2017 IWRF European Championship

2017 IWRF European Championship
Venue Conlog Arena
Location Koblenz, Germany
Dates 27 June - 1 July
Nations 8
Medalists
 United Kingdom Great Britain
 Sweden Sweden
 France France

2017 IWRF European Championship was the 11th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 27 June to 1 July. The championships was contested between Europe's eight top national teams and was held at the Conlog Arena in Koblenz, Germany. The tournament was won by Great Britain, their sixth title.[1]

The four top placed teams of the competition, Great Britain, Sweden, France and Denmark were awarded four European qualification slots for the 2018 IWRF World Championship wheelchair rugby tournament.[2]

Tournament

Eight teams contested the 2017 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.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sweden Sweden 3 3 0 0 165 136 +29 9
France France 3 2 0 1 158 131 +27 6
Germany Germany 3 1 0 2 148 151 -3 3
Finland Finland 3 0 0 3 114 167 -53 0

27 June 2017
11:00
Sweden Sweden 48 – 47 France France
Conlog Arena

27 June 2017
18:00
Germany Germany 53 – 52 Finland Finland
Conlog Arena

28 June 2017
13:00
France France 52 – 36 Finland Finland
Conlog Arena

28 June 2017
17:00
Germany Germany 48 – 55 Sweden Sweden
Conlog Arena

29 June 2017
13:00
Sweden Sweden 62 – 41 Finland Finland
Conlog Arena

29 June 2017
17:00
Germany Germany 47 – 59 France France
Conlog Arena

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Kingdom Great Britain 3 3 0 0 182 108 +74 9
Denmark Denmark 3 2 0 1 158 140 +18 6
Poland Poland 3 1 0 2 120 151 -31 3
Republic of Ireland Ireland 3 0 0 3 111 172 -61 0

27 June 2017
13:00
Ireland Republic of Ireland 42 – 57 Denmark Denmark
Conlog Arena

27 June 2017
15:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 57 – 32 Poland Poland
Conlog Arena

28 June 2017
11:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 65 – 27  Ireland
Conlog Arena

28 June 2017
15:00
Poland Poland 38 – 52  Denmark
Conlog Arena

29 June 2017
11:00
Ireland Republic of Ireland 42 – 50  Poland
Conlog Arena

29 June 2017
15:00
Denmark Denmark 47 – 60  Great Britain
Conlog Arena

Classification

Bracket
Classification round Fifth place
30 June 2017 - 11:00
  Germany  58  
  Ireland  38  
 
1 July 2017 - 11:45
      Poland  46
    Germany  39
Seventh place
30 June 2017 - 13:00 1 July 2017 - 09:45
  Finland  33   Ireland  50
  Poland  55     Finland  46

Medal round

Bracket
Semifinals Gold medal match
30 June 2017 - 15:00
 United Kingdom Great Britain  54  
 France France  41  
 
1 July 2017 - 16:00
     United Kingdom Great Britain  49
   Sweden Sweden  41
Bronze medal match
30 June 2017 - 17:00 1 July 2017 - 13:45
 Denmark Denmark  56  France France  53
 Sweden Sweden  57    Denmark Denmark  48

References

  1. ↑ "Wheelchair Rugby: Great Britain beat Sweden to win European Championship". BBC Sport. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "IWRF 2017 European Championship Results". IWRF. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
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