World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

Tournament information
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Established	1995
Administrator	WWR
Tournament statistics
Current champion	Australia (2nd title)
Most titles	United States (4 titles)

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 first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995. ^[1]

Results

Summaries

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Year	Host (final location)		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1995	Switzerland (Nottwil)		United States	41–36	Canada		New Zealand	41–28	Great Britain
1998	Canada (Toronto)		United States	31–28	New Zealand		Canada	44–35	Sweden
2002	Sweden (Gothenburg)		Canada	25–24	United States		Australia	45–38	Belgium
2006	New Zealand (Christchurch)		United States	34–30	New Zealand		Canada	23–19	Great Britain
2010	Canada (Vancouver)		United States	57–45	Australia		Japan	53–47	Sweden
2014	Denmark (Odense)		Australia	67–56	Canada		United States	62–56	Japan
2018	Australia (Sydney)		Japan	62–61	Australia		United States	47–36	Great Britain
2022	Denmark (Vejle)		Australia	58–55	United States		Japan	61–57	Denmark

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	2	2	8
2	Australia	2	2	1	5
3	Canada	1	2	2	5
4	Japan	1	0	2	3
5	New Zealand	0	2	1	3
Totals (5 entries)		8	8	8	24

Participating nations

Team	1995	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	Total
Argentina	–	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	1
Australia	5th	5th	3rd	6th	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	8
Austria	–	11th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	2
Belgium	–	8th	4th	8th	7th	12th	–	–	5
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11th	1
Canada	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	6th	5th	8
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	9th	2
Denmark	–	–	–	12th	–	6th	7th	4th	4
Finland	–	12th	–	–	11th	10th	–	–	3
France	–	–	–	–	–	9th	5th	6th	3
Germany	–	6th	9th	7th	10th	11th	–	10th	6
Great Britain	4th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	4th	7th	8
Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	12th	–	1
Japan	–	–	8th	5th	3rd	4th	1st	3rd	6
Netherlands	7th	9th	10th	10th	–	–	–	–	4
New Zealand	3rd	2nd	6th	2nd	9th	8th	11th	8th	8
Poland	–	–	–	–	8th	–	9th	–	2
Sweden	6th	4th	7th	9th	4th	7th	8th	–	7
Switzerland	8th	10th	11th	11th	–	–	–	12th	5
United States	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	8
Number of teams	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	20

See also

• IWRF Americas Championship
• IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship
• IWRF European Championship

References

1. Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
2. 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
3. 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
4. 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
5. 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
6. Results, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
7. Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
8. "Results". 2014 IWRF World Championship Website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
9. "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
10. "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

External links

• International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
• Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel