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The 2025 IWBF Americas Cup will be hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, bringing together the top wheelchair basketball teams from across the region.
The women’s competition will take place 9–12 August 2025, with team arrivals starting on 7 August. The men’s tournament will follow from 12–17 August 2025, with arrivals beginning 10 August.
The event will be hosted by the Colombian Wheelchair Basketball Federation, under the leadership of President Luis Alberto Ninco Sachez, who will serve as the official local organizing committee.
This championship will serve as a key qualifier for the 2026 IWBF World Championships in Ottawa, Canada:
IWBF Americas looks forward to welcoming the region’s best teams to Bogotá for this exciting and important event — the next major step on the road to Ottawa 2026.
The IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is the largest international wheelchair basketball competition featuring the best men’s and women’s national teams from around the world. Held every four years, it is the pinnacle event for the sport.
The tournament began with the first unofficial Men’s World Championships in 1973 in Bruges, Belgium, which also hosted the first official Men’s World Championships, known as the Gold Cup, in 1975. The Women's World Championships followed 15 years later, debuting in 1990 with eight teams competing in St. Etienne, France.
Teams earn their place in the championship by qualifying through zonal tournaments, held across the IWBF's four Zones—Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia Oceania—making this event a true global showcase of talent and competition.