2015 IWBF Men's European Championship

November 2019 December 2016 December 2016 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship 28 August 6 September 12 teams 12 Worcester, England GBR TUR GER 2013 2017 The 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 22nd edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship held in Worcester, Great Britain from 28 August to 6 September 2015. The tournament also took place during the women's European championship as well. Twelve teams entered the tournament with the Czech Republic and Israel competing in the tournament after being promoted from Division B in 2014. The teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four teams from each group qualifying through to the knockout stage while the bottom two competed to stay off relegation. The remaining eight teams competed in a knockout format until the top two teams made the final. In the gold medal match, Great Britain won the match 87-66 over Turkey. While in the bronze medal match, Germany defeated the Netherlands 74-56. The top four teams plus Spain all qualified through to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Squads Each of the 12 teams selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability http://www.paralympic.org.au/sports/wheelchair-basketball Wheelchair Basketball - Australian Paralympic Committee Paralympic.org.au 2016-09-08 2016-12-25 The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14. Preliminary round All times local (UTC+02:00) Group A Team̹̹Pld WLPFPAPDPtsGER 5 5 0 404 269 +135 10 POL 5 3 2 408 359 +49 8 GBR 5 3 2 370 320 +50 8 ESP 5 3 2 335 328 +7 8 FRA 5 1 4 294 381 -87 6 CZE 5 0 5 236 400 -134 5 Group B Team̹̹Pld WLPFPAPDPtsTUR 5 5 0 329 262 +67 10 ITA 5 3 2 312 286 +26 8 NED 5 3 2 316 260 +56 8 ISR 5 2 3 295 342 -47 7 SWE 5 2 3 310 294 +16 7 SUI 5 0 5 255 373 -118 5 Knockout stage 3 September 2015 GER 75 ISR 54 3 September 2015 GBR 77 ITA 48 3 September 2015 TUR 63 ESP 54 3 September 2015 NED 63 POL 56 4 September 2015 GER 68 GBR 77 4 September 2015 TUR 69 NED 50 6 September 2015 GBR 87 TUR 66 6 September 2015 GER 74 NED 56 Final standings Rank Team 1 GBR 2 TUR 3 GER 4 NED 5 ESP 6 ITA 7 POL 8 ISR 9 SWE 10 SUI 11 FRA 12 CZE wbk 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship GBR 6th References Category:European Wheelchair Basketball Championship Category:2015 in wheelchair basketball Category:2015–16 in British basketball Category:2015–16 in European basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by the United Kingdom Category:Wheelchair basketball in the United Kingdom Category:Sport in Worcester, England Category:2010s in Worcestershire Category:August 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:September 2015 sports events in the United Kingdom