European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
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| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Inaugural season | 1970 (men) 1974 (women) |
| Continent | IWBF Europe (Europe) |
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Great Britain vs. Germany, men's semifinal in 2007: Dirk Köhler-Lenz (Germany, #15) and Jon Pollock (Great Britain, #9).
The European Wheelchair Basketball Championship, is the main wheelchair basketball competition contested biennially by national teams governed by IWBF Europe, the European zone within the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. The European Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
The first European Championship for men was held in 1970.[1][2] The first European Championship for women was held in 1974.[1][3]
Summaries
Men
Women
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 History IWBF Europe, (.doc-file) IWBF Europe
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 History, ecmw.eu
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chronology of Events - In the Development of Wheelchair Basketball, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- ↑ The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball: a history, By Horst Strohkendl, Armand Thiboutot, Google Books
- ↑ Rullstolsbasketens historia (Swedish), Svenska Basketbollförbundet
- ↑ IWBF - Italians defend European crown, fiba.com, July 4, 2005
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Eurobasketball 2007, Official site of the 2007 IWBF European Championship
- ↑ TUR – Italy beat Turkey to win European gold in Wheelchair Basketball, fiba.com, October 16, 2009
- ↑ Results 2011, iwbf-europe.org, September, 2011
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 [1]
- ↑ World History of Wheelchair Basketball, Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA)
- ↑ 2011 IWBF European Championship
- ↑ 2013 IWBF European Championship
