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2022 IWBF World Championships
June 9 - June 20
2022 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships originally scheduled for 16 – 27 November 2022 have been postponed until 9 – 20 June 2023.
Hosts United Arab Emirates will welcome over 300 international wheelchair basketball players representing 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams to compete over twelve days of competition at the showcase event.
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About the World Championships
About the World Championships
The Emirates will host, for the first time, the World Championships from 9th – 20th June.
The World Championships is the showcase international competition for wheelchair basketball contested by the best men’s and women’s national teams from across the world. The event is held every four years with the previous Championships in 2018 taking place in Hamburg, Germany. https://iwbf.org/world-championships/
Qualification for the World Championships
The qualification tournaments for the 2022 World Championships took place in all four Zones:
- 2021 European Championships
- 2022 Africa World Championship Qualifiers
- 2022 Asia Oceania Championships
- 2022 Americas Cup
The Zonal spots for each competition were determined from the final standings of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Final qualification places for the 2022 World Championships.
| Zone | Men | Women |
| Africa | 1 | 1 |
| Americas | 4 | 3 |
| Asia Oceania* | 6 | 4 |
| Europe | 5 | 4 |
| 16 | 12 |
*including UAE as Host Nation in both Men and Women
Qualified Teams:
EUROPE
Women: Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands & Spain
Men: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and the Netherlands
AFRICA
Women: Algeria
Men: Egypt
ASIA OCEANIA
Women: Australia, Japan, Thailand*, China*
Men: Australia, Iran, Korea, Thailand, Iraq, United Arab Emirates
AMERICAS
Women: Canada, USA, Brazil
Men: USA, Argentina, Canada, Brazil
*China and Thailand replace their zonal counterpart Iran and United Arab Emirates in the women’s competition.
Groups
The groups for the 2022 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships were decided in a ceremony held at the Dubai Sports Council on Wednesday 8 February, 16 men’s and 12 women’s teams discovered who they would meet in the preliminary stages of the competition.
The confirmed groups are:
Women’s Competition
- Group A: Algeria, USA, Thailand, Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands
- Group B: Brazil, Canada, China, Australia, Spain, and Great Britain
Men’s Competition
- Group A: Australia, Italy, Brazil, and the United Arab Emirates
- Group B: Egypt, Germany, Canada, and Thailand
- Group C: Netherlands, Argentina, South Korea, and France
- Group D: USA, Great Britain, Iran, and Iraq
Venue
UPDATE AS OF 05/05/2023
The 2022 World Championships will take place in the Dubai World Trade Centre.
For over four decades, Dubai World Trade Centre has been the hub for business , trade and sports events.
Competition Schedule
9/6/2023 – 17:30 (GST) – Opening Ceremony
9/6/2023 – 14/6/2023 – Men’s Group Games & Women’s Group Games
15/6/2023 – Men’s Final 16 / Women’s Group Games
16/6/2023 – Men’s Quarter Finals / Women’s Group Games
17/6/2023 – Men’s Classification Games / Women’s Quarter Finals
18/6/2023 – Men’s and Women’s Semi-Finals / Women’s Classification & Placing Games
19/6/2023 – Placing Games (Men 5-12, Women 5-8)
20/6/2023 – Men’s and Women’s Medal Games (Gold and Bronze Games)
Women's Final Standings
- Netherlands
- China
- USA
- Germany
- Canada
- Australia
- Japan
- Spain
- Great Britain
- Brazil
- Thailand
- Algeria
Men's Final Standings
- USA
- Great Britain
- Iran
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Canada
- Australia
- Germany
- France
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Thailand
- Korea
- Egypt
- Iraq
- United Arab Emirates
Live Stream
All games will be available to watch via IWBF YouTube Channels.
Championship Ball
The Molten Basketball to be used at the event will remain the same as the one used at Tokyo 202o Paralympic Games and the qualification events the B7G4500 and B6G4500.
International Technical Officials
TOURNAMENT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Charlie Bethel (GBR) – Technical Director, Don Perriman (AUS) – Assistant Technical Director, Cristian Roja (ITA), Juan Reyes Magallanes (MEX), Craig Moorgas (RSA) & Dirk Cossaer (BEL)
Referees
Clara Baquero (ESP), Nurettin Bilmez (TUR), Hector Carmona (ESP), Cristian Colombatti (ARG), Jarrod Cresp (AUS), Erik Etzelmueller (GER), Maurico Gamez (CRC), Sebastian Gauthier (CAN), Darrell Hargreaves (USA), Shu-Fei Hsieh (TPE), Milutin Jelenic (SRB), Yekta Sansal Koc (TUR), Blaine Krapljanov (AUS), Damir Kunosic (BIH), Rocco La Macchia (USA), Alexandre Lapointe (CAN), Gustavo Mathias (BRA), Yoshiko Menda (JPN), Jafar Mohammad Pour (IRI), Shunsuke Nikaido (JPN), Natascha Onono (RSA), Krunoslav Peic (CRO), Matias Quintana (ARG), Linas Radykas (LTU), Carsten Rehling (GER), Veronica Restuccia (UAE), Geghard Tahmasian (IRI), Pedro Vasquez (CHI), Celine Villard (FRA), Fengqin Wang (CHN), Yap Poh Boon (MAS), Maurizio Zamponi (ITA).
Referee Supervisors
Matt Wells (AUS), Sergio Giordano (CAN), Edwin Wallaart (NED) Charles Saunders (RSA), Jorge Bestilleiro (ARG), Max Kindervater (GER)
Classifiers
Regina Costa (POR), Alberto Cairo (AFG), Beatriz Garcia Hernando (ESP), Lisa Chaffey (AUS), Anne Lachance (CAN), Gabriela Deda Erbenova (CZE), Kees van Breukelen (NED)
Game Commissioners
Ricardo De Souza (BRA), Taichi Nishimura (JPN), Ang Kean Koo (MAS), Chompoo Wachirasrisukanya (THA), Stefania Marson (ITA), Andrew Schoeman (RSA)