2015 IWRF European Championship

2015 IWRF European Championship was the 10th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 15 September to 19 September. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Nastola, Finland. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their fifth title.[1]

The finalists of the competition, Great Britain and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[2]

Tournament

Eight teams contested the 2015 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.[3]

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Kingdom Great Britain 3 3 0 0 173 132 +41 9
Sweden Sweden 2 1 0 0 158 159 -1 6
France France 1 2 0 0 154 155 -1 3
Belgium Belgium 0 3 0 0 126 165 -39 0

16 September 2015
10:00
France France 54 – 45 Belgium Belgium

16 September 2015
16:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 53 – 52 France France

16 September 2015
18:00
Sweden Sweden 54 – 48 Belgium Belgium

17 September 2015
10:00
France France 48 – 57 Sweden Sweden

17 September 2015
12:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 57 – 33 Belgium Belgium

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Denmark Denmark 3 3 0 0 185 129 +56 9
Germany Germany 2 1 0 0 168 154 +14 6
Finland Finland 1 2 0 0 149 181 -32 3
Republic of Ireland Ireland 0 3 0 0 153 191 -38 0

15 September 2015
16:00
Germany Germany 48 – 56 Denmark Denmark

15 September 2015
18:30
Ireland Republic of Ireland 61 – 62  Finland

16 September 2015
12:00
Germany Germany 62 – 48  Ireland

16 September 2015
14:00
Finland Finland 37 – 62  Denmark

17 September 2015
14:00
Ireland Republic of Ireland 44 – 67  Denmark

17 September 2015
16:00
Finland Finland 50 – 58  Germany

Classification

Bracket
Classification round Fifth place
18 September 2015 - 12:00
  France  58  
  Finland  38  
 
19 September 2015 - 12:00
      France  63
    Ireland  54
Seventh place
18 September 2015 - 14:00 19 September 2015 - 10:00
  Ireland  57   Finland  50
  Belgium  56     Belgium  46

Medal round

Bracket
Semifinals Gold medal match
18 September 2015 - 16:00
 United Kingdom Great Britain  53  
 Germany Germany  50  
 
19 September 2012 - 16:00
     United Kingdom Great Britain  49
   Sweden Sweden  48
Bronze medal match
18 September 2015 - 18:00 19 September 2012 - 14:00
 Denmark Denmark  57  Denmark Denmark  56
 Sweden Sweden  58    Germany Germany  48

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair rugby: Great Britain win European Championships". BBC Sport. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Jaakkola, Lauri (17 September 2015). "Great Britain & Denmark remain undefeated at Euros". IWRF. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "IWRF 2015 European Championship Results". IWRF. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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