2015 IWRF European Championship

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2015 IWRF European Championship
2015 IWRF European Championship logo.png
Venue Pajulahti Sports Institute
Location Nastola, Finland
Dates15 - 19 September
Nations8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
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2015 IWRF European Championship was the 10th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 15 September to 19 September. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Nastola, Finland. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their fifth title. [1]

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The finalists of the competition, Great Britain and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio. [2]

Tournament

Eight teams contested the 2015 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. [3]

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 3300173132+419
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3201158159-16
Flag of France.svg France 3102154155-13
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 3003126165-390
France Flag of France.svg 54 – 45 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 53 – 52 Flag of France.svg France
Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg 54 – 48 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
France Flag of France.svg 48 – 57 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 57 – 33 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Great Britain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 63 – 47 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3300185129+569
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3201168154+146
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 3102149181-323
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 3003153191-380
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 48 – 56 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg 61 – 62Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Germany Flag of Germany.svg 62 – 48Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Finland Flag of Finland.svg 37 – 62Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Ireland Flag of Ireland.svg 44 – 67Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Finland Flag of Finland.svg 50 – 58Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Classification

Bracket
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
18 September 2015 - 12:00
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 58
 
19 September 2015 - 12:00
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 38
 
Flag of France.svg  France 63
 
18 September 2015 - 14:00
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 54
 
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 57
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 September 2015 - 10:00
 
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 50
 
 
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 46

Medal round

Bracket
 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
18 September 2015 - 16:00
 
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 53
 
19 September 2015 - 16:00
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 50
 
 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 49
 
18 September 2015 - 18:00
 
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 48
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 57
 
 
 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 58
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
19 September 2015 - 14:00
 
 
 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 56
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 48

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair rugby: Great Britain win European Championships". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Jaakkola, Lauri (17 September 2015). "Great Britain & Denmark remain undefeated at Euros". IWRF . Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "IWRF 2015 European Championship Results". IWRF . 19 September 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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