# 2023 IWBF Women's European Championship

The 2023 IWBF Women's European Championship was the 19th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. It took place from 11 to 18 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The wheelchair basketball tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships, a quadrennial multi-sport event that is to take place each pre-Paralympic year. The winner and runner-up of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.

## Format

The six teams that qualified for the tournament compete in a preliminary round to determine the top four teams that 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)

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 377 | 166 | +211 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 258 | 208 | +50 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 314 | 206 | +108 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 3 | 262 | 247 | +15 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 5 | France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 167 | 301 | −134 | 6 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Turkey | 5 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 358 | −250 | 5 | Fifth place game |
* 11 August 9:00
* Report
| Spain | 73–28 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–6, 17–11, 14–6, 21–5 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 10:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 43–48 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–11, 12–12, 8–7, 19–18 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 11 August 17:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 97–35 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 22–5, 31–14, 21–8 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 10:00
* Report
| Germany | 30–75 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–15, 8–21, 6–22, 10–17 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 16:30
* Report
| Turkey | 15–83 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 0–22, 3–23, 6–27, 6–11 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 12 August 17:30
* Report
| France | 27–52 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 0–0, 14–30, 5–18, 8–4 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 10:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 70–53 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 16–16, 21–10, 15–15 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 11:30
* Report
| Germany | 51–25 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–5, 16–4, 8–6, 12–10 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 13 August 20:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 76–12 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–2, 19–4, 24–0, 10–6 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 12:30
* Report
| Turkey | 20–72 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 2–22, 4–17, 12–19, 2–14 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 15:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 68–26 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 15–8, 21–4, 14–4 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 14 August 16:30
* Report
| Spain | 39–65 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 9:00
* Report
| Germany | 57–45 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 12–5, 18–9, 14–17 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 10:00
* Report
| France | 54–33 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 8–7, 23–10, 6–8 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 15 August 20:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 64–50 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 14–8, 19–16, 13–10 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

## Knock-out stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 August | 16 August |
| Netherlands | 64 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Spain | 31 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Spain | 31 | Netherlands | 58 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Netherlands | 58 |
| 16 August | 16 August | Great Britain | 36 |
| Germany | 32 | Great Britain | 36 |
| Great Britain | 55 | | |
| Great Britain | 55 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 August | 18 August |
| | | Germany | 48 |
| | | Spain | 49 |

### Semi-finals

* 16 August 17:30
* Report
| Spain | 31–64 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 4–16, 9–20, 10–15 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam
* 16 August 20:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 55–32 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 21–8, 13–5, 9–4 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Fifth place game

* 18 August 15:00
* Report
| Turkey | 23–57 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–18, 6–10, 7–15, 6–14 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Third place game

* 18 August 17:30
* Report
| Germany | 48–49 (OT) | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–12, 9–16, 12–5, 18–12, Overtime: 3–4 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

### Final

* 18 August 20:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 58–36 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–9, 15–6, 8–9, 22–12 |||
* Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Netherlands |
| 2 | Great Britain |
| 3 | Spain |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Turkey |