World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
{{Short description|International wheelchair rugby event}}
{{Infobox tournament
| name =
| image =
| caption =
| sport = Wheelchair rugby
| administrator = WWR
| established = 1995 | defunct =
| stat1_label = Current champion
| stat2_label = Most titles
| stat1 = {{whr|AUS}}
(2nd title)
| stat2 = {{whr|USA}}
(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.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100223210003/http://www.2010wwrc.com/event-info/wheelchair-rugby-info Wheelchair rugby info]}}, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
Results
=Summaries=
[http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-1995.html 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF)], Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), [https://web.archive.org/web/20070208034116/http://www.cwsa.ca/1998wrwc.html Archive copy] at the Wayback Machine[http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-2002-res.html 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships], Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)[http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-2006.html 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships], Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA){{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120717113024/http://www.2010wwrc.com/news-results/results Results]}}, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships[http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-lose-world-championship-final Australia lose World Championship final], Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010{{cite web|title=Results|url=http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/|website=2014 IWRF World Championship Website|access-date=23 August 2014}}{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.2018wrwc.com/results/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810112906/https://www.2018wrwc.com/results/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 10, 2018 |website=2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website |access-date=11 August 2018}}{{cite web |title=2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship |url=https://www.tournifyapp.com/live/wwrwrwc2022/schedule |website=Tournify |access-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221017190017/https://www.tournifyapp.com/live/wwrwrwc2022/schedule |archive-date=17 October 2022}}
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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !rowspan=2 width=10%|Host (final location) !width=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Gold medal game !width=1% rowspan=12 bgcolor=ffffff| !colspan=3|Bronze medal game |
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|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" width=200 |Gold !width=8%|Score |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" width=200 |Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="CC9966" width=200 |Bronze !width=8%|Score !width=15%|Fourth place |
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|1995 |{{flag|Switzerland}} (Nottwil) |{{whr-big|United States}} |41–36 |{{whr-big|Canada}} |{{whr-big|New Zealand}} |41–28 |{{whr-big|Great Britain}} |
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|1998 |{{flag|Canada}} (Toronto) |{{whr-big|United States}} |31–28 |{{whr-big|New Zealand}} |{{whr-big|Canada}} |44–35 |{{whr-big|Sweden}} |
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|2002 |{{flag|Sweden}} (Gothenburg) |{{whr-big|Canada}} |25–24 |{{whr-big|United States}} |{{whr-big|Australia}} |45–38 |{{whr-big|Belgium}} |
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|2006 |{{nowrap|{{flag|New Zealand}}}} (Christchurch) |{{whr-big|United States}} |34–30 |{{whr-big|New Zealand}} |{{whr-big|Canada}} |23–19 |{{whr-big|Great Britain}} |
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|2010 |{{flag|Canada}} (Vancouver) | {{whr-big|United States}} |57–45 | {{whr-big|Australia}} |{{whr-big|Japan}} |53–47 |{{whr-big|Sweden}} |
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|2014 |{{flag|Denmark}} (Odense) |{{whr-big|Australia}} |67–56 |{{whr-big|Canada}} |{{whr-big|United States}} |62–56 |{{whr-big|Japan}} |
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|2018 |{{flag|Australia}} (Sydney) |{{whr-big|Japan}} |62–61 |{{whr-big|Australia}} |{{whr-big|United States}} |47–36 |{{whr-big|Great Britain}} |
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|2022 |{{flag|Denmark}} (Vejle) |{{whr-big|Australia}} |58–55 |{{whr-big|United States}} |{{whr-big|Japan}} |61–57 |{{whr-big|Denmark}} |
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|2026 |{{flag|Brazil}} (São Paulo) | | | | | | |
=Medal table=
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = whr
| event =
| team =
| gold_USA = 4 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 2
| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 2 | bronze_CAN = 2
| gold_AUS = 2 | silver_AUS = 2 | bronze_AUS = 1
| gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 2 | bronze_NZL = 1
| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 0 | bronze_JPN = 2
}}
=Participating nations=
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| Team
! {{flagicon|Switzerland}} ! {{flagicon|Canada}} ! {{flagicon|Sweden}} ! {{flagicon|New Zealand}} ! {{flagicon|Canada}} ! {{flagicon|Denmark}} ! {{flagicon|AUS}} ! {{flagicon|Denmark}} ! Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left|{{whr|Argentina}} | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left|{{whr|Australia}} | 5th | 5th | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 6th | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | bgcolor=gold| 1st | 8 |
| align=left|{{whr|Austria}} | – | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| align=left|{{whr|Belgium}} | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 12th | – | – | 5 |
| align=left|{{whr|Brazil}} | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1 |
| align=left|{{whr|Canada}} | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 5th | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8 |
| align=left|{{whr|Colombia}} | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 9th | 2 |
| align=left|{{whr|Denmark}} | – | – | – | 12th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4 |
| align=left|{{whr|Finland}} | – | 12th | – | – | 11th | 10th | – | – | 3 |
| align=left|{{whr|France}} | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 6th | 3 |
| align=left|{{whr|Germany}} | – | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | 6 |
| align=left|{{whr|Great Britain}} | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 8 |
| align=left|{{whr|Ireland}} | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 1 |
| align=left|{{whr|Japan}} | – | – | 8th | 5th | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 4th | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 6 |
| align=left|{{whr|Netherlands}} | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| align=left|{{whr|New Zealand}} | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | 6th | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | 9th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 8 |
| align=left|{{whr|Poland}} | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | 2 |
| align=left|{{whr|Sweden}} | 6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | 7 |
| align=left|{{whr|Switzerland}} | 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 12th | 5 |
| align=left|{{whr|United States}} | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=gold| 1st | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | bgcolor=silver| 2nd | 8 |
| Number of teams
! 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12
! 12 | 12 | 12
! 20 |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.iwrf.com/ International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0PEYfd1H9g Push 2010WWRC Commercial] at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel
{{International wheelchair rugby}}
{{Main world championships}}