WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL NEWS
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Parapan American Youth Games close in Buenos Aires
More than 600 athletes from 16 countries took part in the event which saw Brazil top the medals table.
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Powerlifting records fall at 2013 Parapan American Youth Games
Last day of powerlifting sees two junior world records broken in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Angola to host African Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Championships
The competition has been moved from Egypt to Angola due to political instability in the region.
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Tokyo to stage 2020 Paralympic Games
IPC sends congratulations to Tokyo 2020 bid team.
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One year on: Pat Anderson won’t rule out Rio 2016
The world’s top wheelchair basketball player reflects on London 2012, saying he could come back for a final hurrah.
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USA claim gold, Mexico shock Canada at Americas Cup
USA, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia all qualified for the 2014 men’s wheelchair basketball World Championships.
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Argentina, USA lead standings at Americas Cup
The shocker of the wheelchair basketball Americas Cup thus far has been Argentina’s upset of Paralympic champions Canada.
![Nik Goncin](/sites/default/files/images/170303080724057_nik-goncin.jpg)
IWBF U23 Worlds schedule released
The IWBF Under-23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships will take place in September in Adana, Turkey.
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Abdi Jama: From European champion to Ramadan observer
After captaining Great Britain to another wheelchair basketball European title, Abdi Jama begins to celebrate Ramadan.
![Wheelchair Basketball: Great Britain plays against Turkey](/sites/default/files/images/130718123038303_GBs%2BHarry%2BBrown%2Bin%2Baction%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bfinal.jpg)
Frankfurt 2013: Five things we learned
Take a look back at five of the biggest things that the 2013 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships showed us.
![Inge Huitzing](/sites/default/files/images/130715095628694_inge.jpg)
Age no barrier for Dutch champion Huitzing
Inge Huitzing’s 24-point performance helped the Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team take the European title this year.
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Great Britain beat Turkey for gold in thriller
The British men’s wheelchair basketball team won the European title by just two points against Turkey.
![Netherlands women's wheelchair basketball team](/sites/default/files/images/130421152433050_151461144.jpg)
Dutch upset Germans to take European gold
The Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team defeated Germany to take the IWBF European Wheelchair Basketball title.
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Women’s wheelchair basketball semi-finals set at Euros
Germany, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands will all fight for the women’s European crown.
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Italy stun Germany at Euros
The men’s and women’s quarter-final matchups are now set at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.
Naciye Cakir’s 27 points lead Turkey in Frankfurt
Turkey recorded a big win against Italy in the women’s preliminary round of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.
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Italy win overtime thriller in Frankfurt
Italy and Turkey’s men’s teams and France’s women’s team pulled off big victories at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.
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German women start Euros on a roll
Germany's women's team, and men's teams from the Netherlands, Italy and Great Britain all won their openers at the Wheelchair Basketabll European Championships.
![Netherlands women's wheelchair basketball team](/sites/default/files/images/130421152433050_151461144.jpg)
Dutch shine on third day in Frankfurt
The Dutch men’s and women’s teams shone on the third day of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.
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Paralympic dream for Turkish team
Turkey’s women’s wheelchair basketball team can use the IWBF European Wheelchair Basketball Championships as their first step toward Paralympic qualification.