IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship explained

Current Season:2024 Wheelchair Handball World Championship
Sport:Wheelchair handball
Founder:International Handball Federation
Inaugural:2022
Continent:International (IHF)

The IHF Wheelchair Handball World Championship is the official competition for senior national Wheelchair handball teams of the world.

History

In 2013 was already held a Wheelchair Handball World Championship organised by Brazil. But not officially recognized by the IHF. Brazil won all categories.[1]

Since 2015 there exists the European Wheelchair Handball Nations’ Tournament.

On 26 October 2019 the first Meeting of IHF Wheelchair Handball Working Group was held. They planned the first Wheelchair Handball World Championship for 2021 during the 2021 World Women's Handball Championship.[2]

During the IHF Council Meeting No. 6 on 27 and 28 February 2020 in Cairo the IHF announced that there will be the first Wheelchair Handball World Championship already in 2020. The IHF will add Wheelchair handball for the 2028 Summer Paralympics. But one of the requirement is that there were two world championships until 2022.[3] [4]

Tournaments

6×6

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"Finalwidth=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=5 style="background-color:#ffffff;"Teams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2020
Sweden
Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] [6]
2021
Spain
2022
Details

Portugal
18–1015–149

4×4

YearHostwidth=1% rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"Finalwidth=1% rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"3rd place matchwidth=1% rowspan=4 style="background-color:#ffffff;"Teams
width=14%Championswidth=9%Scorewidth=14%Runners-upwidth=14%3rd placewidth=9%Scorewidth=14%4th place
2022
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Egypt
2–12–06
2024
Details

Egypt
8

Statistics

Total hosts

HostsNations (Year(s))
2 Egypt (2022 4×4 & 2024 4×4)
1 Portugal (2022 6×6)

Literature

See also

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Handball Adaptado: Brasil campeón del mundial en todas las categorías. 30 September 2013. Mundo Handball. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200427153102/http://blog.mundohandball.com/2013/09/handball-adaptado-brasil-campeon-del.html. 27 April 2020. 27 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Minutes 1st Meeting of IHF Wheelchair Handball Working Group. Taborsky. Frantisek. 26 October 2019. International Handball Federation. Basel. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200427153730/https://www.ihf.info/sites/default/files/2020-01/Minutes_1st%20WH%20WG%20Meeting.pdf. 27 April 2020. 27 April 2020.
  3. Web site: Council Meeting No. 6. 27–28 February 2020. Norwegian Handball Federation. International Handball Federation. Cairo. 5.4. Wheelchair Handball Working Group; P. 17-19. PDF. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200427155235/https://www.handball.no/globalassets/nhf-sentralt/om-oss/organisasjon/protokoller/ehf-og-ihf/ihf-council/20200330ihf-minutes-council-27-2802.pdf. 27 April 2020. 27 April 2020.
  4. Web site: International Handball Federation announces hosts of upcoming World Championships. Pavitt. Michael. 3 March 2020. Inside the Games. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200428071049/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1091392/ihf-handball-world-championships-hosts. 28 April 2020. 28 April 2020.
  5. 17 October 2020 . History and current situation of wheelchair handball and 6 a side rules By IHF Wheelchair Handball . 23 October 2020 . International Handball Federation.
  6. Web site: 16 July 2021. Evolution of a discipline, of a sport: Wheelchair handball and the IHF. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210717125720/https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/evolution-discipline-sport-wheelchair-handball-and-ihf. 17 July 2021. 17 July 2021. International Handball Federation.