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August 2019
Lima 2019 Parapan American Games
Lima 2019 will be held between 23 August-1 September and will feature a record 1,850 athletes who will compete in 17 sports, two more than Toronto 2015, overtaking the latter as the biggest Parapan American Games ever. The 17 sports that will make up the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games sport programme are: athletics, badminton, boccia, cycling, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. Archery has been removed from the sports programme, whilst badminton, shooting and taekwondo all feature for the first time in the Games. The wheelchair…
Find out more »2019 Men’s European Championships Division A
window.spw_YEI1INJ0BNHCY2A2O7SBC84MYH09XD = {};(function(a,b,c,d,e,f){e=b.createElement('script');f=b.getElementsByTagName('script');e.async=1;e.src=c+'/?'+d;f.parentNode.insertBefore(e,f)})(window,document,'https://widget.wh.geniussports.com/widget/','YEI1INJ0BNHCY2A2O7SBC84MYH09XD');The top twelve men’s teams in Europe will compete in Wałbrzych, Poland from 28th August to the 9th September 2019 in a bid to secure one of the four spots available in the wheelchair basketball competition at the Paralympic Games. The championships, which is being hosted by the Polish Basketball Federation, also acts as Europe’s qualification tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. WATCH THE LIVE STREAM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL32QHnPn--b_5UrHwAS7tMnipKM9YSp85 POOLS FOR THE 2019 Men's European Championships Division A
Find out more »Mitsubishi Electric World Challenge Cup 2019
The World Challenge Cup, will take place for the third year in Tokyo, Japan between Thursday 29th August – Sunday 1st September 2019. Organised by the Japanese Wheelchair Basketball Federation, the tournament is aimed not only to assist in strengthening the men’s national team but held for the purpose to prepare Japan forTokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. An expansion of the movement of wheelchair basketball, such as increasing the level of international referees, table officials and managing scores and time, training of competition volunteers.…
Find out more »IWBF Americas Congress
The IWBF Americas Congress, which is held every four years, will take place on Thursday 29th August between 10.00 – 14.00 (local time).It will be held during the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru, which acts as the zone’s wheelchair basketball qualification tournament for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.The Congress will provide updates about the worldwide organisation of wheelchair basketball, discuss future developments for the zone, as well as include the elections of the Zone Executive Council.All National Organisations…
Find out more »September 2019
West Asian Para Games 2019
The second West Asian Para Games is taking place in Amman between the 15th - 22nd September. Six countries will compete in the wheelchair basketball competition, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Jordan. The teams will be split across two pools and will play a round robin followed by knockout phase. Schedule Tuesday 17th September 16:00: Game 1 - JOR 35 - 56 UAE18:15: Game 2 - KWT 53 - 19 BAH Wednesday 18th September 16:00: Game 3…
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