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World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

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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

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Summaries

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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

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

Participating nations

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Team Switzerland
1995 		Canada
1998 		Sweden
2002 		New Zealand
2006 		Canada
2010 		Denmark
2014 		Australia
2018 		Denmark
2022 		Total
 Argentina – – – – 12th – – – 1
 Australia 5th 5th 3rd 6th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 8
 Austria – 11th 12th – – – – – 2
 Belgium – 8th 4th 8th 7th 12th – – 5
 Brazil – – – – – – – 11th 1
 Canada 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 5th 2nd 6th 5th 8
 Colombia – – – – – – 10th 9th 2
 Denmark – – – 12th – 6th 7th 4th 4
 Finland – 12th – – 11th 10th – – 3
 France – – – – – 9th 5th 6th 3
 Germany – 6th 9th 7th 10th 11th – 10th 6
 Great Britain 4th 7th 5th 4th 6th 5th 4th 7th 8
 Ireland – – – – – – 12th – 1
 Japan – – 8th 5th 3rd 4th 1st 3rd 6
 Netherlands 7th 9th 10th 10th – – – – 4
 New Zealand 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 9th 8th 11th 8th 8
 Poland – – – – 8th – 9th – 2
 Sweden 6th 4th 7th 9th 4th 7th 8th – 7
  Switzerland 8th 10th 11th 11th – – – 12th 5
 United States 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 8
Number of teams 8 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 20

See also

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References

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  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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