World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), the sport's global governing body.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Established | 1995 |
| Administrator | WWR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Current champion |  Australia(2nd title) |
| Most titles |  United States(4 titles) |
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]
Results
editSummaries
edit| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 |  Switzerland (Nottwil)
|
 United States |
41–36 |  Canada |
 New Zealand |
41–28 |  Great Britain | ||
| 1998 |  Canada (Toronto)
|
United States |
31–28 | New Zealand |
Canada |
44–35 |  Sweden | ||
| 2002 |  Sweden (Gothenburg)
|
Canada |
25–24 | United States |
 Australia |
45–38 |  Belgium | ||
| 2006 |  New Zealand (Christchurch)
|
United States |
34–30 | New Zealand |
Canada |
23–19 | Great Britain | ||
| 2010 | Canada (Vancouver)
|
United States |
57–45 | Australia |
 Japan |
53–47 | Sweden | ||
| 2014 |  Denmark (Odense)
|
Australia |
67–56 | Canada |
United States |
62–56 | Japan | ||
| 2018 | Australia (Sydney)
|
Japan |
62–61 | Australia |
United States |
47–36 | Great Britain | ||
| 2022 | Denmark (Vejle)
|
Australia |
58–55 | United States |
Japan |
61–57 |  Denmark | ||
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
edit| Team | 1995 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
– | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Australia |
5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8 |
 Austria |
– | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Belgium |
– | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 12th | – | – | 5 |
 Brazil |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1 |
| Canada |
2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8 |
 Colombia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 9th | 2 |
| Denmark |
– | – | – | 12th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4 |
 Finland |
– | 12th | – | – | 11th | 10th | – | – | 3 |
 France |
– | – | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 6th | 3 |
 Germany |
– | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | 6 |
 Great Britain |
4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 8 |
 Ireland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 1 |
| Japan |
– | – | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 6 |
 Netherlands |
7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| New Zealand |
3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 8 |
 Poland |
– | – | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | 2 |
| Sweden |
6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | 7 |
| Switzerland |
8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 12th | 5 |
| United States |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
- ^ 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ^ 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ^ 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
- ^ Results, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
- ^ Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
- ^ "Results". 2014 IWRF World Championship Website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
- ^ "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
External links
edit- International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
- Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel