The 2023 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 26th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. It took place from 11 to 19 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

2023 IWBF Men's European Championship
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Start date11 August
End date19 August
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 2021
2025 →

The tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships, a quadrennial multi-sport event that takes place each pre-Paralympic year.[2] The finalists of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[3]

Format

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The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament are divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.[4]

Each team has a squad of twelve players for the tournament. Players are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.[5]

Preliminary round

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All times local (UTC+02:00)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 323 233 +90 10 Quarter-finals
2   Germany 5 3 2 350 243 +107 8
3   Spain 5 3 2 351 238 +113 8
4   Poland 5 3 2 367 349 +18 8
5    Switzerland 5 1 4 233 338 −105 6 Placement games
6   Latvia 5 0 5 187 410 −223 5
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

11 August
12:30
Poland   64–88   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 17–23, 16–19, 15–24

11 August
15:00
Germany   64–40    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 12–10, 10–6, 20–9

11 August
20:00
Netherlands   70–37   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 14–5, 21–14, 18–9

12 August
9:00
Latvia   18–102   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 5–25, 2–28, 4–26, 7–23

12 August
11:30
Spain   52–58   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 13–15, 11–17, 22–12

12 August
19:00
Switzerland   62–71   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–16, 21–16, 14–23

13 August
12:30
Netherlands   63–31    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 13–9, 22–6, 6–10

13 August
15:00
Poland   86–84   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–24, 21–21, 19–24

13 August
17:30
Spain   86–35   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–6, 23–10, 19–9

14 August
9:00
Poland   85–42   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–7, 27–8, 13–14

14 August
11:30
Switzerland   31–84   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 0–23, 12–19, 4–23, 15–19

14 August
19:00
Germany   29–65   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13

15 August
12:30
Latvia   55–67    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–13, 14–19, 10–19

15 August
15:00
Netherlands   73–61   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–16, 15–20, 23–11

15 August
17:30
Spain   41–50   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–16, 14–13, 0–0

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Great Britain 5 5 0 379 252 +127 10 Quarter-finals
2   Turkey 5 4 1 348 284 +64 9
3   Italy 5 3 2 333 276 +57 8
4   France 5 2 3 340 323 +17 7
5   Austria 5 1 4 265 398 −133 6 Placement games
6   Israel 5 0 5 241 373 −132 5
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

11 August
11:30
France   77–64   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–15, 21–17, 20–16

11 August
16:30
Italy   62–50   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–12, 13–7, 19–13

11 August
19:00
Great Britain   58–44   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 12–8, 18–17, 14–11

12 August
12:30
Turkey   67–63   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–21, 14–17, 22–11

12 August
15:00
Austria   50–100   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–34, 14–21, 10–24

12 August
20:00
Israel   44–86   France
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–20, 9–25, 9–23

13 August
9:00
Austria   55–83   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 14–18, 14–14, 14–27

13 August
16:30
France   59–69   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–20, 17–18, 15–14

13 August
19:00
Great Britain   84–49   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–13, 23–17, 22–7

14 August
10:00
France   65–79   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–13, 12–27, 19–16

14 August
17:30
Israel   55–66   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 7–14, 12–12, 16–28
 

14 August
20:00
Italy   56–70   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–18, 16–20, 10–10
 

15 August
11:30
Austria   30–83   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 12–17, 1–27, 4–16
 

15 August
16:30
Turkey   75–43   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–13, 16–12, 16–8
 

15 August
19:00
Great Britain   67–53   France
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–12, 16–12, 13–11
 

Knockout stage

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Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
  Netherlands63
 
17 August
 
  France60
 
  Netherlands57
 
16 August
 
  Spain76
 
  Turkey66
 
19 August
 
  Spain73
 
  Spain53
 
16 August
 
  Great Britain74
 
  Great Britain94
 
17 August
 
  Poland75
 
  Great Britain63
 
16 August
 
  Germany42 Third place
 
  Germany69
 
19 August
 
  Italy63
 
  Netherlands58
 
 
  Germany51
 

Placement games

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Ninth to twelfth place

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Bracket
 
9th–12th placement games9th place
 
      
 
16 August
 
 
  Israel63
 
18 August
 
   Switzerland45
 
  Israel70
 
16 August
 
  Austria63
 
  Austria82
 
 
  Latvia57
 
11th place
 
 
18 August
 
 
   Switzerland66
 
 
  Latvia46
Ninth to twelfth place games
16 August
9:00
  Israel 63–45    Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 18–16, 16–7, 17–11
16 August
10:00
  Austria 82–57   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–14, 22–19, 20–13
Eleventh place game
18 August
10:00
   Switzerland 66–46   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 16–10, 14–17, 12–9
Ninth place game
18 August
12:30
  Israel 70–63   Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–18, 12–17, 23–7

Fifth to eighth place

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Bracket
 
5th–8th placement games5th place
 
      
 
17 August
 
 
  France76
 
19 August
 
  Turkey82
 
  Turkey66
 
17 August
 
  Italy70
 
  Poland59
 
 
  Italy75
 
7th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
  France80
 
 
  Poland67
Fifth to eighth place games
17 August
12:30
  Turkey 82–76   France
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 20–22, 27–21
17 August
15:00
  Poland 59–75   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–28, 17–23, 9–4
Seventh place game
19 August
10:00
  France 80–67   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 18–17, 26–20, 19–14
Fifth place game
19 August
12:30
  Turkey 66–70   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–21, 13–17, 16–18

Quarter-finals

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16 August
11:30
  Italy 63–69   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 11–18, 10–16

16 August
12:30
  Spain 73–66   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 16–15, 21–21

16 August
15:00
  Great Britain 94–75   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–25, 26–17, 23–18

16 August
16:30
  France 60–63   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–10, 11–19, 12–17

Semi-finals

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17 August
17:30
  Great Britain 63–42   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–10, 16–8, 16–8

17 August
20:00
  Netherlands 57–76   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 17–19, 17–12, 11–28

Third place game

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19 August
15:00
  Netherlands 58–51   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–9, 10–8, 13–19

Final

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19 August
17:30
  Spain 53–74   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 12–23, 13–15, 6–18

Final standings

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Rank Team
1   Great Britain
2   Spain
3   Netherlands
4   Germany
5   Italy
6   Turkey
7   France
8   Poland
9   Israel
10   Austria
11    Switzerland
12   Latvia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ECMWA2023 back to Rotterdam". iwbf-europe.org. 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ "European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam". europeanparachampionships.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). paralympic.org. May 2023. p. 3.
  4. ^ "2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
  5. ^ "Basics of Classification in wheelchair basketball". Retrieved 6 August 2023.
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