# 2014 IWRF World Championship

2014 IWRF World Championship was the 6th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 4 to August 10. The championships were contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Arena Fyn at Odense Congress Center in Odense, Denmark. The tournament was won by Australia, their first title.
As winners, Australia took the first slot for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.

## Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2014 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 246 | +68 | 15 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 310 | 259 | +51 | 12 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 255 | 236 | +19 | 9 |
| Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 254 | 257 | -3 | 6 |
| Finland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 287 | -77 | 3 |
| Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 224 | 282 | -58 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 199 | +109 | 15 |
| Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 270 | 250 | +20 | 12 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 277 | -12 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 243 | -13 | 6 |
| France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 267 | -38 | 6 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 263 | -70 | 0 |

### Classification rounds
#### 9th–12th places

| Classification round | Classification round | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 9 August 2014 - 10:00 | 9 August 2014 - 10:00 |
| Finland | 48 |
| Finland | 48 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 |
| Germany | 47 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 |
| Germany | 47 | France | 59 |
| 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | | France | 59 |
| 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | Finland | 48 |
| France | 59 | Finland | 48 |
| Belgium | 45 | | |
| Belgium | 45 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 9 August 2014 - 17:30 | 9 August 2014 - 17:30 |
| | | Germany | 50 |
| | | Belgium | 36 |

#### 5th–8th places

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 August 2014 - 12:30 | 9 August 2014 - 12:30 |
| Denmark | 54 |
| Denmark | 54 | 10 August 2014 - 10:00 | 10 August 2014 - 10:00 |
| Sweden | 47 | 10 August 2014 - 10:00 | 10 August 2014 - 10:00 |
| Sweden | 47 | Great Britain | 52 |
| 9 August 2014 - 13:45 | 9 August 2014 - 13:45 | | Great Britain | 52 |
| 9 August 2014 - 13:45 | 9 August 2014 - 13:45 | Denmark | 48 |
| Great Britain | 55 | Denmark | 48 |
| New Zealand | 45 | | |
| New Zealand | 45 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 August 2014 - 12:00 | 10 August 2014 - 12:00 |
| | | Sweden | 52 |
| | | New Zealand | 50 |

### Medals round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 9 August 2014 - 15:00 | 9 August 2014 - 15:00 |
| Canada | 59 |
| Canada | 59 | 10 August 2014 - 16:00 | 10 August 2014 - 16:00 |
| United States | 56 | 10 August 2014 - 16:00 | 10 August 2014 - 16:00 |
| United States | 56 | Australia | 67 |
| 9 August 201 - 16:15 | 9 August 201 - 16:15 | | Australia | 67 |
| 9 August 201 - 16:15 | 9 August 201 - 16:15 | Canada | 56 |
| Australia | 60 | Canada | 56 |
| Japan | 49 | | |
| Japan | 49 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 10 August 2014 - 14:00 | 10 August 2014 - 14:00 |
| | | United States | 62 |
| | | Japan | 56 |