2023 IWBF Men's European Championship

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2023 IWBF Men's European Championship
Venue Rotterdam Ahoy
Location Rotterdam, Netherlands
Start date11 August
End date19 August
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
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Silver medal icon.svg  
Bronze medal icon.svg  
  2021
2025  

The 2023 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 26th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. It took place from 11 to 19 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [1]

Contents

The tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships, a quadrennial multi-sport event that takes place each pre-Paralympic year. [2] The finalists of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. [3]

Format

The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament are divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage. [4]

Each team has 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. [5]

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+02:00)

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 550323233+9010 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 532350243+1078
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 532351238+1138
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 532367349+188
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 5142333381056 Placement games
6Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 5051874102235
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

11 August
12:30
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg6488Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 17–23, 16–19, 15–24

11 August
15:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6440Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 12–10, 10–6, 20–9

11 August
20:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg7037Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 14–5, 21–14, 18–9

12 August
9:00
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg18102Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 5–25, 2–28, 4–26, 7–23

12 August
11:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg5258Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 13–15, 11–17, 22–12

12 August
19:00
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg6271Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–16, 21–16, 14–23

13 August
12:30
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg6331Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 13–9, 22–6, 6–10

13 August
15:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg8684Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–24, 21–21, 19–24

13 August
17:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg8635Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–6, 23–10, 19–9

14 August
9:00
Poland  Flag of Poland.svg8542Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–7, 27–8, 13–14

14 August
11:30
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3184Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 0–23, 12–19, 4–23, 15–19

14 August
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2965Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13

15 August
12:30
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg5567Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–13, 14–19, 10–19

15 August
15:00
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg7361Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–16, 15–20, 23–11

15 August
17:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg4150Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–16, 14–13, 0–0

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 550379252+12710 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 541348284+649
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 532333276+578
4Flag of France.svg  France 523340323+177
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 5142653981336 Placement games
6Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5052413731325
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

11 August
11:30
France  Flag of France.svg7764Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–15, 21–17, 20–16

11 August
16:30
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg6250Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–12, 13–7, 19–13

11 August
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg5844Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 12–8, 18–17, 14–11

12 August
12:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg6763Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–21, 14–17, 22–11

12 August
15:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg50100Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–34, 14–21, 10–24

12 August
20:00
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg4486Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–20, 9–25, 9–23

13 August
9:00
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg5583Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 14–18, 14–14, 14–27

13 August
16:30
France  Flag of France.svg5969Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–20, 17–18, 15–14

13 August
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg8449Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–13, 23–17, 22–7

14 August
10:00
France  Flag of France.svg6579Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–13, 12–27, 19–16

14 August
17:30
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg5566Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 7–14, 12–12, 16–28
 

14 August
20:00
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg5670Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–18, 16–20, 10–10
 

15 August
11:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg3083Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 12–17, 1–27, 4–16
 

15 August
16:30
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg7543Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–13, 16–12, 16–8
 

15 August
19:00
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg6753Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–12, 16–12, 13–11
 

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 63
 
17 August
 
Flag of France.svg  France 60
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 57
 
16 August
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 76
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 66
 
19 August
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 73
 
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 53
 
16 August
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 74
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 94
 
17 August
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 75
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 63
 
16 August
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42 Third place
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 69
 
19 August
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 63
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 58
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 51
 

Placement games

Ninth to twelfth place

Bracket
 
9th–12th placement games9th place
 
      
 
16 August
 
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 63
 
18 August
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 45
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 70
 
16 August
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 63
 
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 82
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57
 
11th place
 
 
18 August
 
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 66
 
 
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 46
Ninth to twelfth place games
16 August
9:00
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6345Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 18–16, 16–7, 17–11
16 August
10:00
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8257Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–14, 22–19, 20–13
Eleventh place game
18 August
10:00
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 6646Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 16–10, 14–17, 12–9
Ninth place game
18 August
12:30
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 7063Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–18, 12–17, 23–7

Fifth to eighth place

Bracket
 
5th–8th placement games5th place
 
      
 
17 August
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 76
 
19 August
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 82
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 66
 
17 August
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 70
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 59
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 75
 
7th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
Flag of France.svg  France 80
 
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 67
Fifth to eighth place games
17 August
12:30
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8276Flag of France.svg  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 20–22, 27–21
17 August
15:00
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5975Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–28, 17–23, 9–4
Seventh place game
19 August
10:00
Flag of France.svg  France 8067Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 18–17, 26–20, 19–14
Fifth place game
19 August
12:30
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6670Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–21, 13–17, 16–18

Quarter-finals

16 August
11:30
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6369Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 11–18, 10–16

16 August
12:30
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7366Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 16–15, 21–21

16 August
15:00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9475Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–25, 26–17, 23–18

16 August
16:30
Flag of France.svg  France 6063Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–10, 11–19, 12–17

Semi-finals

17 August
17:30
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6342Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–10, 16–8, 16–8

17 August
20:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5776Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 17–19, 17–12, 11–28

Third place game

19 August
15:00
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5851Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–9, 10–8, 13–19

Final

19 August
17:30
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5374Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 12–23, 13–15, 6–18

Final standings

RankTeam
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
7Flag of France.svg  France
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
12Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia

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