Madrid will host the European men's and women's wheelchair basketball that will be played from December 4 to 12, 2021.
Women's Competition
The Women's European Championship will be attended by six national teams from Spain, France, Turkey, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Germany. All six teams will play in a round-robin in the preliminary stages to determine the semi-finals line-ups.
In the last continental championship held in Rotterdam (Netherlands), in 2019, Spain finished fourth claiming the ticket for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo after 28 years of absence from a Paralympic Games.
Schedule, Results & Statistics
Women's Final Standings
FINAL RANKING
- Netherlands
- Great Britain*
- Spain
- Germany
- France
- Turkiye
*Great Britain forfeited the final against Netherlands 2-.
Men's Competition
The Men's European Championship will feature the participation of twelve teams, including host Spain, who have never won the championship but have two silver medals (1995 and 2019) and two bronze (2011 and 2013). The last men's European Championship was played in Poland in 2019 and was won by Great Britain, the continent's most awarded team, along with France, who both have seven titles.
The preliminary stages will see two groups of 6 battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals. The winners of the last 8 will then progress to the semi-finals to determine whether they play in the Gold or Bronze medal matches.
Group A: Spain, France, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Switzerland
Group B: Great Britain, Austria, Israel, the Netherlands, Italy and Turkey
Update 6/12/2021 - Turkey has been withdrawn from the competition due to COVID-19 positive cases. They will forfeit their remaining matches.
WATCH THE DRAW FOR THE MEN'S GROUPS
Schedule, Results and Statistics
Men's Final Standings
FINAL RANKING
1. Netherlands
2. Great Britain*
4, Germany**
4, Italy**
5. France
6. Poland
7. Spain
8. Austria
9. Israel
10. Switzerland
11. Lithuania
DSQ - Turkiye ***
* Great Britain forfeited the final 2- against the Netherlands.
** No Bronze medal game was played between Germany and Italy therefore both were awarded joint fourth place.
*** Turkiye were withdrawn from the competition due to COVID-19 Positive Cases in the team.
Venues
The venues for the matches will be the municipal sports centres of San Blas and Barajas, while the municipal complex of Moratalaz will be used as a training ground.
Venue 1: Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa
Venue 2: Centro Deportivo municipal Marques de Samaranch
Spectators
As of 27.1.2021 spectators are welcome - admission is FREE. Facemasks are mandatory and vaccination is preferred.
The event and the permission of spectators will be held under Madrid's COVID-19 regulations and is subject to change.
Media Accreditation
Any media who would like to attend please apply for accreditation via this form.
Live Stream
All games will be available to watch via IWBF or FEDDF YouTube Channels.
