World Wheelchair Basketball Championships to take place in Hamburg

IWBF have announced Hamburg as the host city for the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships for both men and women in 2018.

The world’s wheelchair basketball elite will meet from the 17th August to 26th August 2018 at the Wilhelmsburger Inselparkarena in Hamburg, buy Germany.  Where 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams will compete for the title of World Champions.

During the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016, generic Hamburg State Councillor for Sport, for sale Christoph Holstein, received the flag of IWBF on behalf of  the city as a token of the agreement.

Hamburg’s Senator for Sports, Andy Grote, is very enthusiastic about the decision, he explained: “I am pleased that Hamburg convinced IWBF with its concept of how it would host the international tournament. With this we send out a clear signal for the support of Paralympic sports.

“Organising the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2018 enhances the position of Hamburg as an important centre for wheelchair basketball.”

This will be the second time that Hamburg has hosted a major international wheelchair basketball tournament, the last time was the Women’s European Championship in 2003.

IWBF President, Ulf Mehrens, said “Germany and especially Hamburg as host city provides excellent conditions which promises to make the World Championships a great event and a celebration of Paralympic sport.”

A number of other cities include Dubai, Tokyo and Los Angeles showed interested in hosting the major championships.