| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Wheelchair rugby |
| Established | 1995 |
| Administrator | WWR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Current champion |  Australia(2nd title) |
| Most titles |  United States(4 titles) |
World Wheelchair Rugby Championships is an internationalwheelchair rugby competition contested by thenational teams of the members ofWorld Wheelchair Rugby (WWR), the sport's global governing body.
The first Wheelchair Rugby World Championships was held in Notwil, Switzerland in 1995.[1]
| Year | Host (final location) | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1995 |  Switzerland (Nottwil) | United States | 41–36 |  Canada |  New Zealand | 41–28 |  Great Britain | ||
| 1998 | Canada (Toronto) | United States | 31–28 | New Zealand | Canada | 44–35 |  Sweden | ||
| 2002 | Sweden (Gothenburg) | Canada | 25–24 | United States | Australia | 45–38 |  Belgium | ||
| 2006 | New Zealand (Christchurch) | United States | 34–30 | New Zealand | Canada | 23–19 | Great Britain | ||
| 2010 | Canada (Vancouver) | United States | 57–45 | Australia |  Japan | 53–47 | Sweden | ||
| 2014 |  Denmark (Odense) | Australia | 67–56 | Canada | United States | 62–56 | Japan | ||
| 2018 | Australia (Sydney) | Japan | 62–61 | Australia | United States | 47–36 | Great Britain | ||
| 2022 | Denmark (Vejle) | Australia | 58–55 | United States | Japan | 61–57 |  Denmark | ||
| 2026 |  Brazil (São Paulo) | ||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
| Team | 1995 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Australia | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8 |
 Austria | – | 11th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belgium | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 12th | – | – | 5 |
| Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1 |
| Canada | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 8 |
 Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 9th | 2 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | 12th | – | 6th | 7th | 4th | 4 |
 Finland | – | 12th | – | – | 11th | 10th | – | – | 3 |
 France | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 6th | 3 |
 Germany | – | 6th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 11th | – | 10th | 6 |
| Great Britain | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 8 |
 Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 1 |
| Japan | – | – | 8th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 6 |
 Netherlands | 7th | 9th | 10th | 10th | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 9th | 8th | 11th | 8th | 8 |
 Poland | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | 2 |
| Sweden | 6th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | 7 |
| Switzerland | 8th | 10th | 11th | 11th | – | – | – | 12th | 5 |
| United States | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8 |
| Number of teams | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 20 |
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