2017 IWRF European Championship

2017 IWRF European Championship
Venue	Conlog Arena
Location	Koblenz, Germany
Dates	27 June - 1 July
Nations	8
Medalists
Great Britain   Sweden   France

2017 IWRF European Championship was the 11th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 27 June to 1 July. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Conlog Arena in Koblenz, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their sixth title.^[1]

The four top placed teams of the competition, Great Britain, Sweden, France and Denmark were awarded four European qualification slots for the 2018 IWRF World Championship wheelchair rugby tournament.^[2]

Tournament

Eight teams contested the 2017 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	165	136	+29	9
France	3	2	0	1	158	131	+27	6
Germany	3	1	0	2	148	151	-3	3
Finland	3	0	0	3	114	167	-53	0

27 June 201711:00

Sweden	48 – 47	France

Conlog Arena

27 June 201718:00

Germany	53 – 52	Finland

Conlog Arena

28 June 201713:00

France	52 – 36	Finland

Conlog Arena

28 June 201717:00

Germany	48 – 55	Sweden

Conlog Arena

29 June 201713:00

Sweden	62 – 41	Finland

Conlog Arena

29 June 201717:00

Germany	47 – 59	France

Conlog Arena

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	3	3	0	0	182	108	+74	9
Denmark	3	2	0	1	158	140	+18	6
Poland	3	1	0	2	120	151	-31	3
Ireland	3	0	0	3	111	172	-61	0

27 June 201713:00

Ireland	42 – 57	Denmark

Conlog Arena

27 June 201715:00

Great Britain	57 – 32	Poland

Conlog Arena

28 June 201711:00

Great Britain	65 – 27	Ireland

Conlog Arena

28 June 201715:00

Poland	38 – 52	Denmark

Conlog Arena

29 June 201711:00

Ireland	42 – 50	Poland

Conlog Arena

29 June 201715:00

Denmark	47 – 60	Great Britain

Conlog Arena

Classification

Bracket

	Classification round				Fifth place
	30 June 2017 - 11:00
	Germany	58
					1 July 2017 - 11:45
	Ireland	38
					Poland	46
	30 June 2017 - 13:00
					Germany	39
	Finland	33
	Poland	55
					Seventh place
					1 July 2017 - 09:45
					Ireland	50
					Finland	46

Medal round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	30 June 2017 - 15:00
	Great Britain	54
					1 July 2017 - 16:00
	France	41
					Great Britain	49
	30 June 2017 - 17:00
					Sweden	41
	Denmark	56
	Sweden	57
					Bronze medal match
					1 July 2017 - 13:45
					France	53
					Denmark	48

References