World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Founded	1995
Country	IWRF members
Continent	IWRF (International)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (1st title)
Most titles	United States (4 titles)

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.^[1]

1 Results
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

Results

Summaries

^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host (final location)	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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	1	6
2	Canada	1	2	2	5
4	Australia	1	1	1	3
2	New Zealand	0	2	1	3
5	Japan	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Team	1995	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total
Argentina	–	–	–	–	12th	-	1
Australia	5th	5th	3rd	6th	2nd	1st	6
Austria	–	11th	12th	–	–	-	2
Belgium	–	8th	4th	8th	7th	12th	5
Canada	2nd	3rd	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	6
Denmark	–	–	–	12th	–	6th	2
Finland	–	12th	–	–	11th	10th	3
France	–	-	–	–	-	9th	1
Germany	–	6th	9th	7th	10th	11th	5
Great Britain	4th	7th	5th	4th	6th	5th	6
Japan	–	–	8th	5th	3rd	4th	4
Netherlands	7th	9th	10th	10th	–	-	4
New Zealand	3rd	2nd	6th	2nd	9th	8th	6
Poland	–	–	–	–	8th	-	1
Sweden	6th	4th	7th	9th	4th	7th	6
Switzerland	8th	10th	11th	11th	–	-	4
United States	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	6

References

^ Wheelchair rugby info, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
^ 1st Wheelchair Rugby World Championships (ISMWSF), Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
^ 1998 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
^ 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
^ 4th IWRF World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
^ Results, Official site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships
^ Australia lose World Championship final, Australian Paralympic Committee, September 27, 2010
^

External links

International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
Push 2010WWRC Commercial at the 2010WWRC's YouTube channel

International wheelchair rugby

IWRF Paralympics World Championship

Americas	IWRF Americas Americas Championship

Asia-Oceania	IWRF Asia-Oceania Asia-Oceania Championship

Europe	IWRF European European Championship

Categories

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World Wheelchair Rugby Championships