2021 IWBF Men's European Championship

The 2021 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 25th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship and will be held in Madrid, Netherlands from 4 to 12 December 2021.[1]

2021 IWBF Men's European Championship

Venue

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa

Location

Madrid, Spain

Start date

4 December

End date

12 December

Competitors

12 teams from 12 nations

Medalists

	Netherlands
	Great Britain
	Not awarded

The Dutch and British teams reached the final after winning their respective semi-final games. The Netherlands was declared winner of the tournament following the withdrawal of Great Britain after one of the team members tested positive for COVID-19.[2] The third place game between Germany and Italy didn't take place as both teams withdrew over COVID-19 concerns. Both teams were placed in joint-fourth place in the final standings, and the bronze medal wasn't awarded.[2]

Turkey left the tournament over COVID-19 concerns on the third day of the competition. All (group) games involving the Turkish team were considered forfeited, leaving Turkey in the 6th place in group B, finishing 12th in the final standings.[3]

The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 World Championships in Dubai.[4]

Format

The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament were divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.[5]

Each team had 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.[6]

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+01:00)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	387	241	+146	10	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	1	363	288	+75	9
3	Poland	5	3	2	349	320	+29	8
4	France	5	2	3	344	286	+58	7
5	Switzerland	5	1	4	256	326	−70	6	Placement games
6	Lithuania	5	0	5	171	409	−238	5	Placement games

Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

4 December
12:30

Poland	69–54	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 25–11, 18–11, 12–9

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

4 December
16:45

Germany	87–19	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 22–4, 31–5, 24–2

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

4 December
20:00

Spain	64–61	France
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 11–19, 17–10, 14–15

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
11:00

Lithuania	41–81	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 7–18, 11–26, 11–16

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
13:15

Switzerland	48–76	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 16–19, 11–25, 7–17

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
17:45

France	55–69	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 8–22, 15–13, 21–14

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
12:15

Spain	86–48	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 19–17, 20–19, 21–8

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
16:45

Germany	72–70	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 21–21, 19–18, 16–12

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
19:00

France	66–48	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 20–8, 17–12, 14–12

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
11:00

Germany	86–43	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 28–17, 21–11, 20–9

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
13:15

Lithuania	34–92	France
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 11–23, 5–27, 9–21

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
17:45

Poland	58–83	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–10, 13–24, 12–23

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
10:00

France	70–71	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 17–21, 16–19, 16–11

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
16:45

Spain	54–73	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–28, 12–21, 8–13

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
19:00

Switzerland	63–29	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–8, 16–6, 12–5

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	352	182	+170	10	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	289	180	+109	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	259	219	+40	8
4	Austria	5	2	3	173	316	−143	7
5	Israel	5	1	4	211	287	−76	6	Placement games
6	Turkey	0	0	0	0	100	−100	0	Placement games

Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

4 December
11:45

Italy	82–28	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 17–8, 27–4, 20–7

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

4 December
14:00

Turkey	0 [55] [lower-alpha 1]–20 [63]	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 15–16, 12–17, 16–14

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

4 December
16:15

Great Britain	103–46	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 32–10, 27–12, 29–6

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
12:15

Austria	20 [41]–0 [73] [lower-alpha 1]	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 11–23, 12–10, 8–15

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
14:30

Netherlands	45–69	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 6–16, 8–10, 21–22

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

5 December
19:00

Israel	48–64	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 7–12, 10–10, 18–23

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
11:00

Netherlands	63–41	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–4, 16–16

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
15:30

0 [lower-alpha 1]–20

Italy

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

6 December
17:45

Great Britain	99–51	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–7, 19–23, 25–15, 36–6

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
10:00

0 [lower-alpha 1]–20

Israel

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
16:45

Austria	17–79	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 4–21, 3–15, 4–18

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

7 December
19:00

Italy	40–61	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 2–15, 17–16, 8–10, 13–20

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
11:00

Netherlands	82–53	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 22–8, 19–12, 17–25

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
13:15

Israel	56–57	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 8–14, 18–13, 16–9

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

8 December
17:45

20–0 [lower-alpha 1]

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Madrid

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	9 December

	Germany	98
					10 December
	Austria	52
					Germany	56
	9 December
					Netherlands	65
	Netherlands	62
									12 December
	Poland	58
									Netherlands	20
	9 December
									Great Britain	0 [lower-alpha 2]
	Great Britain	81
					10 December
	France	56
					Great Britain	65
	9 December
					Italy	43			Third place
	Spain	45
									12 December
	Italy	62
									Germany	0

									Italy	0

Placement games

Eleventh place game

11 December
13:15

[ Report]

0 [lower-alpha 1]–20

Lithuania

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Ninth place game

11 December
15:30

Switzerland	48–62	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 14–12, 18–11, 6–15

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Seventh place game

11 December
10:00

Austria	49–71	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 17–18, 10–10, 12–19

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Fifth place game

11 December
20:00

Poland	78–79 (OT)	France
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 12–16, 14–17, 15–18, Overtime: 14–15

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Quarter-finals

9 December
15:30

Spain	45–62	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 6–15, 6–14, 16–19

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

9 December
16:45

Great Britain	81–56	France
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–9, 23–20, 26–13

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

9 December
17:45

Germany	98–52	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 25–19, 20–8, 26–11

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

9 December
19:00

Netherlands	62–58	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 12–13, 21–15, 16–15

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Semi-finals

10 December
14:30

Germany	58–65	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–16, 18–9, 6–25

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

10 December
19:00

Great Britain	65–43	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 17–17, 15–10, 17–8

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Third place game

12 December
16:00

Germany

0–0

Italy

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Final

12 December
18:30

20–0 [lower-alpha 2]

Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Madrid

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Great Britain
	Not awarded
4	Germany
4	Italy
5	France
6	Poland
7	Spain
8	Austria
9	Israel
10	Switzerland
11	Lithuania
12	Turkey

See also

2021 IWBF Women's European Championship

Notes

As Turkey left the tournament over COVID-19 concerns, all games involving the Turkish team, including the group games that did take place, were considered forfeited,[3] and a default regulatory 20:0 score was awarded to its opponents.
After a member of the British team tested positive for COVID-19, the British decided to withdraw from the competition and return home without playing the final.[2] In accordance with regulations, the game was considered forfeited and therefore awarded to the opposing team with a default regulatory 20–0 score.

References

"2021 European Championships Division A - Women's Competition". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
"Netherlands take double gold at European Wheelchair Basketball Championships". insidethegames.biz. 12 December 2021.
"The European Championship for Men and Women tipped off in Madrid". iwbf-europe.org. 8 December 2021.
"2022 IWBF World Championships". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
"2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
"Basics of Classification in wheelchair basketball". Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links

"ECMWA 2021, European Championship for Men and Women – Division A". iwbf-europe.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Europe (IWBF Europe).
2021 European Championship for Men. Division A
Standings Preliminary Round
Tournament Leaders

European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
Men's	Belgium 1970 France 1971 France 1974 Netherlands 1977 France 1978 Switzerland 1981 Sweden 1982 France 1987 France 1989 Spain 1991 Germany 1993 France 1995 Spain 1997 Netherlands 1999 Netherlands 2001-2002 Italy 2003 France 2005 Germany 2007 Turkey 2009 Israel 2011 Germany 2013 United Kingdom 2015 Spain 2017 Poland 2019 Spain 2021 Netherlands 2023
Women's	France 1974 France 1987 France 1989 Spain 1991 Germany 1993 Netherlands 1995 Spain 1997 Netherlands 1999 Germany 2003 France 2005 Germany 2007 United Kingdom 2009 Israel 2011 Germany 2013 United Kingdom 2015 Spain 2017 Netherlands 2019 Spain 2021 Netherlands 2023

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