European Wheelchair Basketball Championship

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IWBF European Championship
Sport Wheelchair basketball
Founded 1970
Inaugural season 1970 (men)
1974 (women)
Continent IWBF Europe (Europe)
File:Eurobasket2007semifinal.JPG
Great Britain vs. Germany, men's semifinal in 2007: Dirk Köhler-Lenz (Germany, #15) and Jon Pollock (Great Britain, #9).

The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

The first European Championship for men was held in 1970.[1][2] The first European Championship for women was held in 1974.[1][3]

Summaries

[1][2][3]

Men

Year Host Gold medal gam Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1970
Details		  BEL
(Brugge)
Belgium		 –
France
Great Britain		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1971
Details		  FRA
(Kerpape)
Great Britain		 –
France
Netherlands		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1974
Details		  FRA
(Kerpape)
Great Britain		 45–40
Netherlands
France		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1977
Details		  NED
(Raalte)
Israel		 –
Netherlands
France		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1978
Details		  FRA
(Kerpape)
Israel		 –
France
Netherlands		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1981
Details		   SUI
(Geneva)
Israel		 74–68
France
Netherlands		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1982
Details		  SWE
(Falun)[4][5]
France		 63–58
Israel
Sweden		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1987
Details		  FRA
(Lorient)
France		 63–50
Netherlands
Belgium		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1989
Details		  FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)
France		 –
Netherlands
Germany		 –
[[men's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1991
Details		  ESP
(Ferrol)
France		 57–50
Netherlands
Great Britain		 85–59
Israel
1993
Details		  GER
(Berlin)
Netherlands		 57–52
Great Britain
France		 61–42
Germany
1995
Details		  FRA
(Paris)
Great Britain		 55–54
Spain
Netherlands		 64–45
France
1997
Details		  ESP
(Madrid)
France		 46–44
Great Britain
Finland		 59–53
Spain
1999
Details		  NED
(Roermond)
France		 57–40
Germany
Netherlands		 53–49
Great Britain
2001-2002
Details		  NED
(Amsterdam)
France		 67–56
Netherlands
Germany		 70–67
Great Britain
2003
Details		  ITA
(Sassari, Porto Torres)
Italy		 60–47
Netherlands
Great Britain		 74–64
France
2005
Details		  FRA
(Paris)[6]
Italy		 56–54
Great Britain
Sweden		 54–52
Israel
2007
Details		  GER
(Wetzlar)[7]
Sweden		 76–66
Great Britain
Germany		 69–56
Israel
2009
Details		  TUR
(Adana)[8]
Italy		 64–52
Turkey
Great Britain		 73–65
Poland
2011
Details		  ISR
(Nazareth, Israel)[9]
Great Britain		 76-65
Germany
Spain		 71–65
Poland
2013
Details		  GER
(Frankfurt)[10]
Great Britain		 59-57
Turkey
Spain		 65–56
Sweden
2015
Details		  GBR
(Worcester)[10]
Great Britain		 87-66
Turkey
Germany		 74-56
Netherlands

Women

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1974
Details		  FRA
(Kerpape)
Germany		 35–20
France
Yugoslavia		 –
[[women's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1987
Details		  FRA
(Lorient)
Germany		 –
Israel
Netherlands		 –
[[women's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1989
Details		  FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)
Netherlands		 40–37
Germany
Israel		 –
[[women's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1991
Details		  ESP
(Ferrol)
Germany		 49–48
Netherlands
France		 –
[[women's national wheelchair basketball team|]]
1993
Details		  GER
(Berlin)
Netherlands		 53–38
Germany
France		 38–32
Israel
1995
Details		  NED
(Delden)
Netherlands		 43–37
Germany
Great Britain		 32–33
Israel
1997
Details		  ESP
(Madrid)
Netherlands		 36–32
Germany
Great Britain		 48–12
Israel
1999
Details		  NED
(Roermond)[11]
Germany		 40–37
Netherlands
Great Britain		 49–28
Russia
2003
Details		  GER
(Hamburg)
Germany		 65–58
Netherlands
Great Britain		 48–32
France
2005
Details		  FRA
(Villeneuve d'Ascq)
Germany		 66–39
Netherlands
France		 41–32
Great Britain
2007
Details		  GER
(Wetzlar)[7]
Germany		 61–35
Netherlands
Great Britain		 56–29
Spain
2009
Details		  GBR
(Stoke Mandeville)
Germany		 82–45
Netherlands
Great Britain		 53–41
France
2011
Details		  ISR
(Nazareth)[12]
Germany		 48–42
Netherlands
Great Britain		 60–47
France
2013
Details		  GER
(Frankfurt)[13]
Netherlands		 57–56
Germany
Great Britain		 60–39
France
2015
Details		  GBR
(Worcester)
Germany		 72-62
Netherlands
Great Britain		 69-39
France

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 History IWBF Europe, (.doc-file) IWBF Europe
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 History, ecmw.eu
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
  4. ↑ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
  5. ↑ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
  6. ↑ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
  8. ↑ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
  9. ↑ Results 2011, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 [1]
  11. ↑ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
  12. ↑ 2011 IWBF European Championship
  13. ↑ 2013 IWBF European Championship

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