Europe



The draw for the 2019 European Championships for Men Division C took place at the Sports Gym Triaditsa in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday 10th April.

The seven teams confirmed to participate, Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland and Portugal, were paired and then drawn across two groups.

Hosts Bulgaria choose to be placed in group A alongside Czech Republic, Portugal and Hungary, with the three other teams, Ireland, Serbia and Greece making up group B.

The event, hosted by Bulgarian Basketball Federation, was overseen by IWBF Europe’s Secretary General Petr Tucek, Serbian Wheelchair Basketball Federation President Vladimir Kuzmanovic, the National Team Manager of Greece, Cododimas Grigorios, and t General Manager Alexander Alexandrov, of “Razvitie Corporation” who are the General Sponsor of the Championships.

The tournament will be held from July 29th to August 4th in Triaditsa Hall in Sofia and will be the debut at a European Championships for the national wheelchair basketball team of Bulgaria.