Kitakyushu Champions Cup - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This tournament commemorates the 2002 Gold Cup World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Kitakyushu, which was the first to be held in Asia. 2011 tournament is the ninth to be held, demonstrating the vitality of our citizens and the united efforts of volunteers, and also promoting Kitakyushu City as a model barrier-free city.

This tournament is being held as the first-ever world club team championships.

2011 tournament is the ninth and is becoming increasingly well recognized. We have received a lot of positive comments from both within Japan and overseas. We are also very pleased that wheelchair basketball is now well known as a competitive sport, and that the tournament is an excellent example of a barrier-free activity between disabled and able-bodied people.

Years	Winner
2003	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... (1)
2004	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... (1)
2005	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... (2)
2006	Team Ontario (1)
2007	Perth Wheelcats (1)
2008	Galatasaray SK Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in 2.200-seat arena, called the Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall.-History:... (1)
2009	Galatasaray SK Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in 2.200-seat arena, called the Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall.-History:... (2)
2010	RSV Lahn-Dill RSV Lahn-Dill The RSV Lahn-Dill is an association for wheelchair basketball in Wetzlar. The Association was founded in 1983.... (1)
2011	Galatasaray SK Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team Galatasaray Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball section of Galatasaray SK, a major sports club in Istanbul, Turkey. Galatasaray play matches in 2.200-seat arena, called the Ahmet Cömert Sport Hall.-History:... (3)

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