BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - ECPv4.9.9//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://iwbf.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for IWBF - International Wheelchair Basketball Federation BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191127 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191209 DTSTAMP:20191006T011452 CREATED:20190228T162133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191001T134409Z UID:6902-1574812800-1575849599@iwbf.org SUMMARY:2019 Asia Oceania Championships DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThe 2019 Asia Oceania Championships will take place in Pattaya\, Thailand between the 27th November – 8th December 2019. \nThe championships\, which is being hosted by the Thailand Wheelchair Basketball Association\, will decide the countries from the Asia Oceania Zone that will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. \nThe opening ceremony and first game of the competition will take place on the 29th November with the finals taking place on Saturday 7th December. \nFifteen countries will be represented at the IWBF 2019 Asia Oceania Championships. Fourteen men’s teams and eight women’s teams will compete in the championships in a bid to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The Asia Oceania Zone has four spots available for the men and three spots available for the women at Tokyo 2020\, with one spot in each competition already allocated to Japan as host country. \nThe eight women’s teams competing will make up the biggest ever women’s competition that has happened at an Asia Oceania Championship. \n  \n \n \nTEAMS\nMen’s Competition\nDivision A \nAustralia\, Iran\, Japan\, Korea\, China\, Thailand \nDivision B \nAfghanistan\, Chinese Taipei\, India\, Indonesia\, Iraq\, Malaysia\, the Philippines\, Saudi Arabia \nWomen’s Competition\nDivision A \nAustralia\, China\, Japan \nDivision B \nAfghanistan\, Cambodia\, India\, Iran\, Thailand \n  \n \n \n \n Competition Format\n \nMen’s Competition\nIn the men’s competition the six top ranked teams – Australia\, Iran\, Japan\, Korea\, China\, and Thailand – will play in Division A\, which will be a single round robin to determine 1-6 in the ranking. The other eight teams – Afghanistan\, Chinese Taipei\, India\, Indonesia\, Iraq\, Malaysia\, the Philippines\, and Saudi Arabia – will be drawn into two pools of four in Division B and will also play in a single round robin to determine placing\, followed by crossovers\, semi-finals and then a final to determine which are the top two teams in Division B. \nOnce Division B has concluded\, the top two teams will become the 7th and 8th ranked teams in Division A to make up the quarter-final pairings. Teams 9 to 14 will play ranking games to decide lower placings. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nWomen’s Competition\nA similar format will be conducted in the women’s competition. The top three ranked teams in the region – Australia\, China\, and Japan – will play a double round robin in Division A to arrive at a 1-3 ranking for this tournament. \nThe five other women’s teams – Afghanistan\, Cambodia\, India\, Iran and Thailand – will play in a round robin in Division B. The winner of Division B will then join Division A to be the 4th ranked team to make up the semi-final pairings. Teams 5-8 will play ranking games to decide lower placings. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://iwbf.org/event/2019-asia-oceania-championships/ LOCATION:Eastern National Sports Centre\, 304 ซอย 1 Muang Pattaya\, Pattaya\, Chang Wat Chon Buri\, 20150\, Thailand CATEGORIES:Asia Oceania Zone ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iwbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2017-AOZ-Champs-Kuwait-M-v-Japan-M-e1551382784809.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="IWBF%20Asia%20Oceania":MAILTO:don.perriman@iwbf.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200228 DTSTAMP:20191006T011452 CREATED:20190918T110035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190918T110844Z UID:9257-1582588800-1582847999@iwbf.org SUMMARY:IWBF 3x3 Open World Championships 2020 DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The inaugural IWBF 3×3 Open World Championships will take place during the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games 2020 in Nakhon Ratchasima\, Thailand\, held between the 23rd to the 28th February. \nThe 3×3 wheelchair basketball competition\, which will be the first ever world competition in this discipline\, will occur over three days\, the 25th\, 26th and 27th February\, and have a men’s and women’s competition running simultaneously. \nThe Open World Championships will not have any qualification tournaments and is open to all IWBF’s member national teams who are interested in participating. \nRegistration will open on the 7th October. Details of the registration process will shortly be made available to all member federations\, for further information please contact Charlie Bethel – Charlie.bethel@iwbf.org \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://iwbf.org/event/iwbf-3x3-open-world-championships-2020/ LOCATION:Nakhon Ratchasima\, Thailand\, Nakhon Ratchasima\, Nakhon Ratchasima\, 30000\, Thailand CATEGORIES:3x3 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iwbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IWAS-Logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200825 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200907 DTSTAMP:20191006T011452 CREATED:20171129T111053Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180109T130413Z UID:3801-1598313600-1599436799@iwbf.org SUMMARY:Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games DESCRIPTION:The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 4\,400 athletes who will compete in 537 medal events the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced. \nThe wheelchair basketball competition will remain unchanged from Rio 2016\, including two medal events (1 men’s and 1 women’s) and 264 athlete slots (144 men and 120 women) \n URL:https://iwbf.org/event/tokyo-2020-summer-paralympic-games/ LOCATION:Tokyo\, Chang Wat Chon Buri\, Japan ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iwbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tokyo-2020-Logo-e1515504993181.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240828 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240909 DTSTAMP:20191006T011452 CREATED:20180206T093443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T093443Z UID:4459-1724803200-1725839999@iwbf.org SUMMARY:Paris 2024 Paralympic Games DESCRIPTION:The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will take place from 28 August to 8 September. \n URL:https://iwbf.org/event/paris-2024-paralympic-games/ LOCATION:Paris\, Paris\, Chang Wat Chon Buri\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://iwbf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Paris-2024-.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR