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March 2020
2020 IWBF Afro Paralympic Qualifiers
Wheelchair Basketball South Africa has been awarded the rights to host the 2020 Afro Paralympic Qualifiers in Johannesburg. The 2020 Afro Paralympic Qualifiers will now act as IWBF Africa’s Zone qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to replace the Africa Para Games which were cancelled last month. The decision was made by the IWBF Executive Council at their meeting in Pattaya, Thailand on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th December, following three bids from interested parties to host the qualification tournament. The tournament is to be held in…
Find out more »April 2021
IWBF Europe Champions Cup 2021
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Find out more »May 2021
Draw for the Tokyo 2020 Wheelchair Basketball Competition
The Official Draw for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games wheelchair basketball competition will take place on Wednesday 12th May 2021. The ceremony was due to be held in Tokyo, but due to the travel restrictions in place for the COVID-19 pandemic, it will now be held at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, the birthplace of the Paralympic Games. The draw will be conducted behind closed doors but will be streamed across IWBF’s digital channels on YouTube and Facebook at 12:30 (CET/GMT+1). Twelve…
Find out more »June 2021
Men’s U23 European Championship
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Find out more »August 2021
Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games
The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 4,400 athletes who will compete in 537 medal events the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced. The 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) MEN’S COMPETITION In the men’s competition, twelve teams will be drawn into two groups of six, playing in a round robin in the preliminary stage with the top four in…
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