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 were 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.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-11/australia-wins-wheelchair-rugby-world-championships/5661490 Australia beats Canada to win Wheelchair Rugby World championships August 10, 2014 December 27, 2015 abc.net.au As winners, Australia took the first slot for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/wheelchair-rugby-teams-join-race-for-rio-2016-paralympic-games-qualification Wheelchair rugby teams join race for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification August 1, 2014 December 27, 2015 rio2016.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160105212618/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/wheelchair-rugby-teams-join-race-for-rio-2016-paralympic-games-qualification January 5, 2016 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 TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAUS Australia5500314246 +6815CAN Canada5401310259 +5112GBR Great Britain5302255236 +199DEN Denmark5203254257 -36FIN Finland5104210287 -773BEL Belgium5005224282 -580 August 4, 2014 16:30 Denmark DEN BEL Belgium 52 – 43http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/FrontPage/default.asp?action=showarticle&articleID=4521&id=1392 Day one review: Hosts win opener Greenway, Beau 2014wrwc.dhif.dk December 27, 2015 August 4, 2014 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 5, 2014 12:30 Finland FIN BEL Belgium 48 – 46http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/FrontPage/default.asp?action=showarticle&articleID=4526&id=1392 Day two review: Gold medal favourites off to great start Greenway, Beau 2014wrwc.dhif.dk December 27, 2015 August 5, 2014 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 5, 2014 13:45 Denmark DEN CAN Canada 47 – 58 Odense Congress Center August 5, 2014 15:00 Great Britain GBR AUS Australia 46 – 55 Odense Congress Center August 6, 2014 10:00 Great Britain GBR FIN Finland 54 – 31 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 6, 2014 11:15 Belgium BEL AUS Australia 46 – 72 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 6, 2014 17:30 Canada CAN FIN Finland 67 – 40 Odense Congress Center August 6, 2014 16:15 Australia AUS DEN Denmark 56 – 50 Odense Congress Center August 7, 2014 11:15 Canada CAN GBR Great Britain 59 – 58http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/FrontPage/default.asp?action=showarticle&articleID=4535&id=1392 Day four review: Canada and Great Britain fight out a double overtime classic Greenway, Beau 2014wrwc.dhif.dk December 29, 2015 August 7, 2014 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 7, 2014 12:30 Australia AUS FIN Finland 63 – 43 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 7, 2014 17:15 Great Britain GBR DEN Denmark 52 – 48 Odense Congress Center August 7, 2014 17:30 Canada CAN BEL Belgium 65 – 46 Odense Congress Center August 8, 2014 12:30 Canada CAN AUS Australia 61 – 68 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 8, 2014 13:45 Denmark DEN FIN Finland 57 – 48 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 8, 2014 15:00 Belgium BEL GBR Great Britain 43 – 45http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/document/default.asp?documentID=920&id=1605 Results Greenway, Beau 2014wrwc.dhif.dk December 30, 2015 August 10, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210037/http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/document/default.asp?documentID=920&id=1605 March 4, 2016 dead Odense Congress Center Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsUSA United States5500308199 +10915JPN Japan5401270250 +2012SWE Sweden5203265277 -126NZL New Zealand5203230243 -136FRA France5203229267 -386GER Germany5005193263 -700 August 4, 2014 18:30 France FRA NZL New Zealand 47 – 55 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 5, 2014 10:00 Germany GER JPN Japan 38 – 53 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 5, 2014 11:15 United States USA FRA France 62 – 41 Odense Congress Center August 5, 2014 16:15 Japan JPN SWE Sweden 62 – 58 Odense Congress Center August 5, 2014 17:30 New Zealand NZL USA United States 37 – 54 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 6, 2014 12:30 Sweden SWE USA United States 48 – 65http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/FrontPage/default.asp?action=showarticle&articleID=4531&id=1392 Day three review: No surprises as favourites stand out once more Greenway, Beau December 28, 2015 August 6, 2014 2014wrwc.dhif.dk Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 6, 2014 13:45 Japan JPN NZL New Zealand 54 – 45 Odense Congress Center August 6, 2014 15:00 France FRA GER Germany 46 – 44 Odense Congress Center August 7, 2014 10:00 New Zealand NZL SWE Sweden 49 – 55 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 7, 2014 13:45 France FRA JPN Japan 44 – 56 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 7, 2014 15:00 United States USA GER Germany 62 – 28 Odense Congress Center August 8, 2014 10:00 Sweden SWE GER Germany 54 – 50 Odense Congress Center August 8, 2014 11:15 United States USA JPN Japan 65 – 45http://2014wrwc.dhif.dk/FrontPage/default.asp?action=showarticle&articleID=4537&id=1392 Day five review: World's top four qualify for semi finals Greenway, Beau December 30, 2015 August 9, 2014 2014wrwc.dhif.dk Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 8, 2014 16:15 Germany GER NZL New Zealand 33 – 48 Odense Congress Center #eeeeee August 8, 2014 17:00 Sweden SWE FRA France 50 – 51 Odense Congress Center Classification rounds 9th–12th places Classification round Ninth place Eleventh place 9 August 2014 - 10:00 FIN 48 GER 47 9 August 2014 - 11:15 FRA 59 BEL 45 9 August 2014 - 11:15 FRA 59 FIN 48 9 August 2014 - 17:30 GER 50 BEL 36 5th–8th places Classification round Fifth place Seventh place 9 August 2014 - 12:30 DEN 54 SWE 47 9 August 2014 - 13:45 GBR 55 NZL 45 10 August 2014 - 10:00 GBR 52 DEN 48 10 August 2014 - 12:00 SWE 52 NZL 50 Medals round Semifinals Gold-medal match Bronze-medal match 9 August 2014 - 15:00 CAN 59 USA 56 9 August 201 - 16:15 AUS 60 JPN 49 10 August 2014 - 16:00 AUS 67 CAN 56 10 August 2014 - 14:00 USA 62 JPN 56 References 2014 Category:2014 in wheelchair rugby wheelchair rugby Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Denmark