2013 IWRF European Championship

2013 IWRF European Championship
Location	Antwerp, Belgium
Dates	10 - 17 August
Nations	12
Medalists
Sweden   Denmark   Great Britain
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2013 IWRF European Championship was the 9th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 10 August - 17 August. The championships was contested between Europe's twelve top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament was won by Sweden, their fourth title.^[1][2]

The finalists of the competition, Denmark and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2014 IWRF World Championships.

Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2013 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germany	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium	5	0	0	3	126	165	-39	0
Austria	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finland	5	0	0	3	126	165	-39	0

Day 1

12 August 2013

20:00

Austria	40 – 61	Belgium

Day 2

13 August 2013

11:30

Great Britain	59 – 39	Austria

13 August 2013

12:00

Germany	50 – 43	Czech Republic

13 August 2013

13:30

Finland	45 – 46	Belgium

13 August 2013

18:00

Great Britain	64 – 33	Czech Republic

13 August 2013

19:30

Germany	45 – 41	Finland

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	185	129	+56	9
Sweden	3	2	0	1	168	154	+14	6
France	3	1	0	2	149	181	-32	3
Italy	3	0	0	3	153	191	-38	0
Poland	3	0	0	3	153	191	-38	0
Switzerland	3	0	0	3	153	191	-38	0

Day 2

13 August 2013

9:30

Sweden	47 – 48	Denmark

13 August 2013

10:00

Italy	44 – 49	Poland

13 August 2013

15:30

France	53 – 59	Denmark

13 August 2013

16:00

Italy	40 – 63	Sweden

13 August 2013

17:30

Switzerland	39 – 38 (ot)	Poland

Day 3

14 August 2013

9:30

Sweden	36 – 33	Poland

14 August 2013

10:00

Denmark	51 – 37	Switzerland

17 September 2015

14:00

Ireland	44 – 67	Denmark

Pajulahti Sports Institute

17 September 2015

16:00

Finland	50 – 58	Germany

Classification

Bracket

	Classification round				Fifth place
	18 September 2015 - 12:00
	France	58
					19 September 2015 - 12:00
	Finland	38
					France	63
	18 September 2015 - 14:00
					Ireland	54
	Ireland	57
	Belgium	56
					Seventh place
					19 September 2015 - 10:00
					Finland	50
					Belgium	46

Medal round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Gold medal match
	18 September 2015 - 16:00
	Great Britain	53
					19 September 2015 - 16:00
	Germany	50
					Great Britain	49
	18 September 2015 - 18:00
					Sweden	48
	Denmark	57
	Sweden	58
					Bronze medal match
					19 September 2015 - 14:00
					Denmark	56
					Germany	48

References