Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

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.

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1973 M / 1990 W
CountryIWBF members
ContinentIWBF (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 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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Year Dates Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1973*
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  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
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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
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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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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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