WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL NEWS
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Para sport preview: August 2018
Five World Championships headline the month
![Nicaragua's wheelchair basketball players on a court holding up the Nicaragua flag](/sites/default/files/images/180727165448239_Nicaragua%2Bwheelchair%2Bbasketball_1.jpg)
Lima 2019: Wheelchair basketball spots up for grabs
Men’s tournament will decide central American and Caribbean nations
![male wheelchair basketball players Alejandro and Pablo Zarzuela challenge a US player for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/180727154320648_Alejandro-and-Pablo-Zarzuela.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Spain name men’s team
Wheelchair basketballers go for more history after historic Paralympic silver
![Three Brazilian men wheelchair basketball players wave at home crowd](/sites/default/files/images/180724112352289_brazil%2Bbasketball%2Brio.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Brazil’s men’s team named
Wheelchair basketball squad selected for nation’s first Worlds in over a decade
![a group of Argentinian male wheelchair basketballers pose on a court](/sites/default/files/images/180721124948341_argentina-wheelchair-basketball.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Argentina men’s team named
Third appearance at wheelchair basketball World Championships
![a group of female Spanish wheelchair basketballers fighting for the ball on the court](/sites/default/files/images/180719145924217_Spain-female-wheelchair-basketball.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Spain women's team named
Squad set for first World Championship appearance in 24 years
![2018 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/syRNOcP7qCaYjpuFhZEwgnry3z34HjyQVDo8QN7RRCk.jpg?itok=hJ3cuKt0)
Hamburg 2018: Clare Nott more motivated
Wheelchair basketball player determined to show that Australia are back
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Hamburg 2018: British men’s team named
Eight wheelchair basketball players return from Rio 2016's bronze medal team
![a group of male wheelchair basketballers on court](/sites/default/files/images/180706101825190_Italy%2BWB%2Bsquad.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Italy men’s team named
Wheelchair basketballers target top eight finish at Worlds
![a female wheelchair basketballer dribbles the ball](/sites/default/files/images/180706145011671_Chantal%2BBenoit.jpg)
Chantal Benoit earns Order of Canada
Multi-world and Paralympic wheelchair basketball champion honoured
![Two men in wheelchair shake hands as one holds a frame](/sites/default/files/images/180705153514378_Steve%2BSpilka_BWB_0.jpg)
IPC sends condolences to family of Steve Spilka
Key figure in British wheelchair basketball passes away
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Hamburg 2018: Australia announced
Wheelchair basketball Worlds rosters revealed
![a group of male wheelchair basketball players](/sites/default/files/images/180625153620753_Russia%2Bdivision%2BB.jpg)
Russia claim European wheelchair basketball title
Men’s team win B Championships to move up to Division A
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Hamburg 2018: British women’s team named
Twelve athletes make-up the squad for August’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
![Women in wheelchair dribbles basketball](/sites/default/files/images/180622110821281_melanie%2Bhawtin_wheelchair%2Bbasketball%2Bcanada_1.jpg)
Hamburg 2018 : Hawtin aims for back-to-back golds
The wheelchair basketballer wants to continue Canada’s success in the sport
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Hamburg 2018: French women’s team named
The World Wheelchair Basketball Championships are set for August in Hamburg, Germany
![a male wheelchair basketballer goes to take a shot](/sites/default/files/images/180613095258554_Patrick%2BAnderson%2Bnew.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Patrick Anderson inspires next generation
Wheelchair basketball’s greatest player back on court in a new role
![two female Para alpine skiers, a male wheelchair racer and a male wheelchair basketballer](/sites/default/files/images/180611122052649_Birthday%2BHonours.jpg)
Paralympians named in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Menna Fitzpatrick and Kurt Fearnley among athletes recognised
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Jakarta to host Asian Para Games test event
Five sports will be part of Indonesia Para Games Invitational Tournament
![two male wheelchair rugby players fight for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/180530123532842_Josh%2BWheeler.jpg)
Sydney 2018: USA wheelchair rugby team named
Paralympic silver medallists aiming to topple defending champions Australia