2023 IWBF Men's European Championship

2023 IWBF Men's European Championship
VenueRotterdam Ahoy
LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
Start date11 August
End date19 August
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
gold medal  Great Britain
silver medal  Spain
bronze medal  Netherlands
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The 2023 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 26th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship. It took place from 11 to 19 August 2023 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

The tournament was part of the first edition of the European Para Championships, a quadrennial multi-sport event that takes place each pre-Paralympic year.[2] The finalists of this tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[3]

Format

The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament are divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advance to the knockout stage.[4]

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.[5]

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+02:00)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 323 233 +90 10 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 5 3 2 350 243 +107 8
3  Spain 5 3 2 351 238 +113 8
4  Poland 5 3 2 367 349 +18 8
5   Switzerland 5 1 4 233 338 −105 6 Placement games
6  Latvia 5 0 5 187 410 −223 5
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
11 August
12:30
Report
Poland  64–88  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 17–23, 16–19, 15–24
Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam
11 August
15:00
Report
Germany  64–40   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 12–10, 10–6, 20–9
Rotterdam Ahoy
Rotterdam
11 August
20:00
Report
Netherlands  70–37  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 14–5, 21–14, 18–9
12 August
9:00
Report
Latvia  18–102  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 5–25, 2–28, 4–26, 7–23
12 August
11:30
Report
Spain  52–58  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 6–14, 13–15, 11–17, 22–12
12 August
19:00
Report
Switzerland  62–71  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 10–16, 21–16, 14–23
13 August
12:30
Report
Netherlands  63–31   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 22–6, 13–9, 22–6, 6–10
13 August
15:00
Report
Poland  86–84  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 27–24, 21–21, 19–24
13 August
17:30
Report
Spain  86–35  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 21–6, 23–10, 19–9
14 August
9:00
Report
Poland  85–42  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 20–7, 27–8, 13–14
14 August
11:30
Report
Switzerland  31–84  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 0–23, 12–19, 4–23, 15–19
14 August
19:00
Report
Germany  29–65  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 6–21, 12–11, 9–13
15 August
12:30
Report
Latvia  55–67   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 13–13, 14–19, 10–19
15 August
15:00
Report
Netherlands  73–61  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–16, 15–20, 23–11
15 August
17:30
Report
Spain  41–50  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 10–16, 14–13, 0–0

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 5 0 379 252 +127 10 Quarter-finals
2  Turkey 5 4 1 348 284 +64 9
3  Italy 5 3 2 333 276 +57 8
4  France 5 2 3 340 323 +17 7
5  Austria 5 1 4 265 398 −133 6 Placement games
6  Israel 5 0 5 241 373 −132 5
Source: IWBF
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
11 August
11:30
Report
France  77–64  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 17–15, 21–17, 20–16
11 August
16:30
Report
Italy  62–50  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 20–12, 13–7, 19–13
11 August
19:00
Report
Great Britain  58–44  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 12–8, 18–17, 14–11
12 August
12:30
Report
Turkey  67–63  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 22–21, 14–17, 22–11
12 August
15:00
Report
Austria  50–100  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 14–34, 14–21, 10–24
12 August
20:00
Report
Israel  44–86  France
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–20, 9–25, 9–23
13 August
9:00
Report
Austria  55–83  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 14–18, 14–14, 14–27
13 August
16:30
Report
France  59–69  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 15–20, 17–18, 15–14
13 August
19:00
Report
Great Britain  84–49  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–13, 23–17, 22–7
14 August
10:00
Report
France  65–79  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–13, 12–27, 19–16
14 August
17:30
Report
Israel  55–66  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 7–14, 12–12, 16–28
 
14 August
20:00
Report
Italy  56–70  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–18, 16–20, 10–10
 
15 August
11:30
Report
Austria  30–83  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 12–17, 1–27, 4–16
 
15 August
16:30
Report
Turkey  75–43  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 19–13, 16–12, 16–8
 
15 August
19:00
Report
Great Britain  67–53  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–12, 16–12, 13–11
 

Knockout stage

Championship bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
 Netherlands63
 
17 August
 
 France60
 
 Netherlands57
 
16 August
 
 Spain76
 
 Turkey66
 
19 August
 
 Spain73
 
 Spain53
 
16 August
 
 Great Britain74
 
 Great Britain94
 
17 August
 
 Poland75
 
 Great Britain63
 
16 August
 
 Germany42 Third place
 
 Germany69
 
19 August
 
 Italy63
 
 Netherlands58
 
 
 Germany51
 

Placement games

Ninth to twelfth place

Bracket
 
9th–12th placement games9th place
 
      
 
16 August
 
 
 Israel63
 
18 August
 
  Switzerland45
 
 Israel70
 
16 August
 
 Austria63
 
 Austria82
 
 
 Latvia57
 
11th place
 
 
18 August
 
 
  Switzerland66
 
 
 Latvia46
Ninth to twelfth place games
16 August
9:00
Report
 Israel 63–45   Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 18–16, 16–7, 17–11
16 August
10:00
Report
 Austria 82–57  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–14, 22–19, 20–13
Eleventh place game
18 August
10:00
Report
  Switzerland 66–46  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 16–10, 14–17, 12–9
Ninth place game
18 August
12:30
Report
 Israel 70–63  Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–18, 12–17, 23–7

Fifth to eighth place

Bracket
 
5th–8th placement games5th place
 
      
 
17 August
 
 
 France76
 
19 August
 
 Turkey82
 
 Turkey66
 
17 August
 
 Italy70
 
 Poland59
 
 
 Italy75
 
7th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
 France80
 
 
 Poland67
Fifth to eighth place games
17 August
12:30
Report
 Turkey 82–76  France
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–14, 20–22, 27–21
17 August
15:00
Report
 Poland 59–75  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–28, 17–23, 9–4
Seventh place game
19 August
10:00
Report
 France 80–67  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 18–17, 26–20, 19–14
Fifth place game
19 August
12:30
Report
 Turkey 66–70  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–21, 13–17, 16–18

Quarter-finals

16 August
11:30
Report
 Italy 63–69  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 19–22, 11–18, 10–16
16 August
12:30
Report
 Spain 73–66  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 18–16, 16–15, 21–21
16 August
15:00
Report
 Great Britain 94–75  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 23–25, 26–17, 23–18
16 August
16:30
Report
 France 60–63  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–10, 11–19, 12–17

Semi-finals

17 August
17:30
Report
 Great Britain 63–42  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–10, 16–8, 16–8
17 August
20:00
Report
 Netherlands 57–76  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 17–19, 17–12, 11–28

Third place game

19 August
15:00
Report
 Netherlands 58–51  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 20–9, 10–8, 13–19

Final

19 August
17:30
Report
 Spain 53–74  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 12–23, 13–15, 6–18

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Great Britain
2  Spain
3  Netherlands
4  Germany
5  Italy
6  Turkey
7  France
8  Poland
9  Israel
10  Austria
11   Switzerland
12  Latvia

See also

References

  1. ^ "ECMWA2023 back to Rotterdam". iwbf-europe.org. 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ "European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam". europeanparachampionships.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). paralympic.org. May 2023. p. 3.
  4. ^ "2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
  5. ^ "Basics of Classification in wheelchair basketball". Retrieved 6 August 2023.

External links

  • "2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
  • "European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam – Time Table Wheelchair Basketball". europeanparachampionships.com.
  • European Para Championships 2023 Rotterdam
  • "European Championship for Men and Women – Division A (ECMWA 2023)". iwbf-europe.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF-Europe).
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