| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1973 |
| Country | 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, 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, 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, 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 6 women's world championships, Canada has won four world titles, and the United States two world titles.
Winners
| Number | Year | Host | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1973* | Bruges (Belgium) |
 Great Britain
|
– |
| 2 | 1975 | Bruges (Belgium) |
 Israel
|
– |
| 3 | 1979 | Tampa (United States) |
 United States
|
– |
| 4 | 1983 | Halifax (Canada) |
United States
|
– |
| 5 | 1986 | Melbourne (Australia) |
United States
|
– |
| 6 | 1990 | Bruges (Belgium) |
 France
|
– |
| Saint-Étienne (France) | – |
United States
|
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| 7 | 1994 | Edmonton (Canada) |
United States
|
– |
| Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) | – |
 Canada
|
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| 8 | 1998 | Sydney (Australia) |
United States
|
Canada
|
| 9 | 2002 | Kitakyushu (Japan) |
United States
|
Canada
|
| 10 | 2006 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
Canada
|
Canada
|
| 11 | 2010 | Birmingham (United Kingdom) |
 Australia
|
United States
|
| 12 | 2014 | Incheon (South Korea) |
Australia
|
– |
| Toronto (Canada) | – |
Canada
|
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| 13 | 2018 | Hamburg (Germany) |
Great Britain
|
 Netherlands
|
| 14 | 2022 | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |
* Unofficial Championship
Results
Summaries
Men
* Unofficial Championship
Women
| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1990 Details |
5-11 July |
France (Saint-Étienne)
|
 United States |
58–55 |
 Germany |
 Canada |
– | |||
| 1994 Details |
6-13 August |
Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville)
|
Canada |
45–34 |
United States |
 Australia |
38–36 |
 Netherlands |
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| 1998 Details |
26-30 Oct |
Australia (Sydney)
|
Canada |
54–38 |
United States |
Australia |
40–35 |
 Japan |
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| 2002 Details |
26-31 August |
 Japan (Kitakyushu)
|
Canada |
51–46 |
United States |
Australia |
43–39 |
Japan |
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| 2006 Details |
8-14 July |
Netherlands (Amsterdam)
|
Canada |
58–50 |
United States |
Germany |
52–48 |
Australia |
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| 2010 Details |
7-16 July |
Great Britain (Birmingham)
|
United States |
55–53 |
Germany |
Canada |
59–49 |
Australia |
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| 2014 Details |
20-28 July |
Canada (Toronto)
|
Canada |
54–50 |
Germany |
Netherlands |
74–58 |
United States |
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| 2018 Details |
16-26 August |
 Germany (Hamburg)
|
Netherlands |
56–40 |
 Great Britain |
Germany |
44–43 |
 China |
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| 2023 Details |
9–20 June |
 United Arab Emirates (Dubai)
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Medal table
Men
As of 2018
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 |
Great Britain
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |
Australia
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |
France
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 |
Canada
|
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 |
Israel
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |
Netherlands
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |
 Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Turkey
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Women
As of 2018
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Canada
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |
United States
|
2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 |
Netherlands
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |
Germany
|
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |
Great Britain
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |
Australia
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
External links
- World Championships Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- Official site of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2010, 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, Archived copy at the Wayback Machine
- International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)