IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship
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The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Asia
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championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games
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Before 2009 the tournament was known as the Oceania Championship. The first Oceania Championship was held in 2001.
South Africa is also competing in this championship. Canada was part of the tournament in 2007, but is since 2009 part of the IWRF Americas Championship
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* = Oceania Championship
* = Oceania Championship
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
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Oceania
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Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair rugby, , is a team sport for athletes with a disability. It is currently practiced in over twenty countries around the world and is a Paralympic sport....
championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents. The Asia-Oceania Championship is also a qualifying tournament for the IWRF World Championships and the Paralympic Games
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...
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Before 2009 the tournament was known as the Oceania Championship. The first Oceania Championship was held in 2001.
South Africa is also competing in this championship. Canada was part of the tournament in 2007, but is since 2009 part of the IWRF Americas Championship
IWRF Americas Championship
The IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone...
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Summaries
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | Fourth place | ||
| 2001* Details |
 New Zealand(Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... ) |
– | – | ||||
| 2003* Details |
 Japan(Chiba Chiba -Places:* Chiba, Chiba, capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on the eastern coast of Honshū Island, Japan* Chiba Station, a train station in Chiba, Chiba... ) |
32–31 | – | – | |||
| 2005* Details |
 South Africa(Carnival City) |
44–43 | – | ||||
| 2007* Details |
 Australia(Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... ) |
47–41 | 29–25 | ||||
| 2009 Details |
New Zealand (Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of... ) |
53–45 | 65–29 | ||||
| 2011 Details |
 South Korea(Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... ) |
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Championships per nation
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Participation details
| Team | 2001* |
2003* |
2005* |
2007* |
2009 |
2011 |
Total |
| 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5 | ||
| – | – | – | 2nd | – | 1 | ||
| – | – | – | 6th | – | 1 | ||
| 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 5 | ||
| 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 5 | ||
| 4th | – | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4 | ||
| – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2 |
See also
- Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
- IWRF European ChampionshipIWRF European ChampionshipThe IWRF European Championship or IWRF European Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the European wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the continents...
- IWRF Americas ChampionshipIWRF Americas ChampionshipThe IWRF Americas Championship or IWRF Americas Zone Championship is the name commonly used to refer to the Americas wheelchair rugby championships that take place every two years between national teams of the Americas zone...
- Asian Championships