2018 IWRF World Championship
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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Location | Sydney, Australia |
| Administrator | International Wheelchair Rugby Federation |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | |
| Runner-up | |
| 3rd place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 42 |
The 2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international championship for wheelchair rugby. It was held in Sydney, Australia at the State Sports Centre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney Olympic Park from August 5 to August 10. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.[1]
The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO. It was organised by Disability Sports Australia and the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation and was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.
Tournament
[edit | edit source]Twelve teams contested the 2018 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]| New Zealand | 36 - 66 | |
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| Japan | 56 - 37 | |
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| Denmark | 55 - 54 | |
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| New Zealand | 52 - 42 | |
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| Sweden | 54 - 52 | |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 333 | 219 | +114 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 265 | 227 | +38 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 259 | 269 | -9 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 244 | 275 | -31 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 231 | 273 | -42 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 217 | 273 | -70 |
Preliminary round
[edit | edit source]Group B
[edit | edit source]| Colombia | 32 - 58 | |
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| Poland Poland | 31 - 55 | |
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| United States | 47 - 41 | |
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| Great Britain | 55 - 43 | |
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| France | 39 - 54 | |
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| Great Britain | 57 - 20 | |
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| United States | 47 - 33 | Poland Poland |
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| Great Britain | 47 - 41 | |
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| United States | 54 - 47 | |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 192 | +68 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 182 | +73 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 232 | 227 | +5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 234 | 251 | -17 | |
| Poland Poland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 191 | 246 | -55 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 193 | 267 | -74 |
Classification rounds
[edit | edit source]9th–12th places
[edit | edit source]| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
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| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 44 | |||||
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| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | 49 | |||||
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| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 10 August 2018 - 9:30 | ||||||
| 51 | ||||||
| 40 | ||||||
5th–8th places
[edit | edit source]| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 9 August 2018 - 13:30 | ||||||
| 52 | ||||||
| 10 August 2018 - 11:30 | ||||||
| 51 | ||||||
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| 9 August 2018 - 13:00 | ||||||
| 51 | ||||||
| 54 | ||||||
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| Seventh place | ||||||
| 10 August 2018 - 11:30 | ||||||
| 51 | ||||||
| 48 | ||||||
Medals round
[edit | edit source]| Semifinals | Gold-medal match | |||||
| 9 August 2018 - 15:30 | ||||||
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| 10 August 2018 - 16:00 | ||||||
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| 9 August 2018 - 16:0 | ||||||
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| 59 | ||||||
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| Bronze-medal match | ||||||
| 10 August 2018 - 1:45 | ||||||
| 47 | ||||||
| 36 | ||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit | edit source]- 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
- 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
- 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
- 2.0 Joe Delagrave (USA)
- 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
- 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
- 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
- MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)[3]
References
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