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competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the

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( IWBF), the sport's global governing body. The first unofficial Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for men was held in 1973, with

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being the first host city. The unofficial world championship for men was won by

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, with a team that included

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,Sir Philip CRAVEN, MBE
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(IPC). Bruges, Belgium also hosted the first official World Championships, known as the Gold Cup tournament, in 1975. The men's world championships has been won 6 times by the

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, twice each by

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and

(one of which being the unofficial Championship in 1973), and once each by

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and

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. Wheelchair basketball world championships for women have been held since 1990. In the first 6 women's world championships,

has won four world titles, and the

two world titles.

Winners

* Unofficial Championship

Results

Summaries

Men

* Unofficial Championship

Women

Medal table

Men

As of 2018

Women

As of 2018

References

External links

World Championships Results

(IWBF)
Official site of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2010
British Wheelchair Basketball (archived)
Canada to host 2 Wheelchair World Championships
basketball.ca, October 23, 2009
Chronology of Events in the Development of Wheelchair Basketball

(IWBF)
Korea awarded 2014 Men's World Champiohship

(IWBF), April 9, 2010 *World Championship Wheelchair Basketball - Gold Cup 2006
Archived copy
at the Wayback Machine
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
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Wheelchair basketball competitions between national teams Recurring sporting events established in 1973