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,History of the Game , International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) 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,Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE, Official website of the Olympic Movement 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 seven 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 ten women's world championships, Canada has won five world titles, the United States won three, and the Netherlands two.
Winners Number Year Host Men Women11973* Bruges (Belgium) –21975 Bruges (Belgium) –31979Tampa (United States) –41983Halifax (Canada) –51986Melbourne (Australia) –61990Bruges (Belgium) – Saint-Étienne (France) – 71994 Edmonton (Canada) – Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) – 81998Sydney (Australia) 92002Kitakyushu (Japan) 102006Amsterdam (Netherlands) 112010Birmingham (United Kingdom) 122014 Incheon (South Korea) – Toronto (Canada) – 13 2018 Hamburg (Germany) 14 2022 Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 15 2026 Ottawa (Canada)
* Unofficial Championship
Results Men YearDatesHost (final location) Gold medal gameBronze medal gameGoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place1973* Details (Bruges)50–37–1975 Details28-31 July 16 Sept (Finals) (Bruges)50–47–1979 Details9-13 May (Tampa)60–49–1983 Details23-28 May (Halifax)86–67–1986 Details6-12 April (Melbourne)61–40–1990 Details5-10 August (Bruges)62–61–1994 Details21-30 July (Edmonton)67–5372–621998 Details23-30 October (Sydney)61–5963–562002 Details23-31 August (Kitakyushu)64–5558–472006 Details6-15 July (Amsterdam)59–4180–532010 Details7-17 July (Birmingham)79–6971–422014 Details5-14 July (Incheon)63–5768–632018 Details16-26 August (Hamburg)79–6268–572022 Details9–20 June 2023 (Dubai)67–6672–542026 Details9–19 September (Ottawa)81–5767–56
* Unofficial Championship
Women YearDatesHost (final location) Gold medal gameBronze medal gameGoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place1990 Details5-11 July (Saint-Étienne)58–55–1994 Details6-13 August (Stoke Mandeville)45–3438–361998 Details26-30 Oct (Sydney)54–3840–352002 Details26-31 August (Kitakyushu)51–4643–392006 Details8-14 July (Amsterdam)58–5052–482010 Details7-16 July (Birmingham)55–5359–492014Details20-28 July (Toronto)54–5074–582018 Details16-26 August (Hamburg)56–4044–432022Details9–20 June 2023 (Dubai)57–3457–422026Details9–19 September (Ottawa)77–7663–50
Medals Men (1973–2026)
Women (1990–2026)
Nations Men Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th1973 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Events Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics Wheelchair Eurobasket European Wheelchair Basketball Championship IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship IWBF Champions Cup André Vergauwen Cup Willi Brinkmann Cup IWBF Challenge Cup Kitakyushu Champions Cup Wheelchair Basketball Intercontinental Cup June 2023 in Turkey. NCC 2023 International Köln. Nations Cup Cologne 2023 Continental Cup 2023 Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - The Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - fifteenth edition in 2023. Six teams - between 7-9 April in Belgium. May 3, 2023. TOKYO — Official 3×3 wheelchair basketball tournaments, the first of their kind in Japan, have been held since last autumn. 2023 Osaka Cup - from February 10-12, 2023, in Osaka, Japan.
References
External links World Championships Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) https://www.paralympic.org/wheelchair-basketball https://web.archive.org/web/20230620220629/https://iwbf.org/world-championships-past-results/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230621152104/https://iwbf.org/category/iwbfnews/paralympic-games/ https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/about/our-history/ https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/the-sport/history-of-the-sport/ , British Wheelchair Basketball (archived) Canada to host 2 Wheelchair World Championships, basketball.ca, October 23, 2009 Chronology of Events in the Development of Wheelchair Basketball, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Korea awarded 2014 Men's World Champiohship, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), April 9, 2010 World Championship Wheelchair Basketball - Gold Cup 2006, at the Wayback Machine International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)