World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
Encyclopedia
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby
competition contested by the national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
(IWRF
), the sport's global governing body.
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.
Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby, , is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is currently practiced in over twenty countries around the world and is a Paralympic sport....
competition contested by the national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair rugby.The IWRF is a volunteer-run organization that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby....
(IWRF
International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation is the international governing body for the sport of wheelchair rugby.The IWRF is a volunteer-run organization that supervises the international competitions and development of wheelchair rugby....
), the sport's global governing body.
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.
Summaries
| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1995 1995 IWRF World Championship The 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships were held in Nottwil, Switzerland.-External links:*... |
 Switzerland (NottwilNottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.- History :Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Nottewile. In 1275 it was mentioned as Otewile.- Geography :... ) |
41–36 | 41–28 | ||||
| 1998 |  Canada (TorontoToronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... ) |
31–28 |
44–35 | ||||
| 2002 |  Sweden (GothenburgGothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... ) |
25–24 |
45–38 | ||||
| 2006 |  New Zealand (ChristchurchChristchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... ) |
34–30 | 23–19 | ||||
| 2010 | Canada (Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... ) |
57–45 | 53–47 | ||||
Medal table
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participating nations
| Team | 1995 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
Total |
| – | – | – | – | 12th | 1 | |
| 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 5 | |
| – | 11th | 12th | – | – | 2 | |
| – | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 4 | |
| 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 5 | |
| – | – | – | 12th | – | 1 | |
| – | 12th | – | – | 11th | 2 | |
| – | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 4 | |
| 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5 | |
| – | – | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 3 | |
| 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | 4 | |
| 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 5 | |
| – | – | – | – | 8th | 1 | |
| 6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 5 | |
| 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | 4 | |
| 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5 |
See also
- IWRF Americas ChampionshipIWRF Americas ChampionshipThe IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone...
- IWRF Asia-Oceania ChampionshipIWRF Asia-Oceania ChampionshipThe IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...
- IWRF European ChampionshipIWRF European ChampionshipThe IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...
External links
- International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
- Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel