World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
Tournament information
SportWheelchair rugby
Established1995
AdministratorWWR
Tournament statistics
Current champion Australia
(2nd title)
Most titles United States
(4 titles)

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

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

Results

Summaries

[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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
2022  Denmark (Vejle)
Australia
58–55
United States

Japan
61–57
Denmark

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4228
2 Australia2215
3 Canada1225
4 Japan1023
5 New Zealand0213
Totals (5 entries)88824

Participating nations

Team Switzerland
1995
Canada
1998
Sweden
2002
New Zealand
2006
Canada
2010
Denmark
2014
Australia
2018
Denmark
2022
Total
 Argentina12th1
 Australia5th5th3rd6th2nd1st2nd1st8
 Austria11th12th2
 Belgium8th4th8th7th12th5
 Brazil11th1
 Canada2nd3rd1st3rd5th2nd6th5th8
 Colombia10th9th2
 Denmark12th6th7th4th4
 Finland12th11th10th3
 France9th5th6th3
 Germany6th9th7th10th11th10th6
 Great Britain4th7th5th4th6th5th4th7th8
 Ireland12th1
 Japan8th5th3rd4th1st3rd6
 Netherlands7th9th10th10th4
 New Zealand3rd2nd6th2nd9th8th11th8th8
 Poland8th9th2
 Sweden6th4th7th9th4th7th8th7
  Switzerland8th10th11th11th12th5
 United States1st1st2nd1st1st3rd3rd2nd8
Number of teams 812121212 121212 20

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 Website. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  9. "Results". 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  10. "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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