IWRF Americas Championship
The IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone. The Americas Championship is a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games.
Formerly | IWAS Americas Championship |
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Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
Inaugural season | 2009 |
Countries | Currently 6 |
Continent | Americas |
Most recent champion(s) | |
Most titles |
Canada participated in the IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship in 2007.
Summaries
Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2009 Details |
(Buenos Aires) |
United States |
73–26 | Canada |
Argentina |
46–43 | Brazil | ||
2011 Details |
(Bogotá)[1][2] |
United States |
56–45 | Canada |
Brazil |
69–31 | Mexico | ||
2013 Details |
(Birmingham)[3] |
United States |
63–40 | Canada |
Brazil |
67–44 | Argentina | ||
Championships per nation
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (4 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Participation details
Team | 2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
Total |
3rd | 5th | 4th | 2 | |
4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2 | |
2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2 | |
– | 6th | 5th | 1 | |
– | 4th | – | 1 | |
1st | 1st | 1st | 2 |
See also
References
- USA Continues Wheelchair Rugby Winning Streak, Brazil Impresses, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), September 26, 2011
- "bogota2011.org". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- IWRF News : 2013 Americas Championship Results
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