2018 IWRF World Championship

2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 5 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Quaycentre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney, Australia. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.[1]

The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO, it as organised by Disability Sports Australia and Internnationl Wheelchair Rugby Federation and it was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

Tournament

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.

Group A
New Zealand 36 - 66 Australia
Ireland 37 - 57 Japan
Sweden 54 - 57 Denmark
Japan 56 - 37 New Zealand
Denmark 56 - 47 Ireland
Australia 71- 38 Sweden
Denmark 55 - 54 New Zealand
Ireland 47 - 52 Sweden
Denmark 49 - 61 Australia
New Zealand 52 - 42 Ireland
Sweden 46 - 48 Japan
Australia 70 - 44 Ireland
Japan 52 - 42 Denmark
Sweden 54 - 52 New Zealand
Australia 65 - 52 Japan

[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Australia 5 5 0 0 333 219 +114
Japan 5 4 0 1 265 227 +38
Denmark 5 3 0 2 259 269 -9
Sweden 5 2 0 3 244 275 -31
New Zealand 5 1 0 4 231 273 -42
Ireland 5 0 0 5 217 273 -70

Group B
Canada 42 - 51 France
Colombia 32 - 58 United States
Poland 31 - 55 Great Britain
United States 47 - 41 Great Britain
Colombia 45 - 50 France
Poland 45 - 43 Canada
Colombia 50 - 43 Poland
Great Britain 55 - 43 Canada
France 39 - 54 United States
Great Britain 57 - 20 Colombia
France 51 - 39 Poland
United States 47 - 33 Poland
Canada 59 - 46 Colombia
Great Britain 47 - 41 France
United States 54 - 47 Canada

[2]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
United States 5 5 0 0 260 192 +68
Great Britain 5 4 0 1 255 182 +73
France 5 3 0 2 232 227 +5
Canada 5 1 0 4 234 251 -17
Poland 5 1 0 4 191 246 -55
Colombia 5 1 0 4 193 267 -74

9th - 12th places
 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 11:00
 
 
 Colombia 61
 
10 August 2018 - 9:30
 
 New Zealand 59
 
 Poland 44
 
9 August 2018 - 10:30
 
 Colombia 39
 
 Poland 49
 
 
 Ireland 44
 
Eleventh place
 
 
10 August 2018 - 9:30
 
 
 New Zealand 51
 
 
 Ireland 40

5th - 8th places
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 13:30
 
 
 Canada 52
 
10 August 2018 - 11:30
 
 Denmark 51
 
 France 52
 
9 August 2018 - 13:00
 
 Canada 51
 
 France 54
 
 
 Sweden 42
 
Seventh place
 
 
10 August 2018 - 11:30
 
 
 Denmark 51
 
 
 Sweden 48

[2]

Medals round
 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
9 August 2018 - 15:30
 
 
 Japan 51
 
10 August 2018 - 16:00
 
 United States 46
 
 Japan 62
 
9 August 2018 - 16:0
 
 Australia 61
 
 Australia 59
 
 
 Great Britain 57
 
Bronze medal match
 
 
10 August 2018 - 1:45
 
 
 United States 47
 
 
 Great Britain 36

[2]

All-Tournament Team
  • 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
  1. Smales, Clayton (10 August 2018). "Japan edge Australian Steelers in pulsating wheelchair rugby final". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. "Results". 2018 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  3. "Sydney 2018: Day Six Review". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation website. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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