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European Wheelchair Basketball Championship

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IWBF European Championship
SportWheelchair basketball
Founded1970
First 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

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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

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[1][2][3]

Men

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# Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1 1970
Details
 BEL
(Bruges)

Belgium

France

Great Britain
2 1971
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Great Britain

France

Netherlands
3 1974
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Great Britain
45–40
Netherlands

France
4 1977
Details
 NED
(Raalte)

Israel

Netherlands

France
5 1978
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Israel

France

Netherlands
6 1981
Details
  SUI
(Geneva)

Israel
74–68
France

Netherlands
7 1982
Details
 SWE
(Falun)[4][5]

France
63–58
Israel

Sweden
8 1987
Details
 FRA
(Lorient)

France
63–50
Netherlands

Belgium
9 1989
Details
 FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)

France

Netherlands

Germany
10 1991
Details
 ESP
(Ferrol)

France
57–50
Netherlands

Great Britain
85–59
Israel
11 1993
Details
 GER
(Berlin)

Netherlands
57–52
Great Britain

France
61–42
Germany
12 1995
Details
 FRA
(Paris)

Great Britain
55–54
Spain

Netherlands
64–45
France
13 1997
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)

France
46–44
Great Britain

Finland
59–53
Spain
14 1999
Details
 NED
(Roermond)

France
57–40
Germany

Netherlands
53–49
Great Britain
15 2001-2002
Details
 NED
(Amsterdam)

France
67–56
Netherlands

Germany
70–67
Great Britain
16 2003
Details
 ITA
(Sassari, Porto Torres)

Italy
60–47
Netherlands

Great Britain
74–64
France
17 2005
Details
 FRA
(Paris)[6]

Italy
56–54
Great Britain

Sweden
54–52
Israel
18 2007
Details
 GER
(Wetzlar)[7]

Sweden
76–66
Great Britain

Germany
69–56
Israel
19 2009
Details
 TUR
(Adana)[8]

Italy
64–52
Turkey

Great Britain
73–65
Poland
20 2011
Details
 ISR
(Nazareth, Israel)[9]

Great Britain
76-65
Germany

Spain
71–65
Poland
21 2013
Details
 GER
(Frankfurt)[10]

Great Britain
59-57
Turkey

Spain
65–56
Sweden
22 2015
Details
 GBR
(Worcester)

Great Britain
87-66
Turkey

Germany
74-56
Netherlands
23 2017
Details
 ESP
(Tenerife)

Turkey
76-69
Great Britain

Germany
61-56
Netherlands
24 2019
Details
 POL
(Wałbrzych)

Great Britain
77-52
Spain

Turkey
76-65
Germany
25 2021
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)[11]

Netherlands
20-0
Great Britain

Germany
0-0
Italy
26 2023
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)

Great Britain

Spain

Netherlands

Germany
27 2025
Details

Women

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# Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1 1974
Details
 FRA
(Kerpape)

Germany
35–20
France

Yugoslavia
2 1987
Details
 FRA
(Lorient)

Germany

Israel

Netherlands
3 1989
Details
 FRA
(Charleville-Mezières)

Netherlands
40–37
Germany

Israel
4 1991
Details
 ESP
(Ferrol)

Germany
49–48
Netherlands

France
5 1993
Details
 GER
(Berlin)

Netherlands
53–38
Germany

France
38–32
Israel
6 1995
Details
 NED
(Delden)

Netherlands
43–37
Germany

Great Britain
32–33
Israel
7 1997
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)

Netherlands
36–32
Germany

Great Britain
48–12
Israel
8 1999
Details
 NED
(Roermond)[12]

Germany
40–37
Netherlands

Great Britain
49–28
Russia
9 2003
Details
 GER
(Hamburg)

Germany
65–58
Netherlands

Great Britain
48–32
France
10 2005
Details
 FRA
(Villeneuve d'Ascq)

Germany
66–39
Netherlands

France
41–32
Great Britain
11 2007
Details
 GER
(Wetzlar)[7]

Germany
61–35
Netherlands

Great Britain
56–29
Spain
12 2009
Details
 GBR
(Stoke Mandeville)

Germany
82–45
Netherlands

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

Germany
48–42
Netherlands

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

Netherlands
57–56
Germany

Great Britain
60–39
France
15 2015
Details
 GBR
(Worcester)

Germany
72-62
Netherlands

Great Britain
69-39
France
16 2017
Details
 ESP
(Tenerife)

Netherlands
56-46
Germany

Great Britain
68-37
France
17 2019
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)[15]

Netherlands
65-52
Great Britain

Germany
53-38
Spain
18 2021
Details
 ESP
(Madrid)[16]

Netherlands
20-0
Great Britain

Spain
58-40
Germany
19 2023
Details
 NED
(Rotterdam)

Netherlands
58-36
Great Britain

Spain
49-48
Germany
20 2025
Details

Medals (1970-2023)

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Men

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain86418
2 France74314
3 Israel3104
4 Italy3003
5 Netherlands27615
6 Turkey1315
7 Sweden1023
8 Belgium1012
9 Spain0325
10 Germany0268
11 Finland0011
Totals (11 entries)26262678

Women

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

Total

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)1115733
2 Germany (GER)108725
3 Great Britain (GBR)891431
4 France (FRA)75618
5 Israel (ISR)3216
6 Italy (ITA)3003
7 Turkey (TUR)1315
8 Sweden (SWE)1023
9 Belgium (BEL)1012
10 Spain (ESP)0347
11 Finland (FIN)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (12 entries)454545135

Divisions

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Division B

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Men's Division B

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Year Host Rank
1 2 3
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

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Year Host Rank
1 2 3
2016
Details
 Italy  Spain  Turkey  Italy
2018
Details
 Italy  Turkey  Sweden  Italy

Division C

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Men's Division C

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Year Host Rank
1 2 3
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

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Up to 2022 Women's only 2 Division.

Youth

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U22 Men's

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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

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

3on3 Basketball

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From 2021.

Clubs

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Medals (1975-2022)

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c History IWBF Europe Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, (.doc-file Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine) IWBF Europe
  2. ^ a b History Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, ecmw.eu
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b Eurobasketball 2007 Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, 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 Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today, 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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