Venue Rotterdam Ahoy Location Rotterdam , NetherlandsStart date 11 August End date 19 August Competitors 12 teams from 12 nations 2025 →
The 2023 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 26th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship . It took place from 11 to 19 August 2023 in Rotterdam , Netherlands .[1]
The tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships , a quadrennial multi-sport event that takes place each pre-Paralympic year.[2]
The finalists of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[3]
Format
The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament are divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.[4]
Each team has a squad of twelve players for the tournament. Players are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball , ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.[5]
Preliminary round
All times local (UTC+02:00 )
Group A
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
1
Netherlands
5
5
0
323
233
+90
10
Quarter-finals
2
Germany
5
3
2
350
243
+107
8
3
Spain
5
3
2
351
238
+113
8
4
Poland
5
3
2
367
349
+18
8
5
Switzerland
5
1
4
233
338
−105
6
Placement games
6
Latvia
5
0
5
187
410
−223
5
Source:
IWBF Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Poland
64–88
Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 17–23, 16–19, 15–24
Germany
64 –40
Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 12–10, 10–6, 20–9
Netherlands
70 –37
Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 14–5, 21–14, 18–9
Latvia
18–102
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 5–25, 2–28, 4–26, 7–23
Switzerland
62–71
Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–16, 21–16, 14–23
Netherlands
63 –31
Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 13–9, 22–6, 6–10
Poland
86 –84
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–24, 21–21, 19–24
Spain
86 –35
Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–6, 23–10, 19–9
Poland
85 –42
Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–7, 27–8, 13–14
Switzerland
31–84
Spain
Scoring by quarter: 0–23, 12–19, 4–23, 15–19
Germany
29–65
Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13
Latvia
55–67
Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–13, 14–19, 10–19
Netherlands
73 –61
Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–16, 15–20, 23–11
Spain
41–50
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–16, 14–13, 0–0
Group B
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Qualification
1
Great Britain
5
5
0
379
252
+127
10
Quarter-finals
2
Turkey
5
4
1
348
284
+64
9
3
Italy
5
3
2
333
276
+57
8
4
France
5
2
3
340
323
+17
7
5
Austria
5
1
4
265
398
−133
6
Placement games
6
Israel
5
0
5
241
373
−132
5
Source:
IWBF Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
France
77 –64
Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–15, 21–17, 20–16
Italy
62 –50
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–12, 13–7, 19–13
Turkey
67 –63
Italy
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–21, 14–17, 22–11
Austria
50–100
Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–34, 14–21, 10–24
Israel
44–86
France
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–20, 9–25, 9–23
Austria
55–83
Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 14–18, 14–14, 14–27
France
59–69
Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–20, 17–18, 15–14
Great Britain
84 –49
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–13, 23–17, 22–7
France
65–79
Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–13, 12–27, 19–16
Israel
55–66
Austria
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 7–14, 12–12, 16–28
Italy
56–70
Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–18, 16–20, 10–10
Austria
30–83
Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 12–17, 1–27, 4–16
Turkey
75 –43
Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–13, 16–12, 16–8
Great Britain
67 –53
France
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–12, 16–12, 13–11
Knockout stage
Championship bracket
Placement games
Ninth to twelfth place
Bracket
9th–12th placement games 9th place
16 August
Israel63
18 August
Switzerland45
Israel70
16 August
Austria63
Austria82
Latvia57
11th place
18 August
Switzerland66
Latvia46
Ninth to twelfth place games
Israel
63 –45
Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 18–16, 16–7, 17–11
Austria
82 –57
Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–14, 22–19, 20–13
Eleventh place game
Switzerland
66 –46
Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 16–10, 14–17, 12–9
Ninth place game
Israel
70 –63
Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–18, 12–17, 23–7
Fifth to eighth place
Bracket
5th–8th placement games 5th place
17 August
France76
19 August
Turkey 82
Turkey 66
17 August
Italy70
Poland59
Italy75
7th place
19 August
France80
Poland67
Fifth to eighth place games
Turkey
82 –76
France
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 20–22, 27–21
Poland
59–75
Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–28, 17–23, 9–4
Seventh place game
France
80 –67
Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 18–17, 26–20, 19–14
Fifth place game
Turkey
66–70
Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–21, 13–17, 16–18
Quarter-finals
Italy
63–69
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 11–18, 10–16
Spain
73 –66
Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 16–15, 21–21
Great Britain
94 –75
Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–25, 26–17, 23–18
France
60–63
Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–10, 11–19, 12–17
Semi-finals
Great Britain
63 –42
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–10, 16–8, 16–8
Third place game
Netherlands
58 –51
Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–9, 10–8, 13–19
Final
Final standings
See also
References
External links
Men's Women's
France 1974
France 1987
France 1989
Spain 1991
Germany 1993
Netherlands 1995
Spain 1997
Netherlands 1999
Germany 2003
France 2005
Germany 2007
United Kingdom 2009
Israel 2011
Germany 2013
United Kingdom 2015
Spain 2017
Netherlands 2019
Spain 2021
Netherlands 2023
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