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competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the

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being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by

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, with a team that included

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(IPC). Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975. The men's world championships has been won 7 times by the

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and

(one of which being the unofficial Championship in 1973), and once each by

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. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first 6 women's world championships,

has won four world titles, and the

two world titles.

Winners

* Unofficial Championship

Results

Men

* Unofficial Championship

Women

Medals

Men (1973-2022)

Women (1990-2022)

Nations

Men

Women

Events

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* Wheelchair Eurobasket *

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IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship The IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and women's under-23 national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation ( IWBF), th ...

* Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship *

IWBF Champions Cup The IWBF Champions League, formerly IWBF Champions Cup, is the top European competition in wheelchair basketball clubs in mens. Events Since 2009, the European club competitions work as this: *Tier 1: IWBF Champions League *Tier 2: EuroCup 1 ...

André Vergauwen Cup The EuroCup 1, formerly called the André Vergauwen Cup, is the second level European wheelchair basketball competition for clubs held by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Results Performances Titles by club Titles by ...

Willi Brinkmann Cup The EuroCup 2, formerly called the Willi Brinkmann Cup, is the third level European wheelchair basketball competition for clubs held by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWB ...

IWBF Challenge Cup The EuroCup 3, formerly called the IWBF Challenge Cup, is the fourth level European wheelchair basketball competition of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the in ...

Kitakyushu Champions Cup The Kitakyushu Champions Cup commemorates the 2002 Gold Cup World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Kitakyushu, which was the first to be held in Asia. 2011 tournament is the ninth to be held, demonstrating the vitality of our citizens and ...

* Wheelchair Basketball Intercontinental Cup June 2023 in Turkey. * NCC 2023 International Köln. Nations Cup Cologne 2023 Continental Cup * 2023 Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - The Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - fifteenth edition in 2023. Six teams - between 7-9 April in Belgium. * May 3, 2023. TOKYO — Official 3×3 wheelchair basketball tournaments, the first of their kind in Japan, have been held since last autumn. * 2023 Osaka Cup - from February 10-12, 2023, in Osaka, Japan.

References

External links

World Championships Results

(IWBF) * https://www.paralympic.org/wheelchair-basketball * https://web.archive.org/web/20230620220629/https://iwbf.org/world-championships-past-results/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20230621152104/https://iwbf.org/category/iwbfnews/paralympic-games/ * https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/about/our-history/ * https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/the-sport/history-of-the-sport/
Official site of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2010
British Wheelchair Basketball (archived)
Canada to host 2 Wheelchair World Championships
basketball.ca, October 23, 2009
Chronology of Events in the Development of Wheelchair Basketball

(IWBF)
Korea awarded 2014 Men's World Champiohship

(IWBF), April 9, 2010 *World Championship Wheelchair Basketball - Gold Cup 2006, at the Wayback Machine
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
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Wheelchair basketball competitions between national teams Recurring sporting events established in 1973