi Jama 10 1.0
  Italy Ahmed Raourahi 14 1.5

References edit

  1. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball - Australian Paralympic Committee". Paralympic.org.au. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  2. ^ "Standings". IWBF Europe.org. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-27.