| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1973 |
| Country(ies) | IWBF members |
| Continent | IWBF (International) |
The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship 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, and once each by Great Britain (unofficial Championship 1973), Israel, France Canada, and Australia. 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.
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| Year | Host | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973* | Bruges (Belgium) | Great Britain | – |
| 1975 | Bruges (Belgium) | Israel | – |
| 1979 | Tampa (United States) | United States | – |
| 1983 | Halifax (Canada) | United States | – |
| 1986 | Melbourne (Australia) | United States | – |
| 1990 | Bruges (Belgium) | France | – |
| Saint-Étienne (France) | – | United States | |
| 1994 | Edmonton (Canada) | United States | – |
| Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) | – | Canada | |
| 1998 | Sydney (Australia) | United States | Canada |
| 2002 | Kitakyushu (Japan) | United States | Canada |
| 2006 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) | Canada | Canada |
| 2010 | Birmingham (United Kingdom) | Australia | United States |
| 2014 | Goyang City (South Korea) | – | |
| (Canada) | – |
* Unofficial Championship
| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1973* Details |
Belgium (Bruges) | Great Britain |
50–37 | France |
Netherlands |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1975 Details |
Belgium (Bruges) | Israel |
50–47 | United States |
Great Britain |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1979 Details |
United States (Tampa) | United States |
60–49 | Netherlands |
France |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1983 Details |
Canada (Halifax) | United States |
86–67 | France |
Sweden |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1986 Details |
Australia (Melbourne) | United States |
61–40 | Canada |
Netherlands |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1990 Details |
Belgium (Bruges) | France |
62–61 | United States |
Canada |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1994 Details |
Canada (Edmonton) | United States |
67–53 | Great Britain |
Canada |
72–62 | France |
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| 1998 Details |
Australia (Sydney) | United States |
61–59 | Netherlands |
Canada |
63–56 | Australia |
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| 2002 Details |
Japan (Kitakyushu) | United States |
– | Great Britain |
Canada |
– | Australia |
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| 2006 Details |
Netherlands (Amsterdam) | Canada |
59–41 | United States |
Australia |
80–53 | Netherlands |
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| 2010 Details |
Great Britain (Birmingham) | Australia |
79–69 | France |
United States |
71–42 | Italy |
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| 2014 Details |
South Korea (Goyang City) | ||||||||
* Unofficial Championship
| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1990 Details |
France (Saint-Étienne) | United States |
58–55 | Germany |
Canada |
– | [[|]] |
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| 1994 Details |
Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville) | Canada |
45–34 | United States |
Australia |
38–36 | Netherlands |
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| 1998 Details |
Australia (Sydney) | Canada |
54–38 | United States |
Australia |
40–35 | Japan |
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| 2002 Details |
Japan (Kitakyushu) | Canada |
– | United States |
Australia |
– | Japan |
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| 2006 Details |
Netherlands (Amsterdam) | Canada |
58–50 | United States |
Germany |
52–48 | Australia |
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| 2010 Details |
Great Britain (Birmingham) | United States |
55–53 | Germany |
Canada |
59–49 | Australia |
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| 2014 Details |
Canada | ||||||||