2015 IWRF European Championship was the 10th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 15 September to 19 September. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Nastola, Finland. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their fifth title.[1]
| 2015 IWRF European Championship | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Venue | Pajulahti Sports Institute | ||||||
| Location | Nastola, Finland | ||||||
| Dates | 15 - 19 September | ||||||
| Nations | 8 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The finalists of the competition, Great Britain and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[2]
Tournament
editEight teams contested the 2015 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.[3]
Preliminary round
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 132 | +41 | 9 |
 Sweden
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 159 | -1 | 6 |
 France
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 154 | 155 | -1 | 3 |
 Belgium
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 165 | -39 | 0 |
Group B
edit| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 129 | +56 | 9 |
 Germany
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 154 | +14 | 6 |
 Finland
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 181 | -32 | 3 |
 Ireland
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 191 | -38 | 0 |
Classification
edit- Bracket
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 18 September 2015 - 12:00 | ||||||
| France
| 58 | |||||
| 19 September 2015 - 12:00 | ||||||
| Finland
| 38 | |||||
| France
| 63 | |||||
| 18 September 2015 - 14:00 | ||||||
| Ireland
| 54 | |||||
| Ireland
| 57 | |||||
| Belgium
| 56 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 19 September 2015 - 10:00 | ||||||
| Finland
| 50 | |||||
| Belgium
| 46 | |||||
Medal round
edit- Bracket
| Semifinals | Gold medal match | |||||
| 18 September 2015 - 16:00 | ||||||
| Great Britain
| 53 | |||||
| 19 September 2015 - 16:00 | ||||||
| Germany
| 50 | |||||
| Great Britain
| 49 | |||||
| 18 September 2015 - 18:00 | ||||||
| Sweden
| 48 | |||||
| Denmark
| 57 | |||||
| Sweden
| 58 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| 19 September 2015 - 14:00 | ||||||
| Denmark
| 56 | |||||
| Germany
| 48 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Wheelchair rugby: Great Britain win European Championships". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ Jaakkola, Lauri (17 September 2015). "Great Britain & Denmark remain undefeated at Euros". IWRF. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "IWRF 2015 European Championship Results". IWRF. 19 September 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.