IWBF European Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1970
Inaugural season1970 (men)
1974 (women)
ContinentIWBF Europe (Europe)
Great Britain vs. Germany, men's semifinal in 2007: Dirk Köhler-Lenz (Germany, #15) and Jon Pollock (Great Britain, #9).

The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

Establish

The first European Championship for men was held in 1970.[1][2] The first European Championship for women was held in 1974.[1][3]

Summary

[1][2][3]

Men

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1970
Details
 BEL
(Bruges)

Belgium

France

Great Britain
1971
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Great Britain

France

Netherlands
1974
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Great Britain
45–40
Netherlands

France
1977
Details
 NED
(Raalte)

Israel

Netherlands

France
1978
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Israel

France

Netherlands
1981
Details
  SUI
(Geneva)

Israel
74–68
France

Netherlands
1982
Details
 SWE
(Falun)[4][5]

France
63–58
Israel

Sweden
1987
Details
 FRA
(Lorient)

France
63–50
Netherlands

Belgium
1989
Details
 FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)

France

Netherlands

Germany
1991
Details
 ESP
(Ferrol)

France
57–50
Netherlands

Great Britain
85–59
Israel
1993
Details
 GER
(Berlin)

Netherlands
57–52
Great Britain

France
61–42
Germany
1995
Details
 FRA
(Paris)

Great Britain
55–54
Spain

Netherlands
64–45
France
1997
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)

France
46–44
Great Britain

Finland
59–53
Spain
1999
Details
 NED
(Roermond)

France
57–40
Germany

Netherlands
53–49
Great Britain
2001-2002
Details
 NED
(Amsterdam)

France
67–56
Netherlands

Germany
70–67
Great Britain
2003
Details
 ITA
(Sassari, Porto Torres)

Italy
60–47
Netherlands

Great Britain
74–64
France
2005
Details
 FRA
(Paris)[6]

Italy
56–54
Great Britain

Sweden
54–52
Israel
2007
Details
 GER
(Wetzlar)[7]

Sweden
76–66
Great Britain

Germany
69–56
Israel
2009
Details
 TUR
(Adana)[8]

Italy
64–52
Turkey

Great Britain
73–65
Poland
2011
Details
 ISR
(Nazareth, Israel)[9]

Great Britain
76-65
Germany

Spain
71–65
Poland
2013
Details
 GER
(Frankfurt)[10]

Great Britain
59-57
Turkey

Spain
65–56
Sweden
2015
Details
 GBR
(Worcester)

Great Britain
87-66
Turkey

Germany
74-56
Netherlands
2017
Details
 ESP
(Tenerife)

Turkey
76-69
Great Britain

Germany
61-56
Netherlands
2019
Details
 POL
(Wałbrzych)

Great Britain
77-52
Spain

Turkey
76-65
Germany
2021
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)[11]

Netherlands
20-0
Great Britain

Germany
0-0
Italy
2023
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)

Women

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1974
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Germany
35–20
France

Yugoslavia
1987
Details
 FRA
(Lorient)

Germany

Israel

Netherlands
1989
Details
 FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)

Netherlands
40–37
Germany

Israel
1991
Details
 ESP
(Ferrol)

Germany
49–48
Netherlands

France
1993
Details
 GER
(Berlin)

Netherlands
53–38
Germany

France
38–32
Israel
1995
Details
 NED
(Delden)

Netherlands
43–37
Germany

Great Britain
32–33
Israel
1997
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)

Netherlands
36–32
Germany

Great Britain
48–12
Israel
1999
Details
 NED
(Roermond)[12]

Germany
40–37
Netherlands

Great Britain
49–28
Russia
2003
Details
 GER
(Hamburg)

Germany
65–58
Netherlands

Great Britain
48–32
France
2005
Details
 FRA
(Villeneuve d'Ascq)

Germany
66–39
Netherlands

France
41–32
Great Britain
2007
Details
 GER
(Wetzlar)[7]

Germany
61–35
Netherlands

Great Britain
56–29
Spain
2009
Details
 GBR
(Stoke Mandeville)

Germany
82–45
Netherlands

Great Britain
53–41
France
2011
Details
 ISR
(Nazareth)[13]

Germany
48–42
Netherlands

Great Britain
60–47
France
2013
Details
 GER
(Frankfurt)[14]

Netherlands
57–56
Germany

Great Britain
60–39
France
2015
Details
 GBR
(Worcester)

Germany
72-62
Netherlands

Great Britain
69-39
France
2017
Details
 ESP
(Tenerife)

Netherlands
56-46
Germany

Great Britain
68-37
France
2019
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)[15]

Netherlands
65-52
Great Britain

Germany
53-38
Spain
2021
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)[16]

Netherlands
20-0
Great Britain

Spain
58-40
Germany
2023
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)

Netherlands
58-36
Great Britain

Spain
49-48
Germany
2025
Details

Medals (1970-2021)

Men's

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain76417
2 France74314
3 Israel3104
4 Italy3003
5 Netherlands27514
6 Turkey1315
7 Sweden1023
8 Belgium1012
9 Germany0268
10 Spain0224
11 Finland0011
Totals (11 entries)25252575

Women's

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany106117
2 Netherlands98118
3 Great Britain031013
4 France0134
5 Israel0112
6 Spain0022
7 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (7 entries)19191957

Divisions

Division B

Men's Division B

Year Host Rank
123
1994
Details
 Poland  Finland Italy Ireland
1996
Details
 Slovenia  Israel Belgium Slovenia
1998
Details
 Portugal -   Switzerland  Slovenia  Switzerland Austria
2000
Details
 Spain -  Czech Republic -  Poland  Spain Czech Republic Poland
2002
Details
 Czech Republic  Poland Turkey Slovenia
2004
Details
  Switzerland  Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina Russia
2006
Details
 Czech Republic  Czech Republic Turkey  Switzerland
2008
Details
  Switzerland  Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina  Switzerland
2010
Details
 Czech Republic  Netherlands  Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina
2012
Details
 Slovenia  France Bosnia and Herzegovina  Switzerland
2014
Details
 Czech Republic  Czech Republic Israel Lithuania
2016
Details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  France Lithuania Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018
Details
 Belgium  Russia Austria Lithuania
2020
Details
 Greece  Austria Lithuania Latvia
2022
Details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Turkey Latvia Lithuania

Women's Division B

Year Host Rank
123
2016
Details
 Italy  Spain Turkey Italy
2018
Details
 Italy  Turkey Sweden Italy

Division C

Men's Division C

Year Host Rank
123
2003
Details
 Greece  Russia  Switzerland Greece
2005
Details
 Portugal  Belgium Croatia Greece
2007
Details
 Ireland  Portugal Lithuania Finland
2009
Details
 Latvia  Croatia Lithuania Latvia
2011
Details
 Lithuania  Lithuania Ukraine Greece
2013
Details
 Austria  Austria Latvia Ukraine
2015
Details
 Portugal  Bosnia and Herzegovina Portugal Finland
2017
Details
 Czech Republic  Belgium Czech Republic Ireland
2019
Details
 Bulgaria  Greece Serbia Portugal
2022
Details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina  Serbia Portugal Bulgaria

Women's Division C

Up to 2022 Women's only 2 Division.

Youth

U22 Men's

https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/19930/schedule

https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2021-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr113767.html

https://www.the-sports.org/basketball-2018-men-s-u-22-european-wheelchair-championships-epr90674.html

U24 Women's

https://hosted.wh.geniussports.com/IWBF/en/competition/20840/schedule

3on3 Basketball

From 2021.

Clubs

Medals (1975-2022)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy24221965
2 Germany22172059
3 Netherlands1715638
4 Spain16252061
5 France16141848
6 Turkey107825
7 Great Britain810927
8 Belgium35715
9 Sweden2035
10  Switzerland1012
11 Israel0459
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina0213
13 Austria0011
 Russia0011
Totals (14 entries)119121119359

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu
  3. 1 2 Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
  4. The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
  5. Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
  6. IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
  7. 1 2 Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
  8. TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
  9. Results 2011, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
  10. "Home". ecmw.eu.
  11. "2021 European Championship for Men, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
  12. World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
  13. 2011 IWBF European Championship
  14. "2013 IWBF European Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
  15. "2019 European Championship For Woömen, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  16. "2021 European Championship for Women, Division A". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  17. fr:Coupe d'Europe des clubs de basket-ball en fauteuil roulant#Nombre de médailles par nations
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