World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

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.

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
Tournament information
SportWheelchair rugby
Established1995
AdministratorWWR
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

Summaries

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4228
2 Australia2215
3 Canada1225
4 Japan1023
5 New Zealand0213
Totals (5 entries)88824

Participating nations
Team Switzerland
1995		 Canada
1998		 Sweden
2002		 New Zealand
2006		 Canada
2010		 Denmark
2014		 Australia
2018		 Denmark
2022		 Total
 Argentina––––12th–––1
 Australia5th5th3rd6th2nd1st2nd1st8
 Austria–11th12th–––––2
 Belgium–8th4th8th7th12th––5
 Brazil–––––––11th1
 Canada2nd3rd1st3rd5th2nd6th5th8
 Colombia––––––10th9th2
 Denmark–––12th–6th7th4th4
 Finland–12th––11th10th––3
 France–––––9th5th6th3
 Germany–6th9th7th10th11th–10th6
 Great Britain4th7th5th4th6th5th4th7th8
 Ireland––––––12th–1
 Japan––8th5th3rd4th1st3rd6
 Netherlands7th9th10th10th––––4
 New Zealand3rd2nd6th2nd9th8th11th8th8
 Poland––––8th–9th–2
 Sweden6th4th7th9th4th7th8th–7
  Switzerland8th10th11th11th–––12th5
 United States1st1st2nd1st1st3rd3rd2nd8
Number of teams 812121212 121212 20

See also

References
  1. Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
  2. 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  3. 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
  4. 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  5. 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  6. Results, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
  7. Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
  8. "Results". 2014 IWRF World Championship Website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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