IWRF European Championship
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The IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the European
wheelchair rugby
championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games
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The first European Championship was held in 1995.
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby, , is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is currently practiced in over twenty countries around the world and is a Paralympic sport....
championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
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The first European Championship was held in 1995.
Summaries
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 1995 Details |
 Sweden(Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... ) |
– | ? | – | |||
| 1997 Details |
 Netherlands(Nijmegen) |
31–23 | 42–31 | ||||
| 1999 Details |
 Switzerland(Nottwil Nottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.- History :Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Nottewile. In 1275 it was mentioned as Otewile.- Geography :... ) |
– | – | ||||
| 2003 Details |
 Belgium(Lommel Lommel Lommel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006 Lommel had a total population of 31,898. The total area is 102.37 km² which gives a population density of 312 inhabitants per km².-Lutlommel:... ) |
32–31 | 27–25 | ||||
| 2005 Details |
 Denmark(Middelfart Middelfart Middelfart is a town in central Denmark, with a population of 14,781 . The town is the municipal seat of Middelfart municipality on the island of Funen .-Overview:The Middelfart municipality has a population of 37,701 people as of 2011... ) |
28–26 | 31–30 | ||||
| 2007 Details |
 Finland(Espoo Espoo Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen.... ) |
28–26 | 31–30 | ||||
| 2009 Details |
Denmark (Hillerød Hillerød Hillerød Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden . The municipality covers an area of 191 km² , and has a total population of 46,568... ) |
49–46 | 47–43 | ||||
| 2011 Details |
Switzerland (Nottwil Nottwil Nottwil is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.- History :Nottwil is first mentioned around 1217-22 as Nottewile. In 1275 it was mentioned as Otewile.- Geography :... ) |
49–42 | 52–51 | ||||
Championships per nation
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Participation details (incomplete)
| Team | 1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
Total |
| 6th | 7th | 8th | 8th | 9th | 8th | 9th | ? | ||
| 5th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | ? | ||
| 10th | 12th | – | – | 11th | 11th | - | ? | ||
| 9th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 9th | 7th | 7 | ||
| 8th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 8th | ? | ||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | ? | ||
| 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 7 | |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 7 | |
| – | – | 11th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 11th | ? | ||
| 4th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 12th | ? | ||
| – | 11th | 12th | 11th | – | – | - | ? | ||
| – | 10th | 10th | 10th | 7th | 5th | 5th | ? | ||
| 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 7 | |
| 7th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 7th | 10th | ? |
See also
- Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
- IWRF Americas ChampionshipIWRF Americas ChampionshipThe IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone...
- IWRF Asia-Oceania ChampionshipIWRF Asia-Oceania ChampionshipThe IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...
- European Championships