2015 IWBF Men's European Championship

2015 IWBF Men's European Championship
Location	Worcester, England
Start date	28 August
End date	6 September
Competitors	12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
Great Britain    Turkey    Germany
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The 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 22nd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Worcester, Great Britain from 28 August to 6 September 2015. The tournament also took place during the women's European championship as well.

Twelve teams entered the tournament with the Czech Republic and Israel competing in the tournament after being promoted from Division B in 2014. The teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four teams from each group qualifying through to the knockout stage while the bottom two competed to stay off relegation. The remaining eight teams competed in a knockout format until the top two teams made the final.

In the gold medal match, Great Britain won the match 87-66 over Turkey. While in the bronze medal match, Germany defeated the Netherlands 74-56. The top four teams plus Spain all qualified through to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Squads

Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.

Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability^[1] The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+02:00)

Group A

Team̹̹	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Germany	5	5	0	404	269	+135	10
Poland	5	3	2	408	359	+49	8
Great Britain	5	3	2	370	320	+50	8
Spain	5	3	2	335	328	+7	8
France	5	1	4	294	381	-87	6
Czech Republic	5	0	5	236	400	-134	5

Group B

Team̹̹	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Turkey	5	5	0	329	262	+67	10
Italy	5	3	2	312	286	+26	8
Netherlands	5	3	2	316	260	+56	8
Israel	5	2	3	295	342	-47	7
Sweden	5	2	3	310	294	+16	7
Switzerland	5	0	5	255	373	-118	5

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	3 September 2015
	Germany	75
					4 September 2015
	Israel	54
					Germany	68
	3 September 2015
					Great Britain	77
	Great Britain	77
									6 September 2015
	Italy	48
									Great Britain	87
	3 September 2015
									Turkey	66
	Turkey	63
					4 September 2015
	Spain	54
					Turkey	69
	3 September 2015
					Netherlands	50			Third place
	Netherlands	63
									6 September 2015
	Poland	56
									Germany	74
									Netherlands	56

Final standings

References