World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF), the sport's global governing body.

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
SportWheelchair rugby
Founded1995
CountryIWRF members
ContinentIWRF (International)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Japan (1st title)
Most titles United States (4 titles)

The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]

Results

Summaries

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] [9]

Year Host (final location) Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1995   Switzerland (Nottwil)
United States		 41–36
Canada
New Zealand		 41–28
Great Britain
1998  Canada (Toronto)
United States		 31–28
New Zealand
Canada		 44–35
Sweden
2002  Sweden (Gothenburg)
Canada		 25–24
United States
Australia		 45–38
Belgium
2006  New Zealand (Christchurch)
United States		 34–30
New Zealand
Canada		 23–19
Great Britain
2010  Canada (Vancouver)
United States		 57–45
Australia
Japan		 53–47
Sweden
2014  Denmark (Odense)
Australia		 67-56
Canada
United States		 62-56
Japan
2018  Australia (Sydney)
Japan		 62-61
Australia
United States		 47-36
Great Britain

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4127
2 Canada1225
3 Australia1214
4 Japan1012
5 New Zealand0213
Totals (5 nations)77721

Participating nations
Team
1995
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018		 Total
 Argentina––––12th--1
 Australia5th5th3rd6th2nd1st2nd7
 Austria–11th12th––--2
 Belgium–8th4th8th7th12th-5
 Canada2nd3rd1st3rd5th2nd6th7
 Colombia––––––10th1
 Denmark–––12th–6th7th3
 Finland–12th––11th10th–3
 France–-––-9th5th2
 Germany–6th9th7th10th11th–5
 Great Britain4th7th5th4th6th5th4th7
 Ireland––––––12th1
 Japan––8th5th3rd4th1st5
 Netherlands7th9th10th10th–--4
 New Zealand3rd2nd6th2nd9th8th11th7
 Poland––––8th-9th2
 Sweden6th4th7th9th4th7th8th7
  Switzerland8th10th11th11th–--4
 United States1st1st2nd1st1st3rd3rd7
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See also

References
  1. Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
  2. 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  3. 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
  4. 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  5. 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
  6. Results, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
  7. Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
  8. "Results". 2014 IWRF World Championship Wewbsite. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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