IWRF European Championship
International wheelchair rugby event
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The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
| Formerly | IWAS European Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | IWRF European (Europe) |
| Most recent champion |  France (3) |
| Most titles |  Great Britain (7) |
Summaries
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 Details |
 Sweden(Gothenburg) |
Great Britain |
– | Sweden |
 Netherlands |
– |  Germany | ||
| 1997 Details |
Netherlands (Nijmegen) |
Sweden |
31–23 | Great Britain |
Germany |
42–31 | Netherlands | ||
| 1999 Details |
 Switzerland(Nottwil) |
Sweden |
– | Germany |
Great Britain |
– |  Switzerland | ||
| 2003 Details |
 Belgium(Lommel) |
Great Britain |
32–31 | Belgium |
Germany |
27–25 |  Denmark | ||
| 2005 Details |
 Denmark(Middelfart) |
Great Britain |
28–26 | Germany |
Sweden |
31–30 | Denmark | ||
| 2007 Details |
 Finland(Espoo) |
Great Britain |
28–26 | Germany |
Sweden |
31–30 | Belgium | ||
| 2009 Details |
Denmark (Hillerød) |
Belgium |
49–46 | Sweden |
Germany |
47–43 | Great Britain | ||
| 2011 Details |
Switzerland (Nottwil) |
Sweden |
49–42 | Great Britain |
Belgium |
52–51 | France | ||
| 2013 Details |
Belgium (Antwerp) |
Sweden |
49–48 | Denmark |
Great Britain |
56–43 | Germany | ||
| 2015 Details |
Finland (Nastola) |
Great Britain |
49-48 | Sweden |
Denmark |
56-48 | Germany | ||
| 2017 Details |
Germany (Koblenz) |
Great Britain |
49-41 | Sweden |
France |
53-48 | Denmark | ||
| 2019 Details |
Denmark (Vejle) |
Great Britain |
55-45 | Denmark |
France |
45-43 | Sweden | ||
| 2022 Details |
France (Paris) |
France |
44-43 | Great Britain |
Denmark |
58-52 | Germany | ||
| 2023 Details |
 Wales(Cardiff) |
France |
55-49 | Great Britain |
Denmark |
53-50 | Germany | ||
| 2025 Details |
Netherlands (Den Haag) |
France |
53-49 | Denmark |
Great Britain |
43-37 | Germany | ||
Championships per nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Germany | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Participation details
| Team | 1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2023 |
2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Belgium |
5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Czech Republic |
10th | 12th | – | – | 11th | 11th | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | |
| Denmark |
9th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | |
| Finland |
8th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | |
| France |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Germany |
4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Great Britain |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd |
 Ireland |
– | – | 11th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | |
 Israel |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | |
 Italy |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Netherlands |
3rd | 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 12th | – | – | – | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th |
 Norway |
– | 11th | 12th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Poland |
– | 10th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 9th | – | 5th | 8th | 8th | – | 8th | |
 Russia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | |
| Sweden |
2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 7th |
| Switzerland |
7th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 10th | 8th | – | – | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th |