title: 2013 IWRF European Championship
text: # 2013 IWRF European Championship
  
  2013 IWRF European Championship was the 9th international European wheelchair rugby competition, taken place between 10 August - 17 August. The championships was contested between Europe's twelve top national teams and was held at the Pajulahti Sports Institute in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament was won by Sweden, their fourth title.
  
  The finalists of the competition, Denmark and Sweden, won the two European qualification slots for the wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2014 IWRF World Championships.
  
  ## Tournament
  
  Twelve teams contested the 2013 IWRF European Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. The winner of group A then faced the second placed team from Group B and the winner of group B faced the second placed team from group A in elimination matches to determine the two finalists. The eventual winners, Great Britain, finished the competition unbeaten.
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group A**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 165 | -39 | 0 |
  | Austria | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Finland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 126 | 165 | -39 | 0 |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 129 | +56 | 9 |
  | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 154 | +14 | 6 |
  | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 149 | 181 | -32 | 3 |
  | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 191 | -38 | 0 |
  | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 191 | -38 | 0 |
  | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 191 | -38 | 0 |
  
  ### Classification
  
  **Bracket**
  
  | Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 September 2015 - 12:00 | 18 September 2015 - 12:00 |
  | France | 58 |
  | France | 58 | 19 September 2015 - 12:00 | 19 September 2015 - 12:00 |
  | Finland | 38 | 19 September 2015 - 12:00 | 19 September 2015 - 12:00 |
  | Finland | 38 | France | 63 |
  | 18 September 2015 - 14:00 | 18 September 2015 - 14:00 | | France | 63 |
  | 18 September 2015 - 14:00 | 18 September 2015 - 14:00 | Ireland | 54 |
  | Ireland | 57 | Ireland | 54 |
  | Belgium | 56 | | |
  | Belgium | 56 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
  | | | 19 September 2015 - 10:00 | 19 September 2015 - 10:00 |
  | | | Finland | 50 |
  | | | Belgium | 46 |
  
  ### Medal round
  
  **Bracket**
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 18 September 2015 - 16:00 | 18 September 2015 - 16:00 |
  | Great Britain | 53 |
  | Great Britain | 53 | 19 September 2015 - 16:00 | 19 September 2015 - 16:00 |
  | Germany | 50 | 19 September 2015 - 16:00 | 19 September 2015 - 16:00 |
  | Germany | 50 | Great Britain | 49 |
  | 18 September 2015 - 18:00 | 18 September 2015 - 18:00 | | Great Britain | 49 |
  | 18 September 2015 - 18:00 | 18 September 2015 - 18:00 | Sweden | 48 |
  | Denmark | 57 | Sweden | 48 |
  | Sweden | 58 | | |
  | Sweden | 58 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | | | 19 September 2015 - 14:00 | 19 September 2015 - 14:00 |
  | | | Denmark | 56 |
  | | | Germany | 48 |
  