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World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of World Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), the sport's global governing body.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Established | 1995 |
| Administrator | WWR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Current champion |  Australia(2nd title) |
| Most titles |  United States(4 titles) |
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]
Results
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Summaries
| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 |  Switzerland (Nottwil) |
 United States |
41–36 |  Canada |
 New Zealand |
41–28 |  Great Britain | ||
| 1998 |  Canada (Toronto) |
United States |
31–28 | New Zealand |
Canada |
44–35 |  Sweden | ||
| 2002 |  Sweden (Gothenburg) |
Canada |
25–24 | United States |
 Australia |
45–38 |  Belgium | ||
| 2006 |  New Zealand (Christchurch) |
United States |
34–30 | New Zealand |
Canada |
23–19 | Great Britain | ||
| 2010 | Canada (Vancouver) |
United States |
57–45 | Australia |
 Japan |
53–47 | Sweden | ||
| 2014 |  Denmark (Odense) |
Australia |
67–56 | Canada |
United States |
62–56 | Japan | ||
| 2018 | Australia (Sydney) |
Japan |
62–61 | Australia |
United States |
47–36 | Great Britain | ||
| 2022 | Denmark (Vejle) |
Australia |
58–55 | United States |
Japan |
61–57 |  Denmark | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
| Team | 1995 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Australia | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8 |
 Austria | – | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Belgium | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 12th | – | – | 5 |
 Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1 |
| Canada | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8 |
 Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 9th | 2 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | 12th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4 |
 Finland | – | 12th | – | – | 11th | 10th | – | – | 3 |
 France | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 6th | 3 |
 Germany | – | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | 6 |
 Great Britain | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 8 |
 Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 1 |
| Japan | – | – | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 6 |
 Netherlands | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 8 |
 Poland | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | 2 |
| Sweden | 6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | 7 |
| Switzerland | 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 12th | 5 |
| United States | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
See also
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