| Formerly | IWAS European Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | IWRF European (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Great Britain |
| Most titles | Great Britain (7) |
The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 |  Sweden | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 |  Denmark | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
| Team | 1995 | 1997 |  1999 | 2003 | 2005 |  2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 10th | – | - | - | |
| Belgium | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 8th | - | - | |
 Czech Republic | 10th | 12th | – | – | 11th | 11th | – | 12th | – | - | - | |
| Denmark | 9th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | |
| Finland | 8th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | - | |
| France | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | |
| Germany | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th |
| Great Britain | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
 Ireland | – | – | 11th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | – | 6th | 7th | - | |
 Italy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | - | - | |
| Netherlands | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 12th | - | – | - | 6th |
 Norway | – | 11th | 12th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | - | - | |
 Poland | – | 10th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | – | 5th | 8th | |
| Sweden | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th |
| Switzerland | 7th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 10th | 8th | – | - | 7th |
Wheelchair rugby is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is practiced in over twenty-five countries around the world and is a summer Paralympic sport.
Joe Soares is a former all-star wheelchair rugby player for the United States, a Paralympic gold medallist, who later coached the Canadian paralympic team after he was cut by the U.S. in 1996. This episode figures prominently in the 2005 documentary film Murderball.
The United States national wheelchair rugby team represents the United States in international wheelchair rugby. The USA is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all four Paralympic tournaments it has entered, coming away with two golds.
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), the sport's global governing body.
The IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone. The Americas Championship is a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
Cameron Carr, is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player. He has won a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympics and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
Jason Lees, is a wheelchair rugby player from Victoria and was a member of the Australian Steelers that won the gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Ryley Batt, is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has won two gold and one silver medal at five Paralympic Games.
Brad Dubberley is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby Head Coach and former athlete. He won a silver medal as an athlete at the 2000 Sydney Games and as the head coach at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event. He is the head coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Australian Steelers.
Ryan Scott, is a Paralympic wheelchair rugby competitor from Australia. In four Paralympics, Scott has won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Andrew Harrison, is a wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics. and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Christopher Adam Bond, is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He has won gold medals at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympics and competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Benjamin John Fawcett is an Australian wheelchair rugby player and member of the national wheelchair rugby team. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a member of the Australian Steelers and also went to the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
The Sweden national wheelchair rugby team represents Sweden in international wheelchair rugby. Sweden is the second most successful team in European competition, winning four gold medals at the European Championship. They have reached three Summer Paralympics, with their best finish being 5th in the 2000 Games in Sydney.
Peter Genyn is a Paralympian sportsman from Belgium. Initially Genyn competed as a wheelchair rugby player before switching to track and field athletics in 2014 where he competes in category T51 sprint events. In 2016 he became the world record holder in the T51 men's 400 metres sprint.
Andrew John Edmondson is an Australian wheelchair rugby player. He won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a member of the Australian Steelers. He has been selected for 2020 Summer Paralympics, his second Games.
The Japan national wheelchair rugby team (日本全国車椅子ラグビーチーム) represents Japan in international wheelchair rugby. Japan is the third most successful team in the Asia-Oceania region, finishing outside the medal places only once in eight appearances at the IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship. Japan have won the tournament once, in 2015 and are also the 2014 Asian Para Games champions. They have reached four Summer Paralympics, with their best finish being 4th in the 2012 Games in London.
Denmark competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo from 25 August to 6 September.
Duncan Campbell, sometimes known as "the Quadfather", is a Canadian co-inventor of murderball. In the 1970s, Campbell invented the sport with four other Canadians before the sport was renamed to wheelchair rugby. In the sport, Campbell coached the Canadian team that went to the 2000 Summer Paralympics and organized the 2010 IWRF World Championship. Apart from wheelchair rugby, Campbell became a recreational therapist for the G. F. Strong Centre in 1986. His honours include an induction into the Canadian Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame in 2005 and receiving the Paralympic Order in 2013.
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