Wheelchair_Rugby_World_Championships
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.
Quick Facts Tournament information, Sport ...
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Established | 1995 |
| Administrator | WWR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Current champion |  Australia(2nd title) |
| Most titles |  United States(4 titles) |
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The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]
Summaries
More information Year, Host (final location) ...
| 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 | ||
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Medal table
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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Participating nations
More information Team, Total ...
| Team | 1995 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
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 |
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- Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
- 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
- "2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship". Tournify. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
- Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel