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IWBF European Championship
Sport	Wheelchair basketball
Founded	1970
First season	1970 (men); 1974 (women)
Continent	IWBF Europe (Europe)

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Great Britain vs. Germany, men's semifinal in 2007: Dirk Köhler-Lenz (Germany, #15) and Jon Pollock (Great Britain, #9).

The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

Establish

The first European Championship for men was held in 1970.^[1]^[2] The first European Championship for women was held in 1974.^[1]^[3]

Summary

^[1]^[2]^[3]

Men

#	Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
#	Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1	1970 Details	BEL (Bruges)	Belgium	–	France	Great Britain	–
2	1971 Details	FRA (Kerpape)	Great Britain	–	France	Netherlands	–
3	1974 Details	FRA (Kerpape)	Great Britain	45–40	Netherlands	France	–
4	1977 Details	NED (Raalte)	Israel	–	Netherlands	France	–
5	1978 Details	FRA (Kerpape)	Israel	–	France	Netherlands	–
6	1981 Details	SUI (Geneva)	Israel	74–68	France	Netherlands	–
7	1982 Details	SWE (Falun)^[4]^[5]	France	63–58	Israel	Sweden	–
8	1987 Details	FRA (Lorient)	France	63–50	Netherlands	Belgium	–
9	1989 Details	FRA (Charleville-Mezières)	France	–	Netherlands	Germany	–
10	1991 Details	ESP (Ferrol)	France	57–50	Netherlands	Great Britain	85–59	Israel
11	1993 Details	GER (Berlin)	Netherlands	57–52	Great Britain	France	61–42	Germany
12	1995 Details	FRA (Paris)	Great Britain	55–54	Spain	Netherlands	64–45	France
1997 Details	ESP (Madrid)	France	46–44	Great Britain	Finland	59–53	Spain
1999 Details	NED (Roermond)	France	57–40	Germany	Netherlands	53–49	Great Britain
2001-2002 Details	NED (Amsterdam)	France	67–56	Netherlands	Germany	70–67	Great Britain
2003 Details	ITA (Sassari, Porto Torres)	Italy	60–47	Netherlands	Great Britain	74–64	France
2005 Details	FRA (Paris)^[6]	Italy	56–54	Great Britain	Sweden	54–52	Israel
2007 Details	GER (Wetzlar)^[7]	Sweden	76–66	Great Britain	Germany	69–56	Israel
2009 Details	TUR (Adana)^[8]	Italy	64–52	Turkey	Great Britain	73–65	Poland
2011 Details	ISR (Nazareth, Israel)^[9]	Great Britain	76-65	Germany	Spain	71–65	Poland
2013 Details	GER (Frankfurt)^[10]	Great Britain	59-57	Turkey	Spain	65–56	Sweden
2015 Details	GBR (Worcester)	Great Britain	87-66	Turkey	Germany	74-56	Netherlands
2017 Details	ESP (Tenerife)	Turkey	76-69	Great Britain	Germany	61-56	Netherlands
2019 Details	POL (Wałbrzych)	Great Britain	77-52	Spain	Turkey	76-65	Germany
2021 Details	ESP (Madrid)^[11]	Netherlands	20-0	Great Britain	Germany	0-0	Italy
2023 Details	NED (Rotterdam)	Great Britain		Spain	Netherlands		Germany

Women

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	FRA (Kerpape)	Germany	35–20	France	Yugoslavia	–
1987 Details	FRA (Lorient)	Germany	–	Israel	Netherlands	–
1989 Details	FRA (Charleville-Mezières)	Netherlands	40–37	Germany	Israel	–
1991 Details	ESP (Ferrol)	Germany	49–48	Netherlands	France	–
1993 Details	GER (Berlin)	Netherlands	53–38	Germany	France	38–32	Israel
1995 Details	NED (Delden)	Netherlands	43–37	Germany	Great Britain	32–33	Israel
1997 Details	ESP (Madrid)	Netherlands	36–32	Germany	Great Britain	48–12	Israel
1999 Details	NED (Roermond)^[12]	Germany	40–37	Netherlands	Great Britain	49–28	Russia
2003 Details	GER (Hamburg)	Germany	65–58	Netherlands	Great Britain	48–32	France
2005 Details	FRA (Villeneuve d'Ascq)	Germany	66–39	Netherlands	France	41–32	Great Britain
2007 Details	GER (Wetzlar)^[7]	Germany	61–35	Netherlands	Great Britain	56–29	Spain
2009 Details	GBR (Stoke Mandeville)	Germany	82–45	Netherlands	Great Britain	53–41	France
2011 Details	ISR (Nazareth)^[13]	Germany	48–42	Netherlands	Great Britain	60–47	France
2013 Details	GER (Frankfurt)^[14]	Netherlands	57–56	Germany	Great Britain	60–39	France
2015 Details	GBR (Worcester)	Germany	72-62	Netherlands	Great Britain	69-39	France
2017 Details	ESP (Tenerife)	Netherlands	56-46	Germany	Great Britain	68-37	France
2019 Details	NED (Rotterdam)^[15]	Netherlands	65-52	Great Britain	Germany	53-38	Spain
2021 Details	ESP (Madrid)^[16]	Netherlands	20-0	Great Britain	Spain	58-40	Germany
2023 Details	NED (Rotterdam)	Netherlands	58-36	Great Britain	Spain	49-48	Germany
2025 Details

Medals (1970-2023)

Men

Women

Total


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands (NED)	11	15	7	33
2	Germany (GER)	10	8	7	25
3	Great Britain (GBR)	8	9	14	31
4	France (FRA)	7	5	6	18
5	Israel (ISR)	3	2	1	6
6	Italy (ITA)	3	0	0	3
7	Turkey (TUR)	1	3	1	5
8	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	2	3
9	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
10	Spain (ESP)	0	3	4	7
11	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
11	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		45	45	45	135

Divisions

Division B

Men's Division B

Year	Host	Rank
Year	Host	1	2	3
1994 Details	Poland	Finland	Italy	Ireland
1996 Details	Slovenia	Israel	Belgium	Slovenia
1998 Details	Portugal - Switzerland	Slovenia	Switzerland	Austria
2000 Details	Spain - Czech Republic - Poland	Spain	Czech Republic	Poland
2002 Details	Czech Republic	Poland	Turkey	Slovenia
2004 Details	Switzerland	Turkey	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Russia
2006 Details	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Turkey	Switzerland
2008 Details	Switzerland	Belgium	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Switzerland
2010 Details	Czech Republic	Netherlands	Switzerland	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012 Details	Slovenia	France	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Switzerland
2014 Details	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Israel	Lithuania
2016 Details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Lithuania	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 Details	Belgium	Russia	Austria	Lithuania
2020 Details	Greece	Austria	Lithuania	Latvia
2022 Details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Turkey	Latvia	Lithuania

Women's Division B

Year	Host	Rank
Year	Host	1	2	3
2016 Details	Italy	Spain	Turkey	Italy
2018 Details	Italy	Turkey	Sweden	Italy

Division C

Men's Division C

Year	Host	Rank
Year	Host	1	2	3
2003 Details	Greece	Russia	Switzerland	Greece
2005 Details	Portugal	Belgium	Croatia	Greece
2007 Details	Ireland	Portugal	Lithuania	Finland
2009 Details	Latvia	Croatia	Lithuania	Latvia
2011 Details	Lithuania	Lithuania	Ukraine	Greece
2013 Details	Austria	Austria	Latvia	Ukraine
2015 Details	Portugal	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Portugal	Finland
2017 Details	Czech Republic	Belgium	Czech Republic	Ireland
2019 Details	Bulgaria	Greece	Serbia	Portugal
2022 Details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Serbia	Portugal	Bulgaria

Women's Division C

Up to 2022 Women's only 2 Division.

Youth

U22 Men's

https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/19930/schedule

https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2021-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr113767.html

https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2018-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr90674.html

U24 Women's

https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/20840/schedule

3on3 Basketball

From 2021.

Clubs

European Clubs Wheelchair Basketball Championship (Mixed of Men and Women)^[17]^{[circular reference]}
Eurocup 1: IWBF Champions League - From 1975
Eurocup 2: André Vergauwen Cup - From 1988
Eurocup 3: Willi Brinkmann Cup - From 1997
Eurocup 4: IWBF Challenge Cup - From 2009

Medals (1975-2022)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy	24	22	19	65
2	Germany	22	17	20	59
3	Netherlands	17	15	6	38
4	Spain	16	25	20	61
5	France	16	14	18	48
6	Turkey	10	7	8	25
7	Great Britain	8	10	9	27
8	Belgium	3	5	7	15
9	Sweden	2	0	3	5
10	Switzerland	1	0	1	2
11	Israel	0	4	5	9
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	2	1	3
13	Austria	0	0	1	1
13	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		119	121	119	359

References

^ ^a ^b ^c History IWBF Europe Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, (.doc-file Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) IWBF Europe
^ ^a ^b History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu
^ ^a ^b Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
^ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
^ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
^ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
^ ^a ^b Eurobasketball 2007 Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
^ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
^ Results 2011 Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
^ "Home". ecmw.eu.
^ "2021 European Championship for Men, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
^ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
^ 2011 IWBF European Championship
^ "2013 IWBF European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
^ "2019 European Championship For Woömen, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "2021 European Championship for Women, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ fr:Coupe d'Europe des clubs de basket-ball en fauteuil roulant#Nombre de médailles par nations

External links

Official website of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Europe
https://iwbf.org/europe/
"Basketball - Men's Wheelchair European Championships (2015 - )". the-sports.org.
"Basketball - Women's Wheelchair European Championships (2015 - )". the-sports.org.
"2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
"2018 U22 European Championship for Men". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
"2018 European Championship for Women, U24". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
"2018 European Championship for Men, Division B". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
"2018 European Championship for Women, Division B". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2021-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr113767.html
https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2018-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr90674.html
https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2019-men-s-wheelchair-european-championships-division-c-epr96254.html
https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2018-men-s-wheelchair-european-championships-division-b-epr87949.html
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_d%27Europe_de_basket-ball_en_fauteuil_roulant?tableofcontents=1
fr:Coupe d'Europe des clubs de basket-ball en fauteuil roulant
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnat_d%27Europe_f%C3%A9minin_de_basket-ball_en_fauteuil_roulant_2021?tableofcontents=1
fr:Championnat d'Europe masculin de basket-ball en fauteuil roulant 2021

[history-1] History IWBF Europe Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, (.doc-file Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) IWBF Europe

[history2-2] History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu

[history3-3] Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)

[4] The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books

[5] Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet

[6] IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005

[euro2007-7] Eurobasketball 2007 Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship

[8] TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009

[9] Results 2011 Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011

[euro2013-10] "Home". ecmw.eu.

[11] "2021 European Championship for Men, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).

[12] World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)

[euro2011-13] 2011 IWBF European Championship

[14] "2013 IWBF European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-12.

[15] "2019 European Championship For Woömen, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[16] "2021 European Championship for Women, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[17] r:Coupe d'Europe des clubs de basket-ball en fauteuil roulant#Nombre de médailles par nations

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Revision as of 08:06, 6 May 2024

Establish

Summary

Men

Women

Medals (1970-2023)

Men

Women

Total

Divisions

Division B

Men's Division B

Women's Division B

Division C

Men's Division C

Women's Division C

Youth

U22 Men's

U24 Women's

3on3 Basketball

Clubs

Medals (1975-2022)

See also

References

External links