2014 IWRF World Championship
2014 IWRF World Championship was the 6th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 4 to August 10. The championships were contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Arena Fyn at Odense Congress Center in Odense, Denmark. The tournament was won by Australia, their first title.[1]
As winners, Australia took the first slot for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[2]
Tournament
[edit | edit source]Twelve teams contested the 2014 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Group A
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 314 | 246 | +68 | 15 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 310 | 259 | +51 | 12 | |
| United Kingdom Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 255 | 236 | +19 | 9 |
| Denmark Denmark | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 254 | 257 | -3 | 6 |
| Finland Finland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 287 | -77 | 3 |
| Belgium Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 224 | 282 | -58 | 0 |
| Great Britain United Kingdom | 46 – 55[4] | Australia Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain United Kingdom | 54 – 31[5] | Finland Finland |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 59 – 58[6] | United Kingdom Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain United Kingdom | 52 – 48[6] | Denmark Denmark |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium Belgium | 43 – 45[8] | United Kingdom Great Britain |
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Group B
[edit | edit source]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 308 | 199 | +109 | 15 |
| Japan Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 270 | 250 | +20 | 12 |
| Sweden Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 277 | -12 | 6 |
| New Zealand New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 243 | -13 | 6 |
| France France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 267 | -38 | 6 |
| Germany Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 193 | 263 | -70 | 0 |
| France France | 47 – 55[3] | New Zealand New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| United States United States | 62 – 41[4] | France France |
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| New Zealand New Zealand | 37 – 54[4] | United States United States |
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| Sweden Sweden | 48 – 65[5] | United States United States |
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| Japan Japan | 54 – 45[5] | New Zealand New Zealand |
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| New Zealand New Zealand | 49 – 55[6] | Sweden Sweden |
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| United States United States | 62 – 28[6] | Germany Germany |
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| United States United States | 65 – 45[7] | Japan Japan |
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| Germany Germany | 33 – 48[8] | New Zealand New Zealand |
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Classification rounds
[edit | edit source]9th–12th places
[edit | edit source]| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 10:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 48 | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 47 | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 59 | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 11:15 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | 48 | |||||
| File:Flag of France.svg France | 59 | |||||
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 45 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 9 August 2014 - 17:30 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 50 | |||||
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium | 36 | |||||
5th–8th places
[edit | edit source]| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 12:30 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 54 | |||||
| 10 August 2014 - 10:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 47 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 52 | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 13:45 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 48 | |||||
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain | 55 | |||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 45 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 10 August 2014 - 12:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 52 | |||||
| File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand | 50 | |||||
Medals round
[edit | edit source]| Semifinals | Gold-medal match | |||||
| 9 August 2014 - 15:00 | ||||||
| 59 | ||||||
| 10 August 2014 - 16:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 56 | |||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 67 | |||||
| 9 August 201 - 16:15 | ||||||
| 56 | ||||||
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 60 | |||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 49 | |||||
| Bronze-medal match | ||||||
| 10 August 2014 - 14:00 | ||||||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 62 | |||||
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 56 | |||||
References
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