# 2023 IWBF Men's European Championship

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.
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. The finalists of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

## 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.
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.

## 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 351 | 238 | +113 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 367 | 349 | +18 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 233 | 338 | −105 | 6 | Placement games |
| 6 | Latvia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 410 | −223 | 5 | Placement games |
* 11 August 12:30
* Report
| Poland | 64–88 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 17–23, 16–19, 15–24 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 15:00
* Report
| Germany | 64–40 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 12–10, 10–6, 20–9 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 20:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 70–37 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 14–5, 21–14, 18–9 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 9:00
* Report
| Latvia | 18–102 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–25, 2–28, 4–26, 7–23 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 11:30
* Report
| Spain | 52–58 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 13–15, 11–17, 22–12 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 19:00
* Report
| Switzerland | 62–71 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–16, 21–16, 14–23 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 12:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 63–31 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 13–9, 22–6, 6–10 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 15:00
* Report
| Poland | 86–84 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–24, 21–21, 19–24 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 17:30
* Report
| Spain | 86–35 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–6, 23–10, 19–9 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 9:00
* Report
| Poland | 85–42 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–7, 27–8, 13–14 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 11:30
* Report
| Switzerland | 31–84 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 0–23, 12–19, 4–23, 15–19 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 19:00
* Report
| Germany | 29–65 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 12:30
* Report
| Latvia | 55–67 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–13, 14–19, 10–19 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 15:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 73–61 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–16, 15–20, 23–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 17:30
* Report
| Spain | 41–50 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–16, 14–13, 0–0 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### 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 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 333 | 276 | +57 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 340 | 323 | +17 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 265 | 398 | −133 | 6 | Placement games |
| 6 | Israel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 373 | −132 | 5 | Placement games |
* 11 August 11:30
* Report
| France | 77–64 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–15, 21–17, 20–16 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 16:30
* Report
| Italy | 62–50 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–12, 13–7, 19–13 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 58–44 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 12–8, 18–17, 14–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 12:30
* Report
| Turkey | 67–63 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–21, 14–17, 22–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 15:00
* Report
| Austria | 50–100 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–34, 14–21, 10–24 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 20:00
* Report
| Israel | 44–86 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–20, 9–25, 9–23 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 9:00
* Report
| Austria | 55–83 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 14–18, 14–14, 14–27 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 16:30
* Report
| France | 59–69 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–20, 17–18, 15–14 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 84–49 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–13, 23–17, 22–7 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 10:00
* Report
| France | 65–79 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–13, 12–27, 19–16 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 17:30
* Report
| Israel | 55–66 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 7–14, 12–12, 16–28 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 20:00
* Report
| Italy | 56–70 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–18, 16–20, 10–10 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 11:30
* Report
| Austria | 30–83 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 12–17, 1–27, 4–16 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 16:30
* Report
| Turkey | 75–43 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–13, 16–12, 16–8 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 67–53 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–12, 16–12, 13–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

## Knockout stage
### Championship bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Netherlands | 63 | | | |
| Netherlands | 63 | 17 August | 17 August | | |
| France | 60 | 17 August | 17 August | |
| France | 60 | Netherlands | 57 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Netherlands | 57 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Spain | 76 | |
| Turkey | 66 | Spain | 76 | |
| Turkey | 66 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Spain | 73 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Spain | 73 | | | | Spain | 53 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | Spain | 53 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | Great Britain | 74 |
| Great Britain | 94 | | | | Great Britain | 74 |
| Great Britain | 94 | 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Poland | 75 | 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Poland | 75 | Great Britain | 63 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Great Britain | 63 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Germany | 42 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 69 | Germany | 42 | | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 69 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Italy | 63 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Italy | 63 | | | | Netherlands | 58 |
| | | | | | Germany | 51 |

### Placement games
#### Ninth to twelfth place
##### Bracket

| 9th–12th placement games | 9th–12th placement games | 9th place | 9th place |
| 16 August | 16 August |
| Israel | 63 |
| Israel | 63 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Switzerland | 45 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Switzerland | 45 | Israel | 70 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Israel | 70 |
| 16 August | 16 August | Austria | 63 |
| Austria | 82 | Austria | 63 |
| Latvia | 57 | | |
| Latvia | 57 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 18 August | 18 August |
| | | Switzerland | 66 |
| | | Latvia | 46 |

##### Ninth to twelfth place games

* 16 August 9:00
* Report
| Israel | 63–45 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 18–16, 16–7, 17–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 16 August 10:00
* Report
| Austria | 82–57 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–14, 22–19, 20–13 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

##### Eleventh place game

* 18 August 10:00
* Report
| Switzerland | 66–46 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 16–10, 14–17, 12–9 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

##### Ninth place game

* 18 August 12:30
* Report
| Israel | 70–63 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–18, 12–17, 23–7 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

#### Fifth to eighth place
##### Bracket

| 5th–8th placement games | 5th–8th placement games | 5th place | 5th place |
| 17 August | 17 August |
| France | 76 |
| France | 76 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Turkey | 82 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Turkey | 82 | Turkey | 66 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Turkey | 66 |
| 17 August | 17 August | Italy | 70 |
| Poland | 59 | Italy | 70 |
| Italy | 75 | | |
| Italy | 75 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | France | 80 |
| | | Poland | 67 |

##### Fifth to eighth place games

* 17 August 12:30
* Report
| Turkey | 82–76 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 20–22, 27–21 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 17 August 15:00
* Report
| Poland | 59–75 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–28, 17–23, 9–4 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

##### Seventh place game

* 19 August 10:00
* Report
| France | 80–67 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 18–17, 26–20, 19–14 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

##### Fifth place game

* 19 August 12:30
* Report
| Turkey | 66–70 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–21, 13–17, 16–18 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Quarter-finals

* 16 August 11:30
* Report
| Italy | 63–69 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 11–18, 10–16 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 16 August 12:30
* Report
| Spain | 73–66 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 16–15, 21–21 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 16 August 15:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 94–75 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–25, 26–17, 23–18 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 16 August 16:30
* Report
| France | 60–63 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–10, 11–19, 12–17 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Semi-finals

* 17 August 17:30
* Report
| Great Britain | 63–42 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–10, 16–8, 16–8 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 17 August 20:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 57–76 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 17–19, 17–12, 11–28 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Third place game

* 19 August 15:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 58–51 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–9, 10–8, 13–19 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Final

* 19 August 17:30
* Report
| Spain | 53–74 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 12–23, 13–15, 6–18 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Great Britain |
| 2 | Spain |
| 3 | Netherlands |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Turkey |
| 7 | France |
| 8 | Poland |
| 9 | Israel |
| 10 | Austria |
| 11 | Switzerland |
| 12 | Latvia |