# 2021 IWBF Men's European Championship

The 2021 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 25th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship and will be held in Madrid, Netherlands from 4 to 12 December 2021.
The Dutch and British teams reached the final after winning their respective semi-final games. The Netherlands was declared winner of the tournament following the withdrawal of Great Britain after one of the team members tested positive for COVID-19. The third place game between Germany and Italy didn't take place as both teams withdrew over COVID-19 concerns. Both teams were placed in joint-fourth place in the final standings, and the bronze medal wasn't awarded.
Turkey left the tournament over COVID-19 concerns on the third day of the competition. All (group) games involving the Turkish team were considered forfeited, leaving Turkey in the 6th place in group B, finishing 12th in the final standings.
The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 World Championships in Dubai.

## Format

The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament were divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.
Each team had 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+01:00)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 387 | 241 | +146 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 363 | 288 | +75 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 349 | 320 | +29 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 344 | 286 | +58 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 256 | 326 | −70 | 6 | Placement games |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 171 | 409 | −238 | 5 | Placement games |
* 4 December 12:30
* Report
| Poland | 69–54 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 25–11, 18–11, 12–9 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 4 December 16:45
* Report
| Germany | 87–19 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 22–4, 31–5, 24–2 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 4 December 20:00
* Report
| Spain | 64–61 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 11–19, 17–10, 14–15 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 11:00
* Report
| Lithuania | 41–81 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 7–18, 11–26, 11–16 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 13:15
* Report
| Switzerland | 48–76 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 16–19, 11–25, 7–17 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 17:45
* Report
| France | 55–69 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 8–22, 15–13, 21–14 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 12:15
* Report
| Spain | 86–48 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 19–17, 20–19, 21–8 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 16:45
* Report
| Germany | 72–70 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 21–21, 19–18, 16–12 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 19:00
* Report
| France | 66–48 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 20–8, 17–12, 14–12 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 11:00
* Report
| Germany | 86–43 | Switzerland |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 28–17, 21–11, 20–9 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 13:15
* Report
| Lithuania | 34–92 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 11–23, 5–27, 9–21 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 17:45
* Report
| Poland | 58–83 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–10, 13–24, 12–23 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 10:00
* Report
| France | 70–71 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 17–21, 16–19, 16–11 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 16:45
* Report
| Spain | 54–73 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–28, 12–21, 8–13 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 19:00
* Report
| Switzerland | 63–29 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–8, 16–6, 12–5 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 352 | 182 | +170 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 289 | 180 | +109 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 259 | 219 | +40 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 173 | 316 | −143 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Israel | 5 | 1 | 4 | 211 | 287 | −76 | 6 | Placement games |
| 6 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | −100 | 0 | Placement games |
* 4 December 11:45
* Report
| Italy | 82–28 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 17–8, 27–4, 20–7 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 4 December 14:00
* Report
| Turkey | 0 [55]–20 [63] | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 15–16, 12–17, 16–14 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 4 December 16:15
* Report
| Great Britain | 103–46 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 32–10, 27–12, 29–6 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 12:15
* Report
| Austria | 20 [41]–0 [73] | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 11–23, 12–10, 8–15 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 14:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 45–69 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 6–16, 8–10, 21–22 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 5 December 19:00
* Report
| Israel | 48–64 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 7–12, 10–10, 18–23 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 11:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 63–41 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–4, 16–16 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 15:30
* Report
| Turkey | 0–20 | Italy |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 6 December 17:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 99–51 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–7, 19–23, 25–15, 36–6 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 10:00
* Report
| Turkey | 0–20 | Israel |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 16:45
* Report
| Austria | 17–79 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 4–21, 3–15, 4–18 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 7 December 19:00
* Report
| Italy | 40–61 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 2–15, 17–16, 8–10, 13–20 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 11:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 82–53 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 22–8, 19–12, 17–25 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 13:15
* Report
| Israel | 56–57 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 8–14, 18–13, 16–9 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 8 December 17:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 20–0 | Turkey |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 December | 9 December | | | |
| Germany | 98 | | | |
| Germany | 98 | 10 December | 10 December | | |
| Austria | 52 | 10 December | 10 December | |
| Austria | 52 | Germany | 56 | |
| 9 December | 9 December | | Germany | 56 | |
| 9 December | 9 December | Netherlands | 65 | |
| Netherlands | 62 | Netherlands | 65 | |
| Netherlands | 62 | | | | 12 December | 12 December |
| Poland | 58 | | | | 12 December | 12 December |
| Poland | 58 | | | | Netherlands | 20 |
| 9 December | 9 December | | | | | Netherlands | 20 |
| 9 December | 9 December | | | | Great Britain | 0 |
| Great Britain | 81 | | | | Great Britain | 0 |
| Great Britain | 81 | 10 December | 10 December | | | |
| France | 56 | 10 December | 10 December | | | |
| France | 56 | Great Britain | 65 | | | |
| 9 December | 9 December | | Great Britain | 65 | | | |
| 9 December | 9 December | Italy | 43 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 45 | Italy | 43 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 45 | | | | 12 December | 12 December |
| Italy | 62 | | | | 12 December | 12 December |
| Italy | 62 | | | | Germany | 0 |
| | | | | | Italy | 0 |

### Placement games
#### Eleventh place game

* 11 December 13:15
* [ Report]
| Turkey | 0–20 | Lithuania |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

#### Ninth place game

* 11 December 15:30
* Report
| Switzerland | 48–62 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 14–12, 18–11, 6–15 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

#### Seventh place game

* 11 December 10:00
* Report
| Austria | 49–71 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 17–18, 10–10, 12–19 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

#### Fifth place game

* 11 December 20:00
* Report
| Poland | 78–79 (OT) | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 12–16, 14–17, 15–18, Overtime: 14–15 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

### Quarter-finals

* 9 December 15:30
* Report
| Spain | 45–62 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 6–15, 6–14, 16–19 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 9 December 16:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 81–56 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–9, 23–20, 26–13 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 9 December 17:45
* Report
| Germany | 98–52 | Austria |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 25–19, 20–8, 26–11 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 9 December 19:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 62–58 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 12–13, 21–15, 16–15 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

### Semi-finals

* 10 December 14:30
* Report
| Germany | 58–65 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–16, 18–9, 6–25 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid
* 10 December 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 65–43 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 17–17, 15–10, 17–8 |||
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

### Third place game

* 12 December 16:00
* Report
| Germany | 0–0 | Italy |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

### Final

* 12 December 18:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 20–0 | Great Britain |
* Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa Madrid

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Great Britain |
| | Not awarded |
| 4 | Germany |
| 4 | Italy |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Poland |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | Austria |
| 9 | Israel |
| 10 | Switzerland |
| 11 | Lithuania |
| 12 | Turkey |