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2021 IWBF Men's European Championship
Venue	Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Location	Madrid, Spain
Start date	4 December
End date	12 December
Competitors	12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
Netherlands    Great Britain   Not awarded
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The 2021 IWBF Men's European Championship was the 25th edition of the European Wheelchair Basketball Championship and will be held in Madrid, Netherlands from 4 to 12 December 2021.

The Dutch and British teams reached the final after winning their respective semi-final games. The Netherlands was declared winner of the tournament following the withdrawal of Great Britain after one of the team members tested positive for COVID-19. The third place game between Germany and Italy didn't take place as both teams withdrew over COVID-19 concerns. Both teams were placed in joint-fourth place in the final standings, and the bronze medal wasn't awarded.

Turkey left the tournament over COVID-19 concerns on the third day of the competition. All (group) games involving the Turkish team were considered forfeited, leaving Turkey in the 6th place in group B, finishing 12th in the final standings.

The top five teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 World Championships in Dubai.

Format

The twelve teams that qualified for the tournament were divided into two groups of six. The top four teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Each team had a squad of twelve players for the tournament. Players are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+01:00)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	387	241	+146	10	Quarter-finals
2	Spain	5	4	1	363	288	+75	9
3	Poland	5	3	2	349	320	+29	8
4	France	5	2	3	344	286	+58	7
5	Switzerland	5	1	4	256	326	−70	6	Placement games
6	Lithuania	5	0	5	171	409	−238	5

Poland	69–54	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 25–11, 18–11, 12–9

Germany	87–19	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–8, 22–4, 31–5, 24–2

Spain	64–61	France
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 11–19, 17–10, 14–15

Lithuania	41–81	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 7–18, 11–26, 11–16

Switzerland	48–76	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 16–19, 11–25, 7–17

France	55–69	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 8–22, 15–13, 21–14

Spain	86–48	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–4, 19–17, 20–19, 21–8

Germany	72–70	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 21–21, 19–18, 16–12

France	66–48	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 20–8, 17–12, 14–12

Germany	86–43	Switzerland
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 28–17, 21–11, 20–9

Lithuania	34–92	France
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 11–23, 5–27, 9–21

Poland	58–83	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 16–10, 13–24, 12–23

France	70–71	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 17–21, 16–19, 16–11

Spain	54–73	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–28, 12–21, 8–13

Switzerland	63–29	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–8, 16–6, 12–5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	352	182	+170	10	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	1	289	180	+109	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	259	219	+40	8
4	Austria	5	2	3	173	316	−143	7
5	Israel	5	1	4	211	287	−76	6	Placement games
6	Turkey	0	0	0	0	100	−100	0

Italy	82–28	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 18–9, 17–8, 27–4, 20–7

Turkey	0 –20	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 15–16, 12–17, 16–14

Great Britain	103–46	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 32–10, 27–12, 29–6

Austria	20 –0	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 11–23, 12–10, 8–15

Netherlands	45–69	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 6–16, 8–10, 21–22

Israel	48–64	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 7–12, 10–10, 18–23

Netherlands	63–41	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–4, 16–16

Turkey

0 –20

Italy

Great Britain	99–51	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 19–7, 19–23, 25–15, 36–6

Turkey

0 –20

Israel

Austria	17–79	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 4–21, 3–15, 4–18

Italy	40–61	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 2–15, 17–16, 8–10, 13–20

Netherlands	82–53	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 22–8, 19–12, 17–25

Israel	56–57	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 8–14, 18–13, 16–9

Great Britain

20–0

Turkey

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	9 December
	Germany	98
					10 December
	Austria	52
					Germany	56
	9 December
					Netherlands	65
	Netherlands	62
									12 December
	Poland	58
									Netherlands	20
	9 December
									Great Britain	0
	Great Britain	81
					10 December
	France	56
					Great Britain	65
	9 December
					Italy	43			Third place
	Spain	45
									12 December
	Italy	62
									Germany	0
									Italy	0

Placement games

Eleventh place game

Turkey

0 –20

Lithuania

Ninth place game

Switzerland	48–62	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 14–12, 18–11, 6–15

Seventh place game

Austria	49–71	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 17–18, 10–10, 12–19

Fifth place game

Poland	78–79 (OT)	France
Scoring by quarter: 23–13, 12–16, 14–17, 15–18, Overtime: 14–15

Quarter-finals

Spain	45–62	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 6–15, 6–14, 16–19

Great Britain	81–56	France
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 16–9, 23–20, 26–13

Germany	98–52	Austria
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 25–19, 20–8, 26–11

Netherlands	62–58	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 12–13, 21–15, 16–15

Semi-finals

Germany	58–65	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 15–16, 18–9, 6–25

Great Britain	65–43	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 17–17, 15–10, 17–8

Third place game

Germany

0–0

Italy

Final

Netherlands

20–0

Great Britain

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Great Britain
	Not awarded
4	Germany
	Italy
5	France
6	Poland
7	Spain
8	Austria
9	Israel
10	Switzerland
11	Lithuania
12	Turkey

See also

• 2021 IWBF Women's European Championship

Notes

1. ^ As Turkey left the tournament over COVID-19 concerns, all games involving the Turkish team, including the group games that did take place, were considered forfeited, and a default regulatory 20:0 score was awarded to its opponents.
2. ^ After a member of the British team tested positive for COVID-19, the British decided to withdraw from the competition and return home without playing the final. In accordance with regulations, the game was considered forfeited and therefore awarded to the opposing team with a default regulatory 20–0 score.

References

1. "2021 European Championships Division A - Women's Competition". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
2. ^ "Netherlands take double gold at European Wheelchair Basketball Championships". insidethegames.biz. 12 December 2021.
3. ^ "The European Championship for Men and Women tipped off in Madrid". iwbf-europe.org. 8 December 2021.
4. "2022 IWBF World Championships". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
5. "2023 European Championships @ European Para Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF).
6. "Basics of Classification in wheelchair basketball". Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links

• "ECMWA 2021, European Championship for Men and Women – Division A". iwbf-europe.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation - Europe (IWBF Europe).
• 2021 European Championship for Men. Division A
• Standings Preliminary Round
• Tournament Leaders

• European Wheelchair Basketball Championship
• 2021 in wheelchair basketball
• 2021–22 in Spanish basketball
• 2021–22 in European basketball
• International basketball competitions hosted by Spain
• Wheelchair basketball in Spain
• Sports competitions in Madrid
• December 2021 sports events in Europe