2018 IWRF World Championship

2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 5 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Quaycentre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.[1]

The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO, it as organised by Disability Sports Australia and Internnationl Wheelchair Rugby Federation and it was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2018 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.

Preliminary Round

Group A

August 5, 2018

14:00

New Zealand	42 - 69	Australia

August 5, 2018

14:30

Ireland	37 - 57	Japan

August 5, 2018

17:00

Sweden	54 - 57	Denmark

August 6, 2018

10:00

Japan	56 - 37	New Zealand

August 6, 2018

11:00

Denmark	56 - 47	Ireland

August 6, 2018

12:30

Australia	71- 38	Sweden

August 6, 2018

18:00

Denmark	55 - 54	New Zealand

August 6, 2018

18:30

Ireland	47 - 52	Sweden

August 7, 2018

13:30

Denmark	49 - 61	Australia

August 7, 2018

15:30

New Zealand	52 - 42	Ireland

August 7, 2018

16:00

Sweden	46 - 48	Japan

August 8, 2018

10:00

Australia	70 - 44	Ireland

August 8, 2018

10:00

Japan	52 - 42	Denmark

August 8, 2018

16:00

Sweden	54 - 52	New Zealand

August 8, 2018

18:30

Australia	65 - 52	Japan

[2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	333	219	+114
Japan	5	4	0	1	265	227	+38
Denmark	5	3	0	2	259	269	-9
Sweden	5	2	0	3	244	275	-31
New Zealand	5	1	0	4	231	273	-42
Ireland	5	0	0	5	217	273	-70

Preliminary Round

Group B

August 5, 2018

16:30

Canada	42 - 51	France

August 5, 2018

19:00

Colombia	420 - 69	United States

August 5, 2018

19:30

Poland	31 - 55	Great Britain

August 6, 2018

13:30

United States	47 - 41	Great Britain

August 6, 2018

13:30

Colombia	45 - 50	France

August 6, 2018

16:00

Poland	45 - 43	Canada

August 7, 2018

10:00

Colombia	50 - 43	Poland

August 7, 2018

11:00

Great Britain	55 - 43	Canada

August 7, 2018

12:30

France	39 - 54	United States

August 7, 2018

18:00

Great Britain	57 - 20	Colombia

August 7, 2018

18:30

France	51 - 39	Poland

August 8, 2018

12:30

United States	47 - 33	Poland

August 8, 2018

12:30

Canada	59 - 46	Colombia

August 8, 2018

16:00

Great Britain	47 - 41	France

August 8, 2018

16:00

United States	54 - 47	Canada

[2]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	5	5	0	0	260	192	+68
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	255	182	+73
France	5	3	0	2	232	227	+5
Canada	5	1	0	4	234	251	-17
Poland	5	1	0	4	191	246	-55
Colombia	5	1	0	4	193	267	-74

Classification rounds

9th - 12th places

	Classification round				Ninth place
	9 August 2018 - 11:00
	Colombia	61
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
	New Zealand	59
					Poland	44
	9 August 2018 - 10:30
					Colombia	39
	Poland	49
	Ireland	44
					Eleventh place
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
					New Zealand	51
					Ireland	40

5th - 8th places

	Classification round				Fifth place
	9 August 2018 - 13:30
	Canada	52
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
	Denmark	51
					France	52
	9 August 2018 - 13:00
					Canada	51
	France	54
	Sweden	42
					Seventh place
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
					Denmark	51
					Sweden	48

[2]

Medals round

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	9 August 2018 - 15:30
	Japan	51
					10 August 2018 - 16:00
	United States	46
					Japan	62
	9 August 2018 - 16:0
					Australia	61
	Australia	59
	Great Britain	57
					Bronze medal match
					10 August 2018 - 1:45
					United States	47
					Great Britain	36

[2]

All-Tournament Team

• 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
• 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
• 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
• 2.0 Joe Delagrave (USA)
• 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
• 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
• 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
• MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)

[3]

References

1. Smales, Clayton (10 August 2018). "Japan edge Australian Steelers in pulsating wheelchair rugby final". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. "Results". 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. "Sydney 2018: Day Six Review". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation website. Retrieved 13 August 2018.