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| Host city | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| Nations | 42 |
| Events | TBA in 10 sports |
| Opening | 8 August 2023 |
| Closing | 20 August 2023 |
| Opened by | TBA |
| Main venue | Rotterdam Ahoy |
The 2023 European Para Championships were be the first edition of the European Para Championships held between 8 and 20 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [1] [2]
The following competitions took place: [3]
| 2023 European Para Championships Sports Programme |
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Events will be held at the following venuses: [4]
| Venue | Sports |
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| Rotterdam Ahoy | Badminton Boccia Cycling Goalball Judo Shooting Taekwondo Wheelchair basketball |
| Kop van Zuid | Para Archery |
| Schouwburgplein | Wheelchair Tennis |
| Sports | August 2023 | Events | ||||||||||||
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| Tues 8 | Wed 9 | Thurs 10 | Fri 11 | Sat 12 | Sun 13 | Mon 14 | Tues 15 | Wed 16 | Thurs 17 | Fri 18 | Sat 19 | Sun 20 | ||
 Archery | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | |||||||
 Badminton | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 20 | 20 | |||||||
 Boccia | ● | ● | ● | ● | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||||||
 Cycling | 11 | |||||||||||||
 Goalball | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ||||||||||
 Judo | 16 | |||||||||||||
 Shooting | 9 | |||||||||||||
 Taekwondo | 10 | |||||||||||||
 Wheelchair basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | ||||||
 Wheelchair tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | 6 | |||||||||
| Total gold medal events | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 90 | |||||||||
| Cumulative total | 7 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 90 | |||||||||
| ● | Competition round | Final |
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  France | 25 | 17 | 25 | 67 |
| 2 |  Italy | 19 | 13 | 6 | 38 |
| 3 |  Netherlands * | 17 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 16 | 16 | 20 | 52 |
| 5 |  Great Britain | 9 | 15 | 16 | 40 |
| 6 |  Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 |  Spain | 7 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
| 8 |  Germany | 7 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 |  Ukraine | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 |
| 10 |  Poland | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 11 |  Azerbaijan | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 |  Georgia | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 13 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 14 |  Austria | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 15 |  Portugal | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 16 |  Slovakia | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 |  Greece | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 18 |  Belgium | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 |  Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 International Paralympic Committee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
 Moldova | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Israel | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 23 |  Sweden | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 |  Serbia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 |  Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Hungary | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 |  Norway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 |  Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 |  Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 |  Andorra | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (35 entries) | 154 | 154 | 167 | 475 | |
42 nations, and a number of neutral athletes, [5] competed:
| Participating National Paralympic Committees |
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