2014 IWRF World Championship

2014 IWRF World Championship was the 6th international world wheelchair rugby competition, which took place between August 4 to August 10. The championships was contested between the world's twelve top national teams and was held at the Arena Fyn at Odense Congress Center in Odense, Denmark. The tournament was won by Australia, their first title.[1]

As winners, Australia took the first slot for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.[2]

Tournament

Twelve teams contested the 2014 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.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Australia 5 5 0 0 314 246 +68 15
Canada Canada 5 4 0 0 310 259 +51 12
United Kingdom Great Britain 5 3 0 2 255 236 +19 9
Denmark Denmark 5 2 0 3 254 257 -3 6
Finland Finland 5 1 0 4 210 287 -77 3
Belgium Belgium 5 0 0 5 224 282 -58 0

August 4, 2014
16:30
Denmark Denmark 52 – 43[3] Belgium Belgium
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
12:30
Finland Finland 48 – 46[4] Belgium Belgium
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
13:45
Denmark Denmark 47 – 58[4] Canada Canada
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
15:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 46 – 55[4] Australia Australia
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
10:00
Great Britain United Kingdom 54 – 31[5] Finland Finland
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
11:15
Belgium Belgium 46 – 72[5] Australia Australia
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
17:30
Canada Canada 67 – 40[5] Finland Finland
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
16:15
Australia Australia 56 – 50[5] Denmark Denmark
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
11:15
Canada Canada 59 – 58[6] United Kingdom Great Britain
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
12:30
Australia Australia 63 – 43[6] Finland Finland
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
17:15
Great Britain United Kingdom 52 – 48[6] Denmark Denmark
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
17:30
Canada Canada 65 – 46[6] Belgium Belgium
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
12:30
Canada Canada 61 – 68[7] Australia Australia
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
13:45
Denmark Denmark 57 – 48[8] Finland Finland
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
15:00
Belgium Belgium 43 – 45[8] United Kingdom Great Britain
Odense Congress Center

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 5 5 0 0 308 199 +109 15
Japan Japan 5 4 0 1 270 250 +20 12
Sweden Sweden 5 2 0 3 265 277 -12 6
New Zealand New Zealand 5 2 0 3 230 243 -13 6
France France 5 2 0 3 229 267 -38 6
Germany Germany 5 0 0 5 193 263 -70 0

August 4, 2014
18:30
France France 47 – 55[3] New Zealand New Zealand
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
10:00
Germany Germany 38 – 53[4] Japan Japan
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
11:15
United States United States 62 – 41[4] France France
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
16:15
Japan Japan 62 – 58[4] Sweden Sweden
Odense Congress Center

August 5, 2014
17:30
New Zealand New Zealand 37 – 54[4] United States United States
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
12:30
Sweden Sweden 48 – 65[5] United States United States
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
13:45
Japan Japan 54 – 45[5] New Zealand New Zealand
Odense Congress Center

August 6, 2014
15:00
France France 46 – 44[5] Germany Germany
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
10:00
New Zealand New Zealand 49 – 55[6] Sweden Sweden
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
13:45
France France 44 – 56[6] Japan Japan
Odense Congress Center

August 7, 2014
15:00
United States United States 62 – 28[6] Germany Germany
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
10:00
Sweden Sweden 54 – 50[8] Germany Germany
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
11:15
United States United States 65 – 45[7] Japan Japan
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
16:15
Germany Germany 33 – 48[8] New Zealand New Zealand
Odense Congress Center

August 8, 2014
17:00
Sweden Sweden 50 – 51[8] France France
Odense Congress Center

Classification rounds

9th - 12th places

Classification round Ninth place
9 August 2014 - 10:00
  Finland  48  
  Germany  47  
 
9 August 2014 - 11:15
      France  59
    Finland  48
Eleventh place
9 August 2014 - 11:15 9 August 2014 - 17:30
  France  59   Germany  50
  Belgium  45     Belgium  36

5th - 8th places

Classification round Fifth place
9 August 2014 - 12:30
  Denmark  54  
  Sweden  47  
 
10 August 2014 - 10:00
      Great Britain  52
    Denmark  48
Seventh place
9 August 2014 - 13:45 10 August 2014 - 12:00
  Great Britain  55   Sweden  52
  New Zealand  45     New Zealand  50

Medals round

Semifinals Gold medal match
9 August 2014 - 15:00
  Canada  59  
  United States  56  
 
10 August 2014 - 16:00
      Australia  67
    Canada  56
Bronze medal match
9 August 201 - 16:15 10 August 2014 - 14:00
  Australia  60   United States  62
  Japan  49     Japan  56

References

  1. ↑ "Australia beats Canada to win Wheelchair Rugby World championships". abc.net.au. August 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Wheelchair rugby teams join race for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification". rio2016.com. August 1, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Greenway, Beau (August 4, 2014). "Day one review: Hosts win opener". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Greenway, Beau (August 5, 2014). "Day two review: Gold medal favourites off to great start". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Greenway, Beau (August 6, 2014). "Day three review: No surprises as favourites stand out once more". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Greenway, Beau (August 7, 2014). "Day four review: Canada and Great Britain fight out a double overtime classic". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Greenway, Beau (August 9, 2014). "Day five review: World's top four qualify for semi finals". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Greenway, Beau (August 10, 2014). "Results". 2014wrwc.dhif.dk. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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