European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Inaugural season |
1970 (men) 1974 (women) |
| Continent | IWBF Europe (Europe) |
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
Men
| Year | Host | Gold medal gam | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1970 Details |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 |
men's national wheelchair basketball team |
– | 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] |
men's national wheelchair basketball team |
TBC | men's national wheelchair basketball team |
men's national wheelchair basketball team |
TBC | men's national wheelchair basketball team |
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 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 History IWBF Europe, (.doc-file) IWBF Europe
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 History, ecmw.eu
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- ↑ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
- ↑ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
- ↑ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
- ↑ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
- ↑ , iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
- ↑ 10.0 10.1
- ↑ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
- ↑ 2011 IWBF European Championship
- ↑ 2013 IWBF European Championship
External links
Official website of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Europe