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Sport | Wheelchair Basketball |
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Founded | 2009 |
Most recent champion(s) | Hannover United (1st title) |
Official website | www |
The EuroCup 3, formerly called the IWBF Challenge Cup, is the fourth level European wheelchair basketball competition of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
Year | Winners | Runners-up |
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2009 | ASD BADS Quartu Sant'Elena (1) | Beit Halochem Tel Aviv |
2010 | Norrköping Dolphins (1) | Wolverhampton Rhinos |
2011 | Las BLS Amicacci Giulianova (1) | Getafe BSR |
2012 | Sheffield Steelers WBC (1) | GSD Porto Torres |
2013 | CP Mideba (1) | Goldmann Dolphins Trier |
2014 | BG Basket Hamburg (1) | Mainhatten Skywheelers |
2015 | Amiab Albacete (1) | ASD Handicap Sport Varese |
2016 | Amiab Albacete (2) | Bidaideak Bilbao BSR |
2017 | Vital Vigo Amfiv (1) | Rhinos Wiesbaden |
2018 | CMB Santa Lucia Sport (1) | AS Stefano |
2019 | 1907 Fenerbahçe Disabled Stars (1) | Gazişehir Gaziantep |
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [1] | |
2021 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2] | |
2022 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2] | |
2023 | Hannover United (1) | Dinamo Lab Banco di Sardegna Sassari |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Italy | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Germany | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
5 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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