Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship
| Sport | Wheelchair basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| First season | 1999 (men) 2015 (women) |
| Continent | IWBF Africa (Africa) |
The IWBF Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship is an international wheelchair basketball competition contested by the men's and the women's national teams of the members of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), the sport's global governing body.[1][2][3]
Note
[edit]Before 2007 Africa and West Asian (AFWZ) in one zone and East Asia with Oceania (EOZ) in one zone.
Since 2007, Africa (AZ) in one zone.
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]Africa-West Asian Wheelchair Basketball Championship
[edit]| # | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 1 | 1999 Details |
 South Africa |
– | – | ||||
| 2 | 2001 Details |
South Africa |
– | – | ||||
| 3 | 2003 Details[4] |
Johannesburg
|
 Iran |
n/a | South Africa |
 Algeria |
n/a |  Jordan |
Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship
[edit]| # | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 4 | 2007 Details |
 Rabat
|
South Africa |
68–61 | Morocco |
Algeria |
– | |
| 5 | 2009 Details |
Johannesburg
|
Algeria |
77–72 | South Africa |
Morocco |
88–28 |  Angola |
| 6 | 2011 Details |
Rabat
|
South Africa |
83–54 | Morocco |
 Egypt |
62–33 |  Nigeria |
| 7 | 2013 Details[5] |
Luanda
|
Algeria |
66–56 | South Africa |
Egypt |
71–68 | Morocco |
| 8 | 2015 Details |
Algiers
|
Algeria |
74–63 | Morocco |
South Africa |
77–65 | Egypt |
| 9 | 2017 Details[6] |
Durban
|
Morocco |
63–32 | Algeria |
Egypt |
53–50 | South Africa |
| 10 | 2020 Details |
Johannesburg
|
Algeria |
63–54 | Morocco |
Egypt |
64–59 | South Africa |
| 11 | 2022 Details |
 Addis Ababa
|
Egypt |
n/a | South Africa |
 DR Congo |
n/a | Ethiopia |
| 12 | 2026 Details |
Luanda
|
Morocco |
59–42 | South Africa |
 Senegal |
51–48 | Algeria |
- ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
Women
[edit]| # | Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | |||
| 1 | 2015 Details |
Algiers
|
Algeria |
60–47 | South Africa |
Nigeria |
56–6 | Morocco |
| 2 | 2017[7] Details |
Durban
|
Algeria |
53–25 | South Africa |
 Zimbabwe |
29–6 |  Kenya |
| 3 | 2020 Details |
Johannesburg
|
Algeria |
62–26 | South Africa |
No third place match | ||
| 4 | 2022 Details |
Addis Ababa
|
Algeria |
n/a | South Africa |
Ethiopia | ||
| 5 | 2026 Details |
Luanda
|
Algeria |
45–30 | South Africa |
Angola |
36–21 | Morocco |
- ^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
See also
[edit]- Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
- IWBF U23 World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
- Asia Oceania Wheelchair Basketball Championships
- Invictus Games
- Warrior Games
- WheelPower
References
[edit]- ^ "South Africa Snags Pair of Wins at African Wheelchair Basketball Championships". International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Our history – Wheelchair Basketball South Africa". Archived from the original on 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "About Wheelchair Basketball".
- ^ "Setback on SA road to Paralympics". Mail & Guardian. Staff Reporter. 4 February 2004.
- ^ "Algeria beat South Africa for men's wheelchair basketball title". International Paralympic Committee.
- ^ "Résultat du Championnat d'Afrique de Basket sur fauteuil Qualificatif au Championnat du Monde" (PDF). Fédération Royale Marocaine des Sports Pour Personnes Handicapées. November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-19.
- ^ "2017 IWBF Africa World Championship Qualifiers". July 6, 2017.