IWRF European Championship

The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

IWRF European Championship
FormerlyIWAS European Championship
SportWheelchair rugby
No. of teams8
ContinentIWRF European (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Great Britain
Most titles Great Britain (7)

The first European Championship was held in 1995.[1][2]

Summaries

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1995
Details
 Sweden
(Gothenburg)

Great Britain

Sweden

Netherlands

Germany
1997
Details
 Netherlands
(Nijmegen)

Sweden
31–23
Great Britain

Germany
42–31
Netherlands
1999
Details
  Switzerland
(Nottwil)

Sweden

Germany

Great Britain

Switzerland
2003
Details
 Belgium
(Lommel)

Great Britain
32–31
Belgium

Germany
27–25
Denmark
2005
Details
 Denmark
(Middelfart)

Great Britain
28–26
Germany

Sweden
31–30
Denmark
2007
Details
 Finland
(Espoo)

Great Britain
28–26
Germany

Sweden
31–30
Belgium
2009
Details
 Denmark
(Hillerød)

Belgium
49–46
Sweden

Germany
47–43
Great Britain
2011
Details
  Switzerland
(Nottwil)

Sweden
49–42
Great Britain

Belgium
52–51
France
2013
Details
 Belgium
(Antwerp)

Sweden
49–48
Denmark

Great Britain
56–43
Germany
2015
Details
 Finland
(Nastola)

Great Britain
49-48
Sweden

Denmark
56-48
Germany
2017
Details
 Germany
(Koblenz)

Great Britain
49-41
Sweden

France
53-48
Denmark
2019
Details
 Denmark
(Vejle)

Great Britain
55-45
Denmark

France
45-43
Sweden

Championships per nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain72211
2 Sweden44210
3 Belgium1113
4 Germany0336
5 Denmark0213
6 France0022
7 Netherlands0011
Totals (7 nations)12121236

Participation details

Team
1995

1997

1999

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017
2019
 Austria 6th 7th 8th 8th 9th 8th 9th 10th - -
 Belgium 5th 5th 2nd 5th 4th 1st 3rd 5th 8th - -
 Czech Republic 10th 12th 11th 11th 12th - -
 Denmark 9th 9th 4th 4th 10th 9th 7th 2nd 3rd 4th 2nd
 Finland 8th 8th 9th 9th 6th 6th 8th 6th 7th 8th -
 France 4th 7th 5th 3rd 3rd
 Germany 4th 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 6th 4th 4th 6th 5th
 Great Britain 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st
 Ireland 11th 12th 12th 10th 11th 6th 7th -
 Italy 11th - -
 Netherlands 3rd 4th 6th 6th 7th 8th 12th 12th - - 6th
 Norway 11th 12th 11th - -
 Poland 10th 10th 10th 7th 5th 5th 9th 5th 8th
 Sweden 2nd 1st 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 4th
  Switzerland 7th 4th 7th 6th 5th 7th 10th 8th - 7th

See also

References

  1. Wheelchair Rugby -not just a firework display! Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Artister för Livet
  2. "Fra Murderball til taktiktavler" (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2006-02-23. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
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