2023 IWBF Women's European Championship | |||||||
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Venue | Rotterdam Ahoy | ||||||
Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||||||
Start date | 11 August | ||||||
End date | 18 August | ||||||
Competitors | 6 teams from 6 nations | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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The 2023 IWBF Women's European Championship was the 19th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. It took place from 11 to 18 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. [1]
The wheelchair basketball tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships, a quadrennial multi-sport event that is to take place each pre-Paralympic year. [2] The winner and runner-up of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris. [3] [4]
The six teams that qualified for the tournament compete in a preliminary round to determine the top four teams that advance to the knockout stage. [5]
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. [6]
All times local (UTC+02:00)
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 377 | 166 | +211 | 10 | Semi-finals |
2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 258 | 208 | +50 | 9 | |
3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 206 | +108 | 8 | |
4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 262 | 247 | +15 | 7 | |
5 | France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 167 | 301 | −134 | 6 | Fifth place game |
6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 358 | −250 | 5 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
16 August | ||||||
Netherlands | 64 | |||||
18 August | ||||||
Spain | 31 | |||||
Netherlands | 58 | |||||
16 August | ||||||
Great Britain | 36 | |||||
Germany | 32 | |||||
Great Britain | 55 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
18 August | ||||||
Germany | 48 | |||||
Spain | 49 |
Rank | Team |
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1 | Netherlands |
2 | Great Britain |
3 | Spain |
4 | Germany |
5 | France |
6 | Turkey |
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