2017 IWBF Men's European Championship

2017 IWBF Men's European Championship
LocationTenerife, Spain
Start date21 June
End date30 June
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal  Turkey
silver medal  Great Britain
bronze medal  Germany
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The 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 23rd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Tenerife, Spain from 21 June to 30 June 2017.

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
 Netherlands 5 4 1 302 260 +42 9
 Spain 5 4 1 321 279 +42 9
 Poland 5 3 2 331 308 +23 8
 Italy 5 2 3 296 305 -9 7
 France 5 2 3 305 305 0 7
  Switzerland 5 0 5 279 377 -98 5
21 June
20:45
report
Spain  73–54   Switzerland
22 June
13:15
report
Netherlands  58–61  Poland
22 June
20:00
report
Italy  59–57  France
23 June
11:00
report
Switzerland  64–79  Italy
23 June
13:15
report
Poland  59–70  Spain
23 June
18:45
report
France  54–57  Netherlands
24 June
12:15
report
Spain  64–54  France
24 June
17:45
report
Netherlands  52–50  Italy
24 June
20:00
report
Poland  76–59   Switzerland
25 June
11:00
report
Netherlands  75–41   Switzerland
25 June
13:15
report
France  66–64  Poland
25 June
18:45
report
Italy  52–60  Spain
26 June
12:15
report
Poland  71–55  Italy
26 June
15:30
report
Spain  54–60  Netherlands
26 June
17:45
report
Switzerland  61–74  France

Group B

[2]

Team̹̹ Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Turkey 5 5 0 396 253 +143 10
 Great Britain 5 4 1 414 260 +154 9
 Germany 5 3 2 310 310 0 8
 Israel 5 2 3 266 368 -102 7
 Sweden 5 1 4 298 356 -58 6
 Lithuania 5 0 5 261 398 -137 5
22 June
14:15
report
Great Britain  79–56  Sweden
22 June
16:30
report
Germany  63–41  Lithuania
22 June
18:45
report
Turkey  90–37  Israel
23 June
11:00
report
Lithuania  53–77  Turkey
23 June
15:30
report
Israel  43–86  Great Britain
23 June
20:00
report
Sweden  58–79  Germany
24 June
11:00
report
Israel  66–53  Sweden
24 June
16:30
report
Turkey  87–45  Germany
24 June
18:45
report
Great Britain  120–52  Lithuania
25 June
10:00
report
Turkey  71–58  Sweden
25 June
17:45
report
Lithuania  54–65  Israel
25 June
20:00
report
Germany  38–69  Great Britain
26 June
11:00
report
Israel  55–85  Germany
26 June
13:15
report
Sweden  73–61  Lithuania
26 June
16:30
report
Great Britain  60–71  Turkey

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 June 2017
 
 
 Netherlands 63
 
28 June 2017
 
 Israel 49
 
 Netherlands 55
 
27 June 2017
 
 Great Britain 72
 
 Poland 69
 
30 June 2017
 
 Great Britain 96
 
 Great Britain 69
 
27 June 2017
 
 Turkey 76
 
 Turkey 66
 
28 June 2017
 
 Italy 63
 
 Turkey 68
 
27 June 2017
 
 Germany 64 Third place
 
 Germany 70
 
30 June 2017
 
 Spain 63
 
 Netherlands 56
 
 
 Germany 61
 

5-8

 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
28 June 2017
 
 
 Italy 42
 
29 June 2017
 
 Spain 62
 
 Spain 85
 
28 June 2017
 
 Poland 70
 
 Poland 89
 
 
 Israel 72
 
Seventh place
 
 
29 June 2017
 
 
 Italy 59
 
 
 Israel 53

9-12

 
9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
      
 
27 June 2017
 
 
 Lithuania 62
 
29 June 2017
 
 France 68
 
 France 79
 
27 June 2017
 
  Switzerland 73
 
  Switzerland 61
 
 
 Sweden 56
 
Eleventh place
 
 
29 June 2017
 
 
 Lithuania 82
 
 
 Sweden 77

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Turkey
2  Great Britain
3  Germany
4  Netherlands
5  Spain
6  Poland
7  Italy
8  Israel
9  France
10   Switzerland
11  Lithuania
12  Sweden
 2017 IWBF Men's European Championship 

Turkey
1st title

All Star Team

Nation Name Shirt # Class
 Poland Marcin Balcerowski 12 1.0
 Germany Thomas Böhme 13 3.0
 Turkey Özgür Gürbulak 5 4.0
 Great Britain Abdi Jama 10 1.0
 Italy Ahmed Raourahi 14 1.5

References

  1. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball - Australian Paralympic Committee". Paralympic.org.au. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
  2. ^ "Standings". IWBF Europe.org. 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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