| 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 international wheelchair rugby competition contested by the national teams of the members of World 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 | ||
| 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 |
