2018 IWRF World Championship

Tournament information
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Location	Sydney, Australia
Administrator	International Wheelchair Rugby Federation
Final positions
Champion	Japan
Runner-up	Australia
3rd place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
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The 2018 IWRF World Championship was the 7th international championship for wheelchair rugby. It was held in Sydney, Australia at the State Sports Centre and Genea Netball Centre in Sydney Olympic Park from August 5 to August 10. The tournament was won by Japan, their first title.^[1]

The naming rights sponsor of the event was GIO. It was organised by Disability Sports Australia and the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation and was the biggest disability sporting event to be held in Sydney since the 2000 Paralympic Games. Matches were streamed.

Twelve teams contested the 2018 IWRF World Championship. The preliminary rounds consisted of a group stage where the teams were split into two leagues which were contested as a round-robin. This was then followed by a round of crossover matches that determined the semi-finalists.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	5	5	0	0	333	219	+114
Japan	5	4	0	1	265	227	+38
Denmark	5	3	0	2	259	269	-9
Sweden	5	2	0	3	244	275	-31
New Zealand	5	1	0	4	231	273	-42
Ireland	5	0	0	5	217	273	-70

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United States	5	5	0	0	260	192	+68
Great Britain	5	4	0	1	255	182	+73
France	5	3	0	2	232	227	+5
Canada	5	1	0	4	234	251	-17
Poland	5	1	0	4	191	246	-55
Colombia	5	1	0	4	193	267	-74

	Classification round				Ninth place
	9 August 2018 - 11:00
	Colombia	61
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
	New Zealand	59
					Poland	44
	9 August 2018 - 10:30
					Colombia	39
	Poland	49
	Ireland	44
					Eleventh place
					10 August 2018 - 9:30
					New Zealand	51
					Ireland	40

	Classification round				Fifth place
	9 August 2018 - 13:30
	Canada	52
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
	Denmark	51
					France	52
	9 August 2018 - 13:00
					Canada	51
	France	54
	Sweden	42
					Seventh place
					10 August 2018 - 11:30
					Denmark	51
					Sweden	48

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	Semifinals				Gold-medal match
	9 August 2018 - 15:30
	Japan	51
					10 August 2018 - 16:00
	United States	46
					Japan	62
	9 August 2018 - 16:0
					Australia	61
	Australia	59
	Great Britain	57
					Bronze-medal match
					10 August 2018 - 1:45
					United States	47
					Great Britain	36

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• 0.5 Jonathan Coggan (GBR)
• 1.0 Carlos Neme (COL)
• 1.5 Cedric Nankin (FRA)
• 2.0 Joe Delagrave (USA)
• 2.5 Tomas Hjert (SWE)
• 3.0 Jim Roberts (GBR)
• 3.5 Ryley Batt (AUS)
• MVP Daisuke Ikezaki(JPN)

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