2018 IWRF World Championship

2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 5 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Quaycentre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.[1]

The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO, it as organised by Disability Sports Australia and Internnationl Wheelchair Rugby Federation and it was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2018 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.

Preliminary Round

Group A

New Zealand New Zealand 36 - 66 Australia Australia
Ireland Republic of Ireland 37 - 57 Japan Japan
Sweden Sweden 54 - 57 Denmark Denmark
Japan Japan 56 - 37 New Zealand New Zealand
Denmark Denmark 56 - 47 Republic of Ireland Ireland
Australia Australia 71- 38 Sweden Sweden
Denmark Denmark 55 - 54 New Zealand New Zealand
Ireland Republic of Ireland 47 - 52 Sweden Sweden
Denmark Denmark 49 - 61 Australia Australia
New Zealand New Zealand 52 - 42 Republic of Ireland Ireland
Sweden Sweden 46 - 48 Japan Japan
Australia Australia 70 - 44 Republic of Ireland Ireland
Japan Japan 52 - 42 Denmark Denmark
Sweden Sweden 54 - 52 New Zealand New Zealand
Australia Australia 65 - 52 Japan Japan

[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Australia Australia 5 5 0 0 333 219 +114
Japan Japan 5 4 0 1 265 227 +38
Denmark Denmark 5 3 0 2 259 269 -9
Sweden Sweden 5 2 0 3 244 275 -31
New Zealand New Zealand 5 1 0 4 231 273 -42
Republic of Ireland Ireland 5 0 0 5 217 273 -70

Preliminary Round

Group B

Canada Canada 42 - 51 France France
Colombia Colombia 32 - 58 United States United States
Poland Poland 31 - 55 United Kingdom Great Britain
United States United States 47 - 41 United Kingdom Great Britain
Colombia Colombia 45 - 50 France France
Poland Poland 45 - 43 Canada Canada
Colombia Colombia 50 - 43 Poland Poland
Great Britain United Kingdom 55 - 43 Canada Canada
France France 39 - 54 United States United States
Great Britain United Kingdom 57 - 20 Colombia Colombia
France France 51 - 39 Poland Poland
United States United States 47 - 33 Poland Poland
Canada Canada 59 - 46 Colombia Colombia
Great Britain United Kingdom 47 - 41 France France
United States United States 54 - 47 Canada Canada

[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
United States United States 5 5 0 0 260 192 +68
United Kingdom Great Britain 5 4 0 1 255 182 +73
France France 5 3 0 2 232 227 +5
Canada Canada 5 1 0 4 234 251 -17
Poland Poland 5 1 0 4 191 246 -55
Colombia Columbia 5 0 0 0 193 267 -74

Classification rounds

9th - 12th places

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 11:00
 
 
 Colombia 61
 
10 August 2018 - 9:30
 
 New Zealand 59
 
 Poland 44
 
9 August 2018 - 10:30
 
 Colombia 39
 
 Poland 49
 
 
 Ireland 44
 
Eleventh place
 
 
10 August 2018 - 9:30
 
 
 New Zealand 51
 
 
 Ireland 40

5th - 8th places

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 13:30
 
 
 Canada 52
 
10 August 2018 - 11:30
 
 Denmark 51
 
 France 52
 
9 August 2018 - 13:00
 
 Canada 51
 
 France 54
 
 
 Sweden 42
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 August 2018 - 11:30
 
 
 Denmark 51
 
 
 Sweden 48

[2]

Medals round

 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 15:30
 
 
 Japan 51
 
10 August 2018 - 16:00
 
 United States 46
 
 Japan 62
 
9 August 2018 - 16:0
 
 Australia 61
 
 Australia 59
 
 
 Great Britain 57
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
10 August 2018 - 1:45
 
 
 United States 47
 
 
 Great Britain 36

[2]

All-Tournament Team

  • 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
  • 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
  • 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
  • 2.0 Joe Delagrave (USA)
  • 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
  • 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
  • 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
  • MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)

[3]

References

  1. ↑ Smales, Clayton (10 August 2018). "Japan edge Australian Steelers in pulsating wheelchair rugby final". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Results". 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2018: Day Six Review". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation website. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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