World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
(Redirected from IWRF World Championship)
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Established | 1995 |
| Administrator | WWR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Current champion |  United States(5nd title) |
| Most titles | United States (5 titles) |
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), the sport's global governing body.
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]
Results
[edit]Summaries
[edit]| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 |  Switzerland (Nottwil) |
United States |
41–36 |  Canada |
 New Zealand |
41–28 |  Great Britain | ||
| 1998 | Canada (Toronto) |
United States |
31–28 | New Zealand |
Canada |
44–35 |  Sweden | ||
| 2002 | Sweden (Gothenburg) |
Canada |
25–24 | United States |
 Australia |
45–38 |  Belgium | ||
| 2006 | New Zealand (Christchurch) |
United States |
34–30 | New Zealand |
Canada |
23–19 | Great Britain | ||
| 2010 | Canada (Vancouver) |
United States |
57–45 | Australia |
 Japan |
53–47 | Sweden | ||
| 2014 |  Denmark (Odense) |
Australia |
67–56 | Canada |
United States |
62–56 | Japan | ||
| 2018 | Australia (Sydney) |
Japan |
62–61 | Australia |
United States |
47–36 | Great Britain | ||
| 2022 | Denmark (Vejle) |
Australia |
58–55 | United States |
Japan |
61–57 |  Denmark | ||
| 2026 |  Brazil (São Paulo) |
United States |
57-51 | Australia |
Japan |
54-47 | Great Britain | ||
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
Participating nations
[edit]| Team | 1995 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Australia | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | tbc | 9 |
 Austria | – | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belgium | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 12th | – | – | tbc | 6 |
| Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 2 |
| Canada | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | tbc | 9 |
 Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 9th | tbc | 3 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | 12th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | tbc | 5 |
 Finland | – | 12th | – | – | 11th | 10th | – | – | – | 3 |
 France | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 6th | tbc | 4 |
 Germany | – | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | tbc | 7 |
| Great Britain | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | tbc | 9 |
 Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | 1 |
| Japan | – | – | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | tbc | 7 |
 Netherlands | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | tbc | 5 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 11th | 8th | tbc | 9 |
 Poland | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | – | 2 |
| Sweden | 6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | – | 7 |
| Switzerland | 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 12th | – | 5 |
| United States | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | tbc | 9 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
- ↑ 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ↑ 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ↑ 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ↑ Results[link removed], Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
- ↑ Australia lose World Championship final Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
- ↑ "Results". 2014 IWRF World Championship Website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ↑ "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ↑ "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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External links
[edit]- International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
- Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel
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