World wheelchair basketball championship
The World Wheelchair Basketball Championship is an international wheelchair basketball competition in which the men's and women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the global sports federation, participate. The first world championship, still unofficial, was held in 1973 in Bruges, Belgium. The first official world championship was then held two years later, also in Bruges. Israel became world champion.
The Women's World Cup took place for the first time in 1990. Germany has won 3 silver and 2 bronze medals here.
World championship men
| year | host | World Championship men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | |||
| 1973 | Bruges ( Belgium ) |
 United Kingdom
|
 France
|
 Netherlands
|
|
| 1975 | Bruges ( Belgium ) |
 Israel
|
 United States
|
United Kingdom
|
|
| 1979 | Tampa ( USA ) |
United States
|
Netherlands
|
France
|
|
| 1983 | Halifax ( Canada ) |
United States
|
France
|
 Sweden
|
|
| 1986 | Melbourne ( Australia ) |
United States
|
 Canada
|
Netherlands
|
|
| 1990 | Bruges ( Belgium ) |
France
|
United States
|
Canada
|
|
| 1994 | Edmonton ( Canada ) |
United States
|
United Kingdom
|
Canada
|
|
| 1998 | Sydney ( Australia ) |
United States
|
Netherlands
|
Canada
|
|
| 2002 | Kitakyushu ( Japan ) |
United States
|
United Kingdom
|
Canada
|
|
| 2006 | Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) |
Canada
|
United States
|
 Australia
|
|
| 2010 | Birmingham ( United Kingdom ) |
Australia
|
France
|
United States
|
|
| 2014 | Incheon ( South Korea ) |
Australia
|
United States
|
 Turkey
|
|
| 2018 | Hamburg ( Germany ) |
United Kingdom
|
United States
|
Australia
|
|
| # | country | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
6th | 5 | 1 |
| 2 |
United Kingdom
|
2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |
Australia
|
2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4th |
France
|
1 | 3 | 1 |
| 5 |
Canada
|
1 | 1 | 4th |
| 6th |
Israel
|
1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7th |
Netherlands
|
0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8th |
Sweden
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Turkey
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
World Championship women
| year | host | World Championship women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | |||
| 1990 | Saint-Étienne ( France ) |
United States
|
 Germany
|
Canada
|
|
| 1994 | Stoke Mandeville ( United Kingdom ) |
Canada
|
United States
|
Australia
|
|
| 1998 | Sydney ( Australia ) |
Canada
|
United States
|
Australia
|
|
| 2002 | Kitakyushu ( Japan ) |
Canada
|
United States
|
Australia
|
|
| 2006 | Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) |
Canada
|
United States
|
Germany
|
|
| 2010 | Birmingham ( United Kingdom ) |
United States
|
Germany
|
Canada
|
|
| 2014 | Toronto ( Canada ) |
Canada
|
Germany
|
Netherlands
|
|
| 2018 | Hamburg ( Germany ) |
Netherlands
|
United Kingdom
|
Germany
|
|
| # | country | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Canada
|
5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
United States
|
2 | 4th | 0 |
| 3 |
Netherlands
|
1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4th |
Germany
|
0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 |
United Kingdom
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6th |
Australia
|
0 | 0 | 3 |