Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1973 M / 1990 W
CountryIWBF members
ContinentIWBF (International)

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the sport's global governing body.

The first unofficial Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for men was held in 1973,[1] with Bruges, Belgium being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by Great Britain, with a team that included Philip Craven,[2] who would later become the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975.

The men's world championships has been won 6 times by the United States, twice each by Australia and Great Britain (one of which being the unofficial Championship in 1973), and once each by Israel, France and Canada. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first 6 women's world championships, Canada has won four world titles, and the United States two world titles.

Winners

NumberYearHostMenWomen
11973*Bruges (Belgium) Great Britain
21975Bruges (Belgium) Israel
31979Tampa (United States) United States
41983Halifax (Canada) United States
51986Melbourne (Australia) United States
61990Bruges (Belgium) France
Saint-Étienne (France) United States
71994[3]Edmonton (Canada) United States
Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) Canada
81998[3]Sydney (Australia) United States Canada
92002[3]Kitakyushu (Japan) United States Canada
102006[3]Amsterdam (Netherlands) Canada Canada
112010[3]Birmingham (United Kingdom) Australia United States
122014 [4][5]Incheon (South Korea) Australia
Toronto (Canada) Canada
132018Hamburg (Germany) Great Britain Netherlands
142022Dubai (United Arab Emirates) United States Netherlands

* Unofficial Championship

Results

Men

Year Dates Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1973*
Details
 Belgium (Bruges)
Great Britain
5037
France

Netherlands

Germany
1975
Details
28-31 July
16 Sept (Finals)
 Belgium (Bruges)
Israel
5047
United States

Great Britain

Netherlands
1979
Details
9-13 May  United States (Tampa)
United States
6049
Netherlands

France

Israel
1983
Details
23-28 May  Canada (Halifax)
United States
8667
France

Sweden

Israel
1986
Details
6-12 April  Australia (Melbourne)
United States
6140
Canada

Netherlands

France
1990[6]
Details
5-10 August  Belgium (Bruges)
France
6261
United States

Canada

Netherlands
1994[3]
Details
21-30 July  Canada (Edmonton)
United States
6753
Great Britain

Canada
7262
France
1998[3]
Details
23-30 October  Australia (Sydney)
United States
6159
Netherlands

Canada
6356
Australia
2002[3]
Details
23-31 August  Japan (Kitakyushu)
United States
6455
Great Britain

Canada
5847
Australia
2006[3]
Details
6-15 July  Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Canada
5941
United States

Australia
8053
Netherlands
2010[3]
Details
7-17 July  Great Britain (Birmingham)
Australia
7969
France

United States
7142
Italy
2014
Details
5-14 July  South Korea (Incheon)
Australia
6357
United States

Turkey
6863
Spain
2018
Details
16-26 August  Germany (Hamburg)
Great Britain
7962
United States

Australia
6857
Iran
2022
Details
9–20 June 2023  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
United States
6766
Great Britain

Iran
7254
Netherlands

* Unofficial Championship

Women

Year Dates Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1990[6]
Details
5-11 July  France (Saint-Étienne)
United States
5855
Germany

Canada

Netherlands
1994[3]
Details
6-13 August  Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville)
Canada
4534
United States

Australia
3836
Netherlands
1998[3]
Details
26-30 Oct  Australia (Sydney)
Canada
5438
United States

Australia
4035
Japan
2002[3]
Details
26-31 August  Japan (Kitakyushu)
Canada
5146
United States

Australia
4339
Japan
2006[3]
Details
8-14 July  Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Canada
5850
United States

Germany
5248
Australia
2010[3]
Details
7-16 July  Great Britain (Birmingham)
United States
5553
Germany

Canada
5949
Australia
2014[7]
Details
20-28 July  Canada (Toronto)
Canada
5450
Germany

Netherlands
7458
United States
2018
Details
16-26 August  Germany (Hamburg)
Netherlands
5640
Great Britain

Germany
4443
China
2022
Details
9–20 June 2023  United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
Netherlands
5734
China

United States
5742
Germany

Medals

Men (1973-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States75113
2 Great Britain2316
3 Australia2024
4 France1315
5 Canada1146
6 Israel1001
7 Netherlands0224
8 Iran0011
 Sweden0011
 Turkey0011
Totals (10 entries)14141442

Women (1990-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada5027
2 United States2417
3 Netherlands2013
4 Germany0325
5 China0101
 Great Britain0101
7 Australia0033
Totals (7 entries)99927

Nations

Men

Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th
1973  GBR FRA NED GER BEL SWE ESP  SUI
1975  ISR USA GBR NED SWE ITA CAN GER BEL  SUI POL
1979  USA NED FRA ISR CAN SWE ESP GBR BEL
1983  USA FRA SWE ISR NED CAN GER GBR JPN BEL AUS
1986  USA CAN NED FRA ISR SWE YUG ITA GER AUS GBR
1990  FRA USA CAN NED AUS GER JPN SWE BEL ITA AUT GBR
1994  USA GBR CAN FRA NED AUS ESP SWE GER ARG JPN ISR
1998  USA NED CAN AUS GBR ESP FRA FIN JPN MEX KOR EGY
2002  USA GBR CAN AUS GER FRA NED JPN ISR BRA KOR RSA
2006  CAN USA AUS NED GBR SWE JPN ITA BRA ISR FRA RSA
2010  AUS FRA USA ITA GBR POL CAN TUR MEX JPN KOR ALG
2014  AUS USA TUR ESP ITA KOR GBR IRI JPN COL GER ARG SWE MEX NED ALG
2018  GBR USA AUS IRI ESP POL ARG TUR JPN NED ITA CAN GER KOR BRA MAR
2022  USA GBR IRI NED ITA CAN AUS GER FRA BRA ARG THA KOR EGY IRQ UAE

Women

Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th
1990  USA GER CAN NED FRA AUS GBR ESP
1994  CAN USA AUS NED GER GBR JPN FRA ISR JPN
1998  CAN USA AUS JPN GER NED GBR MEX
2002  CAN USA AUS JPN MEX NED GER GBR
2006  CAN USA GER AUS NED JPN MEX FRA
2010  USA GER CAN AUS NED GBR JPN CHN MEX BRA
2014  CAN GER NED USA GBR AUS CHN FRA JPN MEX BRA PER
2018  NED GBR GER CHN CAN USA ESP FRA AUS BRA ARG ALG
2022  NED CHN USA GER CAN AUS JPN ESP GBR BRA THA ALG

Events

References

  1. History of the Game Archived April 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
  2. Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE, Official website of the Olympic Movement
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  4. "2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship > Schedule & Result". 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship - Schedule & Results". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. 1 2 Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. p. 80. ISBN 3830954417.
  7. "Schedule & Results - 2014 WWWBC". Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
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