# Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship (World Championships from 1973 to 2002 (2006) known as Gold Cup) is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the sport's global governing body.
The first unofficial Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for men was held in 1973, with Bruges, Belgium being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by Great Britain, with a team that included Philip Craven, who would later become the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975.
The men's world championships has been won 7 times by the United States, twice each by Australia and Great Britain (one of which being the unofficial Championship in 1973), and once each by Israel, France and Canada. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first 6 women's world championships, Canada has won four world titles, and the United States two world titles.

## Winners

| Number | Year | Host | Men | Women |
| 1 | 1973* | Bruges (Belgium) | Great Britain | – |
| 2 | 1975 | Bruges (Belgium) | Israel | – |
| 3 | 1979 | Tampa (United States) | United States | – |
| 4 | 1983 | Halifax (Canada) | United States | – |
| 5 | 1986 | Melbourne (Australia) | United States | – |
| 6 | 1990 | Bruges (Belgium) | France | – |
| 6 | | Saint-Étienne (France) | – | United States |
| 7 | 1994 | Edmonton (Canada) | United States | – |
| 7 | | Stoke Mandeville (Great Britain) | – | Canada |
| 8 | 1998 | Sydney (Australia) | United States | Canada |
| 9 | 2002 | Kitakyushu (Japan) | United States | Canada |
| 10 | 2006 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) | Canada | Canada |
| 11 | 2010 | Birmingham (United Kingdom) | Australia | United States |
| 12 | 2014 | Incheon (South Korea) | Australia | – |
| 12 | | Toronto (Canada) | – | Canada |
| 13 | 2018 | Hamburg (Germany) | Great Britain | Netherlands |
| 14 | 2022 | Dubai (United Arab Emirates) | United States | Netherlands |
| 15 | 2026 | Ottawa (Canada) | | |
* Unofficial Championship

## Results
### Men

| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place |
| 1973* Details | | Belgium (Bruges) | Great Britain | 50–37 | France | Netherlands | – | Germany |
| 1975 Details | 28-31 July 16 Sept (Finals) | Belgium (Bruges) | Israel | 50–47 | United States | Great Britain | – | Netherlands |
| 1979 Details | 9-13 May | United States (Tampa) | United States | 60–49 | Netherlands | France | – | Israel |
| 1983 Details | 23-28 May | Canada (Halifax) | United States | 86–67 | France | Sweden | – | Israel |
| 1986 Details | 6-12 April | Australia (Melbourne) | United States | 61–40 | Canada | Netherlands | – | France |
| 1990 Details | 5-10 August | Belgium (Bruges) | France | 62–61 | United States | Canada | – | Netherlands |
| 1994 Details | 21-30 July | Canada (Edmonton) | United States | 67–53 | Great Britain | Canada | 72–62 | France |
| 1998 Details | 23-30 October | Australia (Sydney) | United States | 61–59 | Netherlands | Canada | 63–56 | Australia |
| 2002 Details | 23-31 August | Japan (Kitakyushu) | United States | 64–55 | Great Britain | Canada | 58–47 | Australia |
| 2006 Details | 6-15 July | Netherlands (Amsterdam) | Canada | 59–41 | United States | Australia | 80–53 | Netherlands |
| 2010 Details | 7-17 July | Great Britain (Birmingham) | Australia | 79–69 | France | United States | 71–42 | Italy |
| 2014 Details | 5-14 July | South Korea (Incheon) | Australia | 63–57 | United States | Turkey | 68–63 | Spain |
| 2018 Details | 16-26 August | Germany (Hamburg) | Great Britain | 79–62 | United States | Australia | 68–57 | Iran |
| 2022 Details | 9–20 June 2023 | United Arab Emirates (Dubai) | United States | 67–66 | Great Britain | Iran | 72–54 | Netherlands |
| 2026 Details | 9–19 September | Canada (Ottawa) | | | | | | |
* Unofficial Championship

### Women

| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| Year | Dates | Host (final location) | Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place |
| 1990 Details | 5-11 July | France (Saint-Étienne) | United States | 58–55 | Germany | Canada | – | Netherlands |
| 1994 Details | 6-13 August | Great Britain (Stoke Mandeville) | Canada | 45–34 | United States | Australia | 38–36 | Netherlands |
| 1998 Details | 26-30 Oct | Australia (Sydney) | Canada | 54–38 | United States | Australia | 40–35 | Japan |
| 2002 Details | 26-31 August | Japan (Kitakyushu) | Canada | 51–46 | United States | Australia | 43–39 | Japan |
| 2006 Details | 8-14 July | Netherlands (Amsterdam) | Canada | 58–50 | United States | Germany | 52–48 | Australia |
| 2010 Details | 7-16 July | Great Britain (Birmingham) | United States | 55–53 | Germany | Canada | 59–49 | Australia |
| 2014 Details | 20-28 July | Canada (Toronto) | Canada | 54–50 | Germany | Netherlands | 74–58 | United States |
| 2018 Details | 16-26 August | Germany (Hamburg) | Netherlands | 56–40 | Great Britain | Germany | 44–43 | China |
| 2022 Details | 9–20 June 2023 | United Arab Emirates (Dubai) | Netherlands | 57–34 | China | United States | 57–42 | Germany |
| 2026 Details | 9–19 September | Canada (Ottawa) | | | | | | |

## Medals
### Men (1973-2022)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Women (1990-2022)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |

## Nations
### Men

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th |
| 1973 | GBR | FRA | NED | GER | BEL | SWE | ESP | SUI | | | | | | | | |
| 1975 | ISR | USA | GBR | NED | SWE | ITA | CAN | GER | BEL | SUI | POL | | | | | |
| 1979 | USA | NED | FRA | ISR | CAN | SWE | ESP | GBR | BEL | | | | | | | |
| 1983 | USA | FRA | SWE | ISR | NED | CAN | GER | GBR | JPN | BEL | AUS | | | | | |
| 1986 | USA | CAN | NED | FRA | ISR | SWE | YUG | ITA | GER | AUS | GBR | | | | | |
| 1990 | FRA | USA | CAN | NED | AUS | GER | JPN | SWE | BEL | ITA | AUT | GBR | | | | |
| 1994 | USA | GBR | CAN | FRA | NED | AUS | ESP | SWE | GER | ARG | JPN | ISR | | | | |
| 1998 | USA | NED | CAN | AUS | GBR | ESP | FRA | FIN | JPN | MEX | KOR | EGY | | | | |
| 2002 | USA | GBR | CAN | AUS | GER | FRA | NED | JPN | ISR | BRA | KOR | RSA | | | | |
| 2006 | CAN | USA | AUS | NED | GBR | SWE | JPN | ITA | BRA | ISR | FRA | RSA | | | | |
| 2010 | AUS | FRA | USA | ITA | GBR | POL | CAN | TUR | MEX | JPN | KOR | ALG | | | | |
| 2014 | AUS | USA | TUR | ESP | ITA | KOR | GBR | IRI | JPN | COL | GER | ARG | SWE | MEX | NED | ALG |
| 2018 | GBR | USA | AUS | IRI | ESP | POL | ARG | TUR | JPN | NED | ITA | CAN | GER | KOR | BRA | MAR |
| 2022 | USA | GBR | IRI | NED | ITA | CAN | AUS | GER | FRA | BRA | ARG | THA | KOR | EGY | IRQ | UAE |

### Women

| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th |
| 1990 | USA | GER | CAN | NED | FRA | AUS | GBR | ESP | | | | |
| 1994 | CAN | USA | AUS | NED | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ISR | ESP | | |
| 1998 | CAN | USA | AUS | JPN | GER | NED | GBR | MEX | | | | |
| 2002 | CAN | USA | AUS | JPN | MEX | NED | GER | GBR | | | | |
| 2006 | CAN | USA | GER | AUS | NED | JPN | MEX | FRA | | | | |
| 2010 | USA | GER | CAN | AUS | NED | GBR | JPN | CHN | MEX | BRA | | |
| 2014 | CAN | GER | NED | USA | GBR | AUS | CHN | FRA | JPN | MEX | BRA | PER |
| 2018 | NED | GBR | GER | CHN | CAN | USA | ESP | FRA | AUS | BRA | ARG | ALG |
| 2022 | NED | CHN | USA | GER | CAN | AUS | JPN | ESP | GBR | BRA | THA | ALG |

## Events

* Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
* Wheelchair Eurobasket
* European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
* IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
* Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship
* IWBF Champions Cup
* André Vergauwen Cup
* Willi Brinkmann Cup
* IWBF Challenge Cup
* Kitakyushu Champions Cup
* Wheelchair Basketball Intercontinental Cup June 2023 in Turkey.
* NCC 2023 International Köln. Nations Cup Cologne 2023 Continental Cup
* 2023 Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - The Easter Tournament Wheelchair Basketball - fifteenth edition in 2023. Six teams - between 7-9 April in Belgium.
* May 3, 2023. TOKYO — Official 3×3 wheelchair basketball tournaments, the first of their kind in Japan, have been held since last autumn.
* 2023 Osaka Cup - from February 10-12, 2023, in Osaka, Japan.