# 2018 IWRF World Championship

The 2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international championship for wheelchair rugby. It was held in Sydney, Australia at the State Sports Centre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney Olympic Park from August 5 to August 10. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.
The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO. It was organised by Disability Sports Australia and the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation and was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

## Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2018 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 |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 333 | 219 | +114 |
| Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 265 | 227 | +38 |
| Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 259 | 269 | -9 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 244 | 275 | -31 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 231 | 273 | -42 |
| Ireland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 217 | 273 | -70 |

### Preliminary round
#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 192 | +68 |
| Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 182 | +73 |
| France | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 227 | +5 |
| Canada | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 251 | -17 |
| Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 191 | 246 | -55 |
| Colombia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 267 | -74 |

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

| Classification round | Classification round | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 9 August 2018 - 11:00 | 9 August 2018 - 11:00 |
| Colombia | 61 |
| Colombia | 61 | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 |
| New Zealand | 59 | Poland | 44 |
| 9 August 2018 - 10:30 | 9 August 2018 - 10:30 | | Poland | 44 |
| 9 August 2018 - 10:30 | 9 August 2018 - 10:30 | Colombia | 39 |
| Poland | 49 | Colombia | 39 |
| Ireland | 44 | | |
| Ireland | 44 | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| | | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 | 10 August 2018 - 9:30 |
| | | New Zealand | 51 |
| | | Ireland | 40 |

#### 5th–8th places

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 August 2018 - 13:30 | 9 August 2018 - 13:30 |
| Canada | 52 |
| Canada | 52 | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 |
| Denmark | 51 | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 |
| Denmark | 51 | France | 52 |
| 9 August 2018 - 13:00 | 9 August 2018 - 13:00 | | France | 52 |
| 9 August 2018 - 13:00 | 9 August 2018 - 13:00 | Canada | 51 |
| France | 54 | Canada | 51 |
| Sweden | 42 | | |
| Sweden | 42 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 | 10 August 2018 - 11:30 |
| | | Denmark | 51 |
| | | Sweden | 48 |

### Medals round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 9 August 2018 - 15:30 | 9 August 2018 - 15:30 |
| Japan | 51 |
| Japan | 51 | 10 August 2018 - 16:00 | 10 August 2018 - 16:00 |
| United States | 46 | 10 August 2018 - 16:00 | 10 August 2018 - 16:00 |
| United States | 46 | Japan | 62 |
| 9 August 2018 - 16:0 | 9 August 2018 - 16:0 | | Japan | 62 |
| 9 August 2018 - 16:0 | 9 August 2018 - 16:0 | Australia | 61 |
| Australia | 59 | Australia | 61 |
| Great Britain | 57 | | |
| Great Britain | 57 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 10 August 2018 - 1:45 | 10 August 2018 - 1:45 |
| | | United States | 47 |
| | | Great Britain | 36 |

## All-Tournament Team

* 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
* 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
* 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
* 2.0 Joe Delagrave (USA)
* 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
* 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
* 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
* MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)