2017 IWRF European Championship

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

27 June 2017