European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
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The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| First season | 1970 (men) 1974 (women) |
| Continent | IWBF Europe (Europe) |
History
Summary
Men
| # | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 1 | 1970 Details |
 BEL(Bruges) |
Belgium |
– |  France |
 Great Britain |
– | |
| 2 | 1971 Details |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Great Britain |
– | France |
 Netherlands |
– | |
| 3 | 1974 Details |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Great Britain |
45–40 | Netherlands |
France |
– | |
| 4 | 1977 Details |
NED (Raalte) |
 Israel |
– | Netherlands |
France |
– | |
| 5 | 1978 Details |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Israel |
– | France |
Netherlands |
– | |
| 6 | 1981 Details |
 SUI(Geneva) |
Israel |
74–68 | France |
Netherlands |
– | |
| 7 | 1982 Details |
 SWE(Falun)[4][5] |
France |
63–58 | Israel |
Sweden |
– | |
| 8 | 1987 Details |
FRA (Lorient) |
France |
63–50 | Netherlands |
Belgium |
– | |
| 9 | 1989 Details |
FRA (Charleville-Mezières) |
France |
– | Netherlands |
 Germany |
– | |
| 10 | 1991 Details |
 ESP(Ferrol) |
France |
57–50 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
85–59 | Israel |
| 11 | 1993 Details |
GER (Berlin) |
Netherlands |
57–52 | Great Britain |
France |
61–42 | Germany |
| 12 | 1995 Details |
FRA (Paris) |
Great Britain |
55–54 | Spain |
Netherlands |
64–45 | France |
| 13 | 1997 Details |
ESP (Madrid) |
France |
46–44 | Great Britain |
 Finland |
59–53 | Spain |
| 14 | 1999 Details |
NED (Roermond) |
France |
57–40 | Germany |
Netherlands |
53–49 | Great Britain |
| 15 | 2001-2002 Details |
NED (Amsterdam) |
France |
67–56 | Netherlands |
Germany |
70–67 | Great Britain |
| 16 | 2003 Details |
 ITA(Sassari, Porto Torres) |
Italy |
60–47 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
74–64 | France |
| 17 | 2005 Details |
FRA (Paris)[6] |
Italy |
56–54 | Great Britain |
Sweden |
54–52 | Israel |
| 18 | 2007 Details |
GER (Wetzlar)[7] |
Sweden |
76–66 | Great Britain |
Germany |
69–56 | Israel |
| 19 | 2009 Details |
 TUR(Adana)[8] |
Italy |
64–52 | Turkey |
Great Britain |
73–65 |  Poland |
| 20 | 2011 Details |
ISR (Nazareth, Israel)[9] |
Great Britain |
76-65 | Germany |
Spain |
71–65 | Poland |
| 21 | 2013 Details |
GER (Frankfurt)[10] |
Great Britain |
59-57 | Turkey |
Spain |
65–56 | Sweden |
| 22 | 2015 Details |
GBR (Worcester) |
Great Britain |
87-66 | Turkey |
Germany |
74-56 | Netherlands |
| 23 | 2017 Details |
ESP (Tenerife) |
Turkey |
76-69 | Great Britain |
Germany |
61-56 | Netherlands |
| 24 | 2019 Details |
POL (Wałbrzych) |
Great Britain |
77-52 | Spain |
Turkey |
76-65 | Germany |
| 25 | 2021 Details |
ESP (Madrid)[11] |
Netherlands |
20-0 | Great Britain |
Germany |
0-0 | Italy |
| 26 | 2023 Details |
NED (Rotterdam) |
Great Britain |
74-53 | Spain |
Netherlands |
58-51 | Germany |
| 27 | 2025 Details |
 BIH (Sarajevo) |
Spain |
72-69 | Great Britain |
Germany |
79-60 | Italy |
Women
| # | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 1 | 1974 Details |
FRA (Kerpape) |
Germany |
35–20 | France |
 Yugoslavia |
– | |
| 2 | 1987 Details |
FRA (Lorient) |
Germany |
– | Israel |
Netherlands |
– | |
| 3 | 1989 Details |
FRA (Charleville-Mezières) |
Netherlands |
40–37 | Germany |
Israel |
– | |
| 4 | 1991 Details |
ESP (Ferrol) |
Germany |
49–48 | Netherlands |
France |
– | |
| 5 | 1993 Details |
GER (Berlin) |
Netherlands |
53–38 | Germany |
France |
38–32 | Israel |
| 6 | 1995 Details |
NED (Delden) |
Netherlands |
43–37 | Germany |
Great Britain |
32–33 | Israel |
| 7 | 1997 Details |
ESP (Madrid) |
Netherlands |
36–32 | Germany |
Great Britain |
48–12 | Israel |
| 8 | 1999 Details |
NED (Roermond)[12] |
Germany |
40–37 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
49–28 |  Russia |
| 9 | 2003 Details |
GER (Hamburg) |
Germany |
65–58 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
48–32 | France |
| 10 | 2005 Details |
FRA (Villeneuve d'Ascq) |
Germany |
66–39 | Netherlands |
France |
41–32 | Great Britain |
| 11 | 2007 Details |
GER (Wetzlar)[7] |
Germany |
61–35 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
56–29 | Spain |
| 12 | 2009 Details |
GBR (Stoke Mandeville) |
Germany |
82–45 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
53–41 | France |
| 13 | 2011 Details |
ISR (Nazareth)[13] |
Germany |
48–42 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
60–47 | France |
| 14 | 2013 Details |
GER (Frankfurt)[14] |
Netherlands |
57–56 | Germany |
Great Britain |
60–39 | France |
| 15 | 2015 Details |
GBR (Worcester) |
Germany |
72-62 | Netherlands |
Great Britain |
69-39 | France |
| 16 | 2017 Details |
ESP (Tenerife) |
Netherlands |
56-46 | Germany |
Great Britain |
68-37 | France |
| 17 | 2019 Details |
NED (Rotterdam)[15] |
Netherlands |
65-52 | Great Britain |
Germany |
53-38 | Spain |
| 18 | 2021 Details |
ESP (Madrid)[16] |
Netherlands |
20-0 | Great Britain |
Spain |
58-40 | Germany |
| 19 | 2023 Details |
NED (Rotterdam) |
Netherlands |
58-36 | Great Britain |
Spain |
49-48 | Germany |
| 20 | 2025 Details |
BIH (Sarajevo) |
Netherlands |
66-59 | Great Britain |
Spain |
66-55 | Germany |
Medals (1970-2025)
Men
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Turkey | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 11 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
Women
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | Germany | 10 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
Total
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 12 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 25 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 8 | 11 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Israel (ISR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 47 | 47 | 46 | 140 | |
Divisions
Division B
Men's Division B
| Year | Host | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1994 Details | Poland |
Finland | Italy |  Ireland |
| 1996 Details |  Slovenia |
Israel | Belgium | Slovenia |
| 1998 Details |  Portugal - Switzerland |
Slovenia | Switzerland |  Austria |
| 2000 Details | Spain -  Czech Republic - Poland |
Spain | Czech Republic | Poland |
| 2002 Details | Czech Republic |
Poland | Turkey | Slovenia |
| 2004 Details | Switzerland |
Turkey | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Russia |
| 2006 Details | Czech Republic |
Czech Republic | Turkey | Switzerland |
| 2008 Details | Switzerland |
Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Switzerland |
| 2010 Details | Czech Republic |
Netherlands | Switzerland | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2012 Details | Slovenia |
France | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Switzerland |
| 2014 Details | Czech Republic |
Czech Republic | Israel |  Lithuania |
| 2016 Details | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
France | Lithuania | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2018 Details | Belgium |
Russia | Austria | Lithuania |
| 2020 Details |  Greece |
Austria | Lithuania |  Latvia |
| 2022 Details | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Turkey | Latvia | Lithuania |
Women's Division B
Division C
Men's Division C
| Year | Host | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2003 Details | Greece |
Russia | Switzerland | Greece |
| 2005 Details | Portugal |
Belgium |  Croatia | Greece |
| 2007 Details | Ireland |
Portugal | Lithuania | Finland |
| 2009 Details | Latvia |
Croatia | Lithuania | Latvia |
| 2011 Details | Lithuania |
Lithuania |  Ukraine | Greece |
| 2013 Details | Austria |
Austria | Latvia | Ukraine |
| 2015 Details | Portugal |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Portugal | Finland |
| 2017 Details | Czech Republic |
Belgium | Czech Republic | Ireland |
| 2019 Details |  Bulgaria |
Greece |  Serbia | Portugal |
| 2022 Details | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Serbia | Portugal | Bulgaria |
Women's Division C
Up to 2022 Women's only 2 Division.
Youth
3on3 Basketball
From 2021.
Clubs
- European Clubs Wheelchair Basketball Championship (Mixed of Men and Women)[17][circular reference]
- Eurocup 1: IWBF Champions League - From 1975
- Eurocup 2: André Vergauwen Cup - From 1988
- Eurocup 3: Willi Brinkmann Cup - From 1997
- Eurocup 4: IWBF Challenge Cup - From 2009
Medals (1975-2022)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 24 | 22 | 19 | 65 |
| 2 | Germany | 22 | 17 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 17 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | Spain | 16 | 25 | 20 | 61 |
| 5 | France | 16 | 14 | 18 | 48 |
| 6 | Turkey | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 8 | Belgium | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 |
| 9 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Israel | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 119 | 121 | 119 | 359 | |
See also
- Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
- IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
- 2011 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
- 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
- 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
- IWBF Champions League
- André Vergauwen Cup
- Willi Brinkmann Cup
- IWBF Challenge Cup
- Kitakyushu Champions Cup
- Wheelchair basketball at the Asian Para Games
- Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship
- Arab Wheelchair Basketball Championship
- EuroLeague
- EuroLeague Women
- EuroBasket
- EuroBasket Women