World Wheelchair Rugby Championships Explained

Sport:Wheelchair rugby
Administrator:WWR
Established:1995
Stat1 Label:Current champion
Stat2 Label:Most titles
Stat1:
(2nd title)
Stat2:
(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

Summaries

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

YearHost (final location)width=1% rowspan=10 bgcolor=ffffffGold medal gamewidth=1% rowspan=10 bgcolor=ffffffBronze medal game
Goldwidth=8%ScoreSilverBronzewidth=8%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1995 Switzerland (Nottwil)41–3641–28
1998 Canada (Toronto)31–2844–35
2002 Sweden (Gothenburg)25–2445–38
2006 (Christchurch) 34–3023–19
2010 Canada (Vancouver)57–4553–47
2014 Denmark (Odense)67–5662–56
2018 Australia (Sydney)62–6147–36
2022 Denmark (Vejle)58–5561–57

Participating nations

Team
1995

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022
Total
12th 1
5th 5th 3rd 6th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st8
11th 12th 2
8th 4th 8th 7th 12th 5
11th 1
bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 5th bgcolor=silver2nd6th 5th 8
10th9th2
12th 6th7th 4th 4
12th 11th 10th3
9th5th6th3
6th 9th 7th 10th 11th10th6
4th 7th 5th 4th 6th 5th4th 7th8
12th 1
8th 5th 3rd 4th bgcolor=gold1st3rd 6
7th 9th 10th 10th 4
3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 6th bgcolor=silver2nd 9th 8th11th 8th8
8th 9th2
6th 4th 7th 9th 4th 7th 8th 7
8th 10th 11th 11th 12th 5
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 3rd3rd bgcolor=silver2nd 8
Number of teams 812121212 121212 20

See also

External links

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.2010wwrc.com/event-info/wheelchair-rugby-info Wheelchair rugby info
  2. http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-1995.html 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF)
  3. 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-2002-res.html 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
  5. http://www.cwsa.ca/wc-2006.html 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
  6. http://www.2010wwrc.com/news-results/results Results
  7. http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/australia-lose-world-championship-final Australia lose World Championship final
  8. Web site: Results. 2014 IWRF World Championship Website. 23 August 2014.
  9. Web site: Results . 2018 IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships website . 11 August 2018.
  10. Web site: 2022 WWR Wheelchair Rugby World Championship . Tournify . 17 October 2022 . https://archive.today/20221017190017/https://www.tournifyapp.com/live/wwrwrwc2022/schedule . 17 October 2022.