# 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship

The 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 22nd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Worcester, Great Britain from 28 August to 6 September 2015. The tournament also took place during the women's European championship as well.
Twelve teams entered the tournament with the Czech Republic and Israel competing in the tournament after being promoted from Division B in 2014. The teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four teams from each group qualifying through to the knockout stage while the bottom two competed to stay off relegation. The remaining eight teams competed in a knockout format until the top two teams made the final.
In the gold medal match, Great Britain won the match 87-66 over Turkey. While in the bronze medal match, Germany defeated the Netherlands 74-56. The top four teams plus Spain all qualified through to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Squads

Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.
Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

## Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+02:00)

### Group A

| Team̹̹ | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 404 | 269 | +135 | 10 |
| Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 408 | 359 | +49 | 8 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 370 | 320 | +50 | 8 |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 335 | 328 | +7 | 8 |
| France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 294 | 381 | -87 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 5 | 236 | 400 | -134 | 5 |

### Group B

| Team̹̹ | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Turkey | 5 | 5 | 0 | 329 | 262 | +67 | 10 |
| Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 312 | 286 | +26 | 8 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 316 | 260 | +56 | 8 |
| Israel | 5 | 2 | 3 | 295 | 342 | -47 | 7 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 3 | 310 | 294 | +16 | 7 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 255 | 373 | -118 | 5 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | | | |
| Germany | 75 | | | |
| Germany | 75 | 4 September 2015 | 4 September 2015 | | |
| Israel | 54 | 4 September 2015 | 4 September 2015 | |
| Israel | 54 | Germany | 68 | |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | | Germany | 68 | |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | Great Britain | 77 | |
| Great Britain | 77 | Great Britain | 77 | |
| Great Britain | 77 | | | | 6 September 2015 | 6 September 2015 |
| Italy | 48 | | | | 6 September 2015 | 6 September 2015 |
| Italy | 48 | | | | Great Britain | 87 |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | | | | | Great Britain | 87 |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | | | | Turkey | 66 |
| Turkey | 63 | | | | Turkey | 66 |
| Turkey | 63 | 4 September 2015 | 4 September 2015 | | | |
| Spain | 54 | 4 September 2015 | 4 September 2015 | | | |
| Spain | 54 | Turkey | 69 | | | |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | | Turkey | 69 | | | |
| 3 September 2015 | 3 September 2015 | Netherlands | 50 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 63 | Netherlands | 50 | | Third place | Third place |
| Netherlands | 63 | | | | 6 September 2015 | 6 September 2015 |
| Poland | 56 | | | | 6 September 2015 | 6 September 2015 |
| Poland | 56 | | | | Germany | 74 |
| | | | | | Netherlands | 56 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Great Britain |
| 2 | Turkey |
| 3 | Germany |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Israel |
| 9 | Sweden |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | France |
| 12 | Czech Republic |
* 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship
* Great Britain 6th title