Wheelchair Basketball World Championship


The IWBF World Wheelchair Basketball Championship is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International [Wheelchair Basketball Federation], the sport's global governing body.
The first unofficial Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for men was held in 1973, with Bruges, Belgium being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by Great Britain, with a team that included Philip Craven, who would later become the President of the International Paralympic Committee. Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975.
The men's world championships has been won seven times by the United States men's national [wheelchair basketball team|United States], twice each by Australia men's national wheelchair [basketball team|Australia] and Great Britain, and once each by Israel, France and Canada. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first nine women's world championships, Canada has won five world titles, and the United States and the Netherlands two.

Winners

* Unofficial Championship

Results

Men

* Unofficial Championship

Events