Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair Basketball
Highest governing body
  1. ISMGF (1956-1963) No Organ
  2. ISMGF (1973-1989)
  3. ISMGF and IWBF (1989-1993)
  4. IWBF (1993-Now)
Characteristics
Mixed-sexNo
TypeIndoor
Presence
Paralympic1960

Wheelchair basketball is a style of basketball played using a sports wheelchair.[1] The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) is the governing body for this sport.[2] It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as the sole competent authority in wheelchair basketball worldwide. FIBA has recognized IWBF under Article 53 of its General Statutes.[3]

The IWBF has 95 National Organizations for Wheelchair Basketball (NOWBs) participating in wheelchair basketball throughout the world, with this number increasing each year. It is estimated that more than 100,000 people play wheelchair basketball from recreation to club play and as elite national team members.[4]

Wheelchair basketball is included in the Paralympic Games. The Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is played two years after every Paralympic Games. Major competition in wheelchair basketball comes from Canada, Australia, the United States, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Japan.

  1. ^ "What is Wheelchair Basketball". ActiveSG. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  2. ^ "Home page". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  3. ^ "Wheelchair basketball". Capstone. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ^ Estimates of number of players according to the IWBF website Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine