Gold Cup / World Championships (Men) 1973*/1975 - 2010 Cumulative Data
Number of teams participating 409 Complete rosters retrieved 390 (95%) Rosters sought 19 Imcomplete scores sought 8 for men, 5 for women
As indicated above, the team rosters listed below are not complete, particularly in the early years of the Paralympics and the Gold Cup. The authors hope that the publication of this list of teams and players will encourage federations of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) to search their records in order to add the names of missing players and coaches in a subsequent publication. We apologize for the numerous omissions and for the errors in spelling to certain names. This is due to missing documentation or errors in spelling on documents we obtained. During our editing of this work, in March 2009 and following, we were fortunate to receive some names of players that we had previously had no success in obtaining. We extend our gratitude to Dr. Ian Brittain, Paralympic historian, for providing the names of starting-5s for each competing nation in the 1960 Paralympics, as well as some missing scores. It is hoped that readers will help complete the list of teams. Additions or corrections to team lists may be addressed to armandthiboutot@ aol.com. Additions of names of players and coaches must be accompanied by documentation, which may also be sent via conventional mail to:
Armand “Tip” Thiboutot 100 Fulton St., 4V Boston, MA, U.S., 02109
2 Contents
*1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)...... 4
1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)...... 8
1979 Gold Cup - Men (Tampa, Florida, U.S.)...... 13
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)...... 17
1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia)...... 23
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)...... 28
1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)...... 34
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia)...... 40
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan)...... 46
2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)...... 52
2010 World Championships - Men (Birmingham, England)...... 58
3 *1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)
Organization
This 1973 tournament, staged in Bruges with eight European teams competing, is destined to survive in an historical state of ambiguity. At times it was identified as the World Cup, at other times the World Championship or the Golden Cup. In a letter (copy undated) to its persistent and capable founder, Andre Raes, Ludwig Guttman correctly wrote, “It is quite clear that your championships cannot be called World Championship Basketball, as only European countries and even these, not complete, are taking part.”
1. Great Britain: Brian Bennett, Graham Bool, Phil Craven, Carl Hepple, M. Kelly, Jerry Kinsella, Mick McCreadie, Bernard Parsons, George Swindlehurst, Cyril Thomas, Terry Willett (Capt.), John Young Coach: Gray Garner Record: 4-0
2. France: A. Adanski, Marcel Barbier, Jean-Francois Beaubeau, Jean-Louis Boilot (Capt.), C. Bourdin, Jacky Bridault, Gerard Chazot, D. Drieux, Michel LeDoze, Jean-Paul Mirouy, R.Missmer Coach: Robert Perri Record: 3-1
3. Netherlands: Evert Barendse, Jan Pieter Bleyerveld, Huib Koekoek, Piet Van Leeuven, Ad Leyten, Henk Makkenze, Joop Smits, Chris Tak, Per Hans van der Vis Coach: Rob Verheuvel Record: 2-2 4. Germany: Guenther Altenburg, Heinz Auberger, Rainer Bosch, Ludwig Bornschlegel, Richard Fuchs, Karl-Heinz Muller, Heinz Nolting, Erich Schropp, Werner Siemund, Wolfram Theel Coach: Horst Strohkendl Record: 2-2
This is the team, along with some women playing in Germany during this period, whose players served as the model for the design of the functional-player classification system drafted by Horst Strohkendl, a teacher of sports sciences at the University of Cologne. (See Chapter 3 Self-Determination in the bound version of the book.)
5. Belgium: Andre Allemeersch, Frank Jespers, Raf DeBosscher, Aime DeSala (Capt.), Mark Goethals, Roger Meulemeester, Jacky Meeus, Daniel Van Bellegem,Didier Verhegge Coach: Marcel Omelis Record: 2-2
6. Sweden: Ingvar Agermo, Kurt Berglind, Gunnar Berglund, Sven Engbusk, Lars Löfström, Kjell Lundin, Gösta Nilsson, Bengt Olofsson, Göran Sjödén Coach: Tommy Jacobsson Record: 1-3
7. Spain: F. Chaves, J. Clua, J. Guederiaga, E. Guerrero,J. Morenegro, M. Rosell, J. Sabate (Capt.), T. Santana, F. Ugrens Coach: Jose Orrio Record: 1-3
8. Switzerland: No names available Coach: ?______Record: 0-4
*1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 5 Preliminary Round Results Pool A The Netherlands 51, Sweden 31 France 51, Switzerland 23 France 52, Netherlands 29 France 57, Sweden 37 Netherlands 42, Switzerland 25 Switzerland 52, Sweden 29
Pool B Belgium 31, Spain 22 England 67, Spain 37 Belgium 32, Germany 30 England 46, Germany 22 Germany 37, Spain 35 England 50, Belgium 23
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. France 3 0 Netherlands 2 1 Sweden 1 2 Switzerland 0 3
Pool B W. L. England 3 0 Germany 2 1 Belgium 1 2 Spain 0 3
Placement Games Spain 51, Switzerland 28 7th-8th Belgium 38, Sweden 32 5th-6th
Semifinals England 43, Netherlands 27 France 59, Germany 32
Finals Bronze Medal Match Netherlands 43, Germany 27
Gold Medal Match England 50, France 37
*1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 6 Final Ranking 1. England 2. France 3. Netherlands 4. Germany 5. Belgium 6. Sweden 7. Spain 8. Switzerland
International Referees Robert Bertrand FRA Michel Bosch-Reitz NED Gordon Cherry GBR Jean Coen BEL Leon DeBrabander BEL Gray Garner GBR Armin Heller ISR Joseph Kantoreitis GER Cliff Last GBR
*1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 7 1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)
Organization
The Gold Cup competitions, hereafter also known as the World Championships, began in 1975 as a result of the persistent efforts of Andre Raes of Belgium who had envisioned the establishment of a world championship organized in the second year between Paralympic Games. Raes even engaged a Belgian composer who realized a hymn for the Gold Cup, a hymn which appears to have been lost. Two North American teams, Canada and the United States were invited after taking part in the annual International Stoke Mandeville Games. Along with Israel, the three non-European teams gave the eleven-team field the patina of a world championship event. The authority for governing the event was the parent ISMGF and not the Basketball Subcommittee. The Sir Ludwig Guttmann Challenge trophy, first presented to the winner of the earlier 1973 Gold Cup tournament for European teams, was adopted as emblematic of all Gold Cup Championships of the future. Great Britain won the Gold Cup involving solely European teams in 1973. Teams were housed in the dormitories of the trade school where the tournament was played. Only players with spinal-cord related disabilities were allowed to participate in keeping with ISMGF eligibility rules. The official sponsors were the Belgian Sport Federation for the Disabled.
1. Israel: Sasson Aharoni, Ya’akov Ben-Arie, Arie Bezem, Baruch Hagai, David Kraus, Moshe Levy, Shlomo Pinto, Arie Rubin, Danny Shahar, Joel Shafran, Shaul Vagima Coach: Reuven Heller Record: 6-0
2. U.S.: Joe Arcese, Bob Ardinger, Ray Clark, Mike Dempsey, Ed Harris, Tommy Hite, Bruce Karr, David Kiley, Tony Levis, Jim Stuewe, Don Vandello, Dale Wiley Coach: Stan Labanowich, Bob Szyman (Asst.), Jim Olson (Asst.) Record: 6-1 3. Great Britain: Brian Bennett, Graham Bool, Phil Craven, Carl Hepple, M. Kelly, Jerry Kinsella, Mick McCreadie, Bernard Parsons, George Swindlehurst, Cyril Thomas, Terry Willett (Capt.), John Young Coach: Howard Beale Record: 4-2
4. Netherlands: Jan Dijs, Henk Makkenze, Fritz Streyel, Leo Van Eyke, Piet Van Leeuwen, Harry Venema, Frits Wiegmann Coach: ?______Record: 4-3
5. Sweden: Lars Augustsson, Ingvar Agermo, Kurt Berglund, Gunnar Berglund, Bengt Christoffersson, Sven Engbusk, Olle Heindow, Rolf Johansson, Lars Löfström, Gösta Nilsson, Bengt Olofsson, Hans Wåström Coach: Tommy Jacobsson Record: 2-3
6. Italy:
Coach: ?______Record: 2-4
7. Canada:
Coach: ?______Record: 3-2
8. Germany: Guenther Altenburg, Heinz Auberger, Rainer Bosch, Ludwig Bornschlegel, Richard Fuchs, Karl-Heinz Muller, Heinz Nolting, Erich Schropp, Werner Siemund, Wolfram Theel Coach: ?______Record: 3-3
1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 9 9. Belgium: Andre Allemeersch, Filip Bardoel, Franco Casamassa, Jean Debal, Eddie Deleersnyder, Frank Jespers, Jacky Meeus, Franz Peeters, Daniel Van Belleghem, Johan Van Remi Van Ophem, Ronnie Waterbley, Johan Van Keymeulen Coach: Theo De Clerq, Ivan Rabaut (Assistant Coach Record: 2-4
10. Switzerland:
Coach: ?______Record: 1-5
11. Poland:
Coach: ?______Record: 0-6
Preliminary Round Results Pool A July 28: Sweden 50, Swtizerland 28
July 29: Canada 52, Sweden 49 Israel 77, Switzerland 24 Israel 65, Great Britain 34
July 30: Great Britain 42, Switzerland 24 Great Britain 55, Canada 48 Israel 75, Sweden 46
July 31: Israel 81, Canada 36 Great Britain 53, Sweden 48 Canada 53, Switzerland 26
Pool B July 28: Italy 58, Belgium 36 Netherlands 90, Poland 18
July 29: U.S. 65, Italy 38 Netherlands 54, Belgium 30 U.S. 57, Germany 48 Germany 71, Poland 15
1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 10 July 30: Belgium 63, Poland 32 Germany 64, Italy 25 U.S. 60, Poland 19 Netherlands 44, Germany 39 U.S. 72, Belgium 34
July 31: Germany 52, Belgium 44 Netherlands 47, Italy 35 Italy 50, Poland 37 U.S. 49, Netherlands 35
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Israel 4 0 74.5 36.5 Great Britain 3 1 46.0 46.3 Canada 2 2 47.3 52.8 Sweden 1 3 48.3 52.0 Switzerland 0 4 55.5 25.5
Pool B W. L. F. A. U.S. 5 0 60.6 34.8 Netherlands 4 1 54.0 32.2 Germany 3 2 55.8 37.0 Italy 2 3 41.2 49.8 Belgium 1 4 41.4 53.6 Poland 0 5 24.2 66.8
Placements Switzerland 33, Poland 28 11th-12th Belgium 63, Switzerland 9th-10th Canada 41, Germany 40 7th-8th Sweden 85, Italy 28 5th-6th
Semifinals U.S. 53, Great Britain 31 Israel 81, Netherlands 38
1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 11 Finals September 16: Bronze Medal Match Great Britain 51, Netherlands 46
Gold Medal Match Israel 50, U.S. 47
Final Ranking 1. Israel 2. U.S. 3. Great Britain 4. Netherlands 5. Sweden 6. Italy 7. Canada 8. Germany 9. Belgium 10. Switzerland 11. Poland
International Referees Robert Bertrand FRA Hans Bosboom NED Michel Bosch-Reitz NED Gordon Cherry GBR Jean Coen BEL Leon DeBrabander BEL Gray Garner GBR Armin Heller ISR Joseph Kantoreitis GER Cliff Last GBR
International Classifiers Information not available.
1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 12 1979 Gold Cup - Men (Tampa, Florida, U.S.)
Organization
The second World Championship, or 3rd Gold Cup given that the first in 1973 was not a world championship, became the first international wheelchair basketball championship to be organized as a single ISMGF sport competition outside of Europe. While still nominally under the aegis of the ISMGF, the Basketball Sub- Committee took full responsibility for all matters from on-site transportation, accommodations and facilities, to game officials and player classification. It was the first time that the referees were paid a stipend for their services ($300.00 U.S. dollars, each). Played in suburban Hillsborough County at the local Community College, the nine-team tournament drew only a modest number of spectators in all. It did, however, stamp itself as a uniquely developed sport within the structure of the ISMGF. The National Wheelchair Basketball Association of the United States, the world’s first national single sport organization, hosted the event.
1. U.S: Denver Branum, David Efferson, John Johnston, David Kiley, Bob Murdock, Gary Odorowski, Ed Owen, Joe Thorn, Don Vandello, Dale Wiley Coach: Bud Rumple, George Veenstra (Asst.) Record: 4-1
2. Netherlands: Jan Dijs, Tom Hejman, Jan Huisman, Ad Leyten, Henk Makkenze, Frits Streyl, Rinus Van der Schoot, Leo Van Eyck, Piet Van Leeuwen, Peter Van Selzen, Harry Venema, Frits Wiegmann Coach: Rob Verheuvel, Bruce McNeely (Asst.) Record: 4-1
3. France: Jean-Francois Beaubeau, Eric Benault, Andre Chauve, Maurice Clayes, Mustapha Hani, Jean-Pierre Hingre, Michel Izanec, Michel LeDoze, Dominique Marchegiani, Celestin Parsemain, Patrick Perrony, Francois Poitevin Coach: Robert Perri Record: 4-2
4. Israel: Sasson Aharoni, Arie Bezem, Haim Cohen, Baruch Hagai, David Kraus, Moshe Levy, David Perach, Nahum Prital, Arieh Rubin, Yoel Shafran, Daniel Shahar, Shaul Vagima Coach: Shimon Shelach, Shaar Pichas (Asst.) Record: 4-2
5. Canada: Murray Brown, Peter Collistro, Rick Hansen, Frank Henderson, Bill Inkster, Reg McClellan, Dean Mellway, Ron Minor, Dennis Pottie, David Rudderham, Chris Sobkowicz, John Stubbert Coach: Phil Allen Record: 3-2
6. Sweden Ingmar Agermo, Lars Gunnar Andersson, Gunnar Berglund, Kurt Berlind, Michael Buch, Sven Engbusk, Rolf Johansson, Lars Lofstrom, Kjell Lundin, Kennet Neilsson, Tommy Olsson, Hans Wastrom Coach: Tommy Jacobsson Record: 1-3
7. Spain: Angel Alamillo, Jose Benitez, Eloy Guerrero, Antonio Henarez, Manual Jara, Jose Montenegro, Manuel Moreno, Jose Oliva, Antonio Salazar, Jose Solaz, Juan Torrente, Salvador Zurita Coach: Antonio Jimenez, Antonio Marco (Asst.) Record: 1-3
8. Great Britain: Dennis Bonnar, Graham Bool, Phillip Craven, Ray Cross, Arthur Davis, Mick McCreadie, Neil McDonald, Keith Metcalfe, Robert Park, Chris Rolt, Vincent Ross Coach: Glynn Taylor Record: 2-3
9. Belgium: Andre Allemeersch, Filip Bardoel, Olivier Bartholome, Franco Cassamassa, Jean DeBal, Giovan ni DeSantis, Jan DeWitte, Marc Goethals, Patrick Mees, Jan Marie Van Hulle, Ronnie Waterbley, Oscar Zaman
1979 Gold Cup - Men (Tampa, Florida, U.S.) 14 Coach: Theo De Clerq, Ivan Rabaut (Asst.) Record: 0-4
Preliminary Round Results May 9: Israel 72, Belgium 24 Canada 51, Great Britain 43 Netherlands 70, Spain 43 Israel 44, France 43 U.S. 86, Sweden 24
May 10: France 72, Great Britain 32 Israel 57, Canada 53 U.S. 77, Spain 48 Great Britain 48, Belgium 41 Netherlands 75, Sweden 38
May 11: France 77, Belgium 36 Sweden 76, Spain 55 France 42, Canada 41 Netherlands 55, U.S. 50 Israel 82, Great Britain 40
May 12: Canada 60, Belgium 47
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Israel 4 0 63.8 40.0 France 3 1 58.5 38.3 Canada 2 2 51.3 47.3 Great Britain 1 3 40.8 61.5 Belgium 0 4 37.0 64.3
Pool B W. L. F. A. Netherlands 3 0 66.7 43.7 U.S. 2 1 71.0 42.3 Sweden 1 2 46.0 72.0 Spain 0 3 48.7 74.3
Semifinals May 12: U.S. 75, Israel 45 Netherlands 53, France 51
1979 Gold Cup - Men (Tampa, Florida, U.S.) 15 Classifications May 13: Spain 65, Great Britain 58 7th-8th Canada 72, Sweden 65 5th-6th
Finals May 13: Bronze Medal Match France 58, Israel 56
Gold Medal Match U.S. 60, Netherlands 49
Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. Netherlands 3. France 4. Israel 5. Canada 6. Sweden 7. Spain 8. Great Britain 9. Belgium
International Referees Nimrod Barin ISR Robert Bertrand FRA Michel Bosch-Reitz NED Paul DeCoster BEL Peter GU.S.tafsson SWE Richard Moreno ESP Noah Rabinovitz ISR Ben Shlemon U.S. Don Steponchev CAN Ray Witticombe GBR
International Classifiers Dr. Cairbre McCann U.S. Dr. Hans Vorsteveld NED Gary Blosser, P.T. U.S.
1979 Gold Cup - Men (Tampa, Florida, U.S.) 16 1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Organization
The Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association, having accepted the right for hosting the third Gold Cup Championships, chose Halifax, Nova Scotia as the ultimate site, a continent apart from Vancouver, British Columbia, which has been selected as the original site. The Vancouver group bowed out when it was apparent that they could not raise the funds necessary for the tournament. Teams were housed in the dormitories at St. Mary’s University and played the preliminary round games in the adjacent Dalplex athletic facility owned by Dalhousie University. The Semifinals and finals were held in the city’s Metro Centre before a crowd of 4,000. The championships served as the venue for classifying all players according to the newly approved functional classification system devised by Dr. Horst Strohkendl of Germany, Chairman of the Basketball Subcommittee’s Player Classification Committee. Amputees and other non-spinal cord related athletes with disabilities were permitted to play internationally for the first time.
1. U.S: Curtis Bell, David Efferson, Rick Helms, David Kiley, John Johnston, Ed Owen, Ariel Roman, Randy Snow, Leon Sturtz, Joe Sutika, Don Vandello, Darryl Waller, Randy Wix Coach: Bruce Karr, Frank Burns (Asst.) Record: 7-0
2. France: Phillippe Baye, Eric Benault, Andre Chauve, Maurice Clayes, Michel Gradelle, Marc Guillemains, Dominique Marchegiani, Phillipe Nuttin, Celestin Parsemain, Jean Jacques Reignier, Jean-Michel Schille Coach: Robert Perri Record: 5-2
3. Sweden Nils Ander, Lars-Gunnar Andersson, Gunnar Berglund, Sven Engbusk, Bo Gotstav, Gunnar Jangbring, Bengt-Gosta Johansson, Rolf Johansson, Dan Lindholm, Lars Lofstrom, Kennet Nilsson Coach: Tommy Jacobsson Record: 5-1
4. Isreal: Yossi Amoyal, Arieh Bezem, Baruch Hagai, Moshe Levy, Shlomo Nekava, Arieh Rubin, Aharoni Sasson, Pinto Schlomo, Shaban Shachpaki, Yoel Shafran, Israel Vagima, Ya’acov Zion Coach: Daniel Shahar Record: 5-1
5. Netherlands: Jan Dys, Ben Klerks, Henk Makkenze, Hureb Nelissen, Hein Peneux, Frits Streyl, Rob Van der Brock, Peter Van Velzen, Harry Venema, Frits Wiegmann Coach: Rob Verheuvel Record: 3-2
6. Canada: Flo Aukema, John Boyko, Murray Brown, Walter Dann, Rick Hansen, Reg McClellan, Gary Reid, Roy Sherman, John Stubbert, Randy Wyness Coach: Brent Patterson, Jack Hoganson (Asst.) Record: 3-3
7. Germany: Otto Albrecht, Erich Henning, Wolfgang Hollhorst, Edwin Hornung, Baeter Jakubowske, Detlev Knop, Paul Kuhnreich, Frank Michael, Berthold Schauberger, Norbert Weinrauter Coach: Hans Tukker Record: 1-4
8. Great Britain: Phil Craven, Ray Cross, Mick Davenport, Bill Henderson, Dave Kelly, Gordon Perry, Steve Roche, Chris Rolt, Vincent Ross, Tony Stokel, Abu Yilla Coach: Tony Hooper, Tony Sainsbury (Asst.) Record: 1-4
9. Japan: Masahiro Hara, Shigeru Hino, Yoshiteru Hoshi, Heita Ito, Isoa Mazaki, Yunichi Matsui, Makoto Montoyama, Teruo Nozaki, Yasukatsu Omori, Masato Sakamoto, Sukemasa Tokunaga, Haruhisa Yoshida
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 18 Coach: T. Mimura, Y. Ogawa (Asst.) Record: 2-4
10. Belgium: Andre Allemersch, Olivier Bartholome, Jean-Claude Cordier, Jean DeBal, Marc De Meyer, Marc Devos, Patrick Mees, Paul Van Winkel, Didier Vermassen Coach: Theo DeClercq, Ivan Rabaut (Asst.)
11. Australia: Kevin Bishop, Michael Callahan, Erich Hubel, Errol Hyde, Charles Ikstrums, Michael McFawn, Robert McIntyre, Richard Oliver, Peter Peterson, Fred Pointer, Mark Pope, Martin Wilde Coach: Bruno Moretti, Charles Ryan (Asst.) Record: 0-5
Additional teams not identified above among the top 11 are listed in alphabetical order:
Australia: Kevin Bishop, Ron Burgers, Michael Callahan, Kevin Coombs (Capt.), Erich , Hubel, Errol Hyde, Charles Ikstrums, Robert Macintyre, Michel McFawn, Richard Oliver, Peter Petersen, Mark Pope Coach: Bruno Moretti, Charles Ryan (Asst.)
West Germany Otto Albrecht, Erich Hennig, Wolfgang Hollhorst, Edwin Hornung, Dieter Jacubowski, Detler Knop, Paul Kuhnreich, Frank Michael, Bertold Schanberger, Norbert Weinrauter (Capt.)
Coach: Hans Tukker, Theo Marx (Asst.)
Preliminary Round Results May 23: France 64, Belgium 44 U.S. 86, Japan 72 Netherlands 68, Great Britain 42 Israel 70, Australia 36 Canada 56, Germany 40 U.S. 86, Belgium 54
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 19 May 24: France 64, Germany 41 Canada 76, Japan 48 Sweden 59, Israel 58 Netherlands 68, Australia 22 Germany 41, Belgium 40 Sweden 70, Great Britain 47 U.S. 65, Canada 53
May 25: U.S. 78, Germany 46 Israel 77, Great Britain 42 Japan 66, Belgium 59 Sweden 66, Australia 52 France 56, Canada 54
May 26: Sweden 53, Netherlands 48 Germany 56, Japan 51 Great Britain 62, Australia 58 Canada 74, Belgium 59 Israel 66, Netherlands 58 France 69, Japan 53 U.S. 82, France 58
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. U.S. 5 0 75.8 55.4 France 4 1 62.2 54.8 Canada 3 2 62.8 50.8 Germany 2 3 44.8 57.8 Japan 1 4 58.0 69.2 Belgium 0 5 47.2 66.4
Pool B W. L. F. A. Sweden 4 0 62.0 51.2 Israel 3 1 67.8 48.8 Netherlands 2 2 60.5 45.8 G. Britain 1 3 48.3 68.3 Australia 0 4 42.0 64.0
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 20 Classification May 27: Belgium 58, Australia 40 Netherlands 76, Germany 45 France 60, Sweden 45 U.S. 77, Israel 60
Placement May 28: Japan 67, Belgium 43 9th-10th Germany 62, G. Britain 7th-8th Netherlands 53, Canada 42 5th-6th
Finals Bronze Medal Match Sweden 63, Israel 56
Gold Medal Match U.S. 86, France 67
Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. France 3. Sweden 4. Israel 5. Netherlands 6. Canada 7. Germany 8. Great Britain 9. Japan 10. Belgium 11. Australia
International Referees Volker Baars GER Nimrod Berin ISR Gerard Blanchet FRA Paul Camitsch U.S. Michael Constantino SWE Paul DeCoster BEL John Fanning CAN
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 21 Ben Harnish CAN Kenji Mizuta JPN Al Orr U.S. Gunnar Schon SWE Joop Staarthof HOL Don Steponchev CAN Brian Taylor GBR
International Classifiers Michael Riding CAN Jean Claude Druvert FRA Horst Strohkendl GER Hans Vorsterveld NED
1983 Gold Cup – Men (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) 22 1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia)
Organization
A very energetic and enthusastic group, under the auspices of the Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation and the Paravics Sports Club Ltd. Of Victoria, organized this 4th Wheelchair Basketball Championship - Gold Cup in Melbourne. Because Spain was forced to withdraw at the last minute due to financial difficulties, the field was reduced to eleven nations. Two North American teams - the U.S. and Canada - played for the championships with the Americans capturing their third consecutive Gold Cup title by a convincing margin, 61-40.
1. U.S. Curtis Bell, Albert Campos, Dave Efferson, Rick Helms, David Kiley, Ron Labar, Kevin Lowery, Joe Manni, Bob Murdock, Randy Snow, Joe Sutika, Darryl Waller Coach: Paul Jackson; George Veenstra (Asst.) Record: 7-0
2. Canada: Flo Aukema, Murray Brown, Peter Colistro, Denis LaPalme, John May, Reg McClellan, Ron Minor, M. Quessy, Roy Sherman, Dave Smyth, John Stubbert, Ron Van Elswyck Coach: Don Royer, Bob Bryce (Asst.) Record: 5-2
3. Netherlands: Frans Breugel, Jan Dijs, Servaas Kamerling, Ben Klerks, Gert-Jan van der Linden, Henk Makkenze, Frits Streijl, Ron Van Gelderen, Harry Venema, Peter Velzen, Frits Wiegmann Coach: Rob Verheuvel Record: 4-2 4. France: Philippe Baye, Eric Benault, Michel Gradelle, Jean-Louis Granzotto, Marc Guillemain, Michel Izanic, Alain Kieffer, Michel Mensch, Philippe Nuttin, Jean-Yves Regnault, Jean-Jaques Reignier, Alain Trolong Coach: Robert Perri, Bernard Ganser (Asst.) Record: 4-3
5. Israel: Henri Abutol, Yossi Amouyal, Haim Cohen, Zvi Gaziel, Baruch Hagai, Moshe Levy, Hanan Lushkov, David Perach, Eyal Sar-Tov, Yoel Shafran, Zion Yaacov, Offer Zur Coach: Daniel Shahar Record: 4-2
6. Sweden: Nils Ander, Lars-Gunnar Andersson, Lars Arkestedt, Gunnar Berglund, Jan Edbom, Sven Engbusk, Anders Forslund, Bo Gotstav, Glenn Ikonen, Gunnar Jangbring, Bengt-Gosta Johansson, Tommy Olsson Coach: Kjell Backlund, Sergio Rios (Asst.) Record: 5-2
7. Yugoslavia: Ifran Agic, Adam Dmitrovic, Igor Dobrovski, Anton Koscak, Lazo Ljubotina, Marjan Petervelj, Zdravko Strajnar, Marjan Trdina, Joee Zgajnar Coach: Tony Hooper, Tony Sainsbury (Asst.) Record: 2-4
8. Italy Giovan ni Barruza, Gaetano Cagnazzo, Giovan ni Ciuffreda, Gianni Dal Ben, Carlo DiGiusto, Michele DiRocco, Antonio Genova, Carlo Iannucci, Marcello Izzo, Vito LaGinestra, Giuseppi Murolo, Franco Oroni Coach: Alvaro Carboni, Mario Fagone (Asst.) Record: 1-6
9. Germany: Holger Glinicki, Wolfgang Hollhorst, Edwin Hornung, Paul Kohnreich, Harald Mandl, Frank Michael, Gunter Ritter, Wolfgang Schafer, Berthold Schauberger, Norbert Weinrauter, Adolf Wiesnet Coach: Ulf Mehrens Record: 3-4
1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia) 24 10. Australia: Kevin Bishop, Michael Callahan, David Gould, Erich Hubel, Errol Hyde, Eric Klein, Michael McFawn, Robert McIntyre, Michael Nugent, Richard Oliver, Chris Sparks, Steven Trestrail Coach: C. Ryan, Kevin Bawden (Asst.) Record: 1-5
11. Great Britain: Steve Caine, Phil Craven, Ray Cross, Dave Kelly, Martin McElhatton, Kenny McKay, Colin Price, Chris Rolt, Gary Peel, Nigel Smith, Tony Stokell, Abu Yilla Coach: Mick McCreadie Record: 0-5
Preliminary Round Results April 6: Sweden 62, Germany 49 Israel 47, Yugoslavia 45 Canada 88, Italy 45 France 43, Australia 41 Netherlands 56, Great Britain 33
April 7: Canada 61, Australia 43 Sweden 76, Italy 58 Israel 55, Great Britain 52 U.S. 68, Yugoslavia 54 France 47, Germany 36
April 8: U.S. 64, Great Britain 34 France 77, Italy 45 Germany 36, Australia 35 Canada 80, Sweden 45 Netherlands 62, Israel 61
April 9: Sweden 65, Australia 48 France 55, Canada 49 U.S. 67, Netherlands 52 Yugoslavia 48, Great Britain 40 Italy 50, Germany 41
April 10: Netherlands 81, Yugoslavia 51 Canada 52, Germany 47 Australia 43, Italy 39 Sweden74, France 60 U.S. 74, Israel 43
1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia) 25 Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. U.S. 4 0 68.2 45.8 Netherlands 3 1 62.8 53.0 ISRAEL 2 2 51.5 57.8 Yugoslavia 1 3 49.5 59.0 Great Britain 0 4 39.9 55.8
Pool B W. L. F. A. Canada 4 1 66.0 47.0 France 4 1 56.4 49.0 Sweden 4 1 66.4 59.0 Italy 1 4 47.4 65.0 Australia 1 4 42.0 48.8 Germany 1 4 41.8 49.2
Classification April 11: Germany 56, Great Britain 52 Sweden 57, Yugoslavia 56 Israel 68, Italy 44
Semifinals U.S. 72, France 42 Canada 55, Netherlands 44
Placement April 12: Germany 44, Australia 41 9th-10th Yugoslavia 63, Italy 40 7th-8th Israel 65, Sweden 52 5th-6th
Finals Bronze Medal Match Netherlands 57, France 49
Gold Medal Match U.S. 61, Canada 40
1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia) 26 Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. Canada 3. Netherlands 4. France 5. Israel 6. Sweden 7. Yugoslavia 8. Italy 9. Germany 10. Australia 11. Great Britain
International Referees Bob Beacock GBR Paul Camitsch U.S. Ross Dewell AUS Finian Egan AUS John Fanning CAN Les Hill AUS Greg Love AUS Yom-Tov Meir ISR Ricardo Moreno ESP Ulrich Otto GER Gunnar Schon SWE Bruno Silvestri ITA Zarco Tomsic JUG Jean-Claude Toulec FRA Tom Visser NED Ray Witticombe GBR
International Classifiers John Bourke AUS Philip Craven GBR Bernard Courbariaux FRA Michael Riding CAN
1986 Gold Cup - Men (Melbourne, Australia) 27 1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium)
Organization
Officially recognized as the IWBF, the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, awarded the 5th Gold Cup World Championships to Bruges, Belgium, site of the first Gold Cup held in 1975. All 42 games were played in the city’s Ter Groen Poorte facility. Suitably enough, Andre Raes, the competition’s founder, served as chairman of the organizing committee. The King of Belgium, H. M. Boudewijn, lent royal patronage to the event. An anthem, composed by Frans Van Landeghem, highlighted the opening and closing ceremonies. Israel was added to the roster of teams after the South American entry withdrew because of financial problems. France wrested the championship from the three-time titlist U.S. with a thrilling last minutes 62-61 over the Americans.
1. France Jean-Denis Aboukir, Eric Benault, Lionel Chavanne, Mario Fahrasmane, Jean-Luc Genete, Michel Gradelle, Jean-Louis Granzotto, Alain Kieffer, Michel Mensch, Philippe Nuttin, Jean-Yves Regnault, Jean Jacques Reignier Coach: Maurice Schoenaacker, Bernard Ganser (Assist.) Record: 7-0
2. U.S. Ron Alsup, Albert Campos, Darryl Waller, Dave Efferson, Tim Kazee, David Kiley, Kevin Lowery, Joe Manni, Jim Miller, Mike Schlappi, Darren Schenebeck, Russ Serr Coach: Harry Vines, Bob Szyman (Assist.) Record: 6-1
3. Canada Jim Enright, Mike Frogley, Pat Griffin, Roy Henderson, Denis LaPalme, David Lash, John May, Reg McClellan, Ron McKay, Ron Minor, Chris Samis, Grant Strohbach Coach: Brent Foster, Garry Smith Record: 5-2 4. Netherlands Peter Brandsen, Wilbert Cappeteyn, Edward D’Hooge, Anton Derooy, Servaas Kammerling, Ben Klerks, Rene Martens, Boris Monkhorst, Frans Van Breugel, Bob Van der Broek, Gert-Jan van der Linden Coach: Rob Verheuvel Record: 4-3
5. Australia Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Michael Callahan, Stewart Ewin, David Gould, Gerard Hewson, Steve Lazarakes, Tim Maloney, Richard Oliver, Chris Sparks, Paul Stitt, Michael Walker Coach: Michael Tucker Record: 4-3
6. Germany Georg Beschler, Wolfgang Hollhorst, Paul Kuhnreich, Jorg Leonhardt, Frank Michael, Manfred Mikschy, Horst Rodig, Ahmed Salameh, Thomas Schafer, Rainer Schumacher Coach: Ulf Mehrens Record: 4-3
7. Japan Yoshiteru Hoshi, Heita Itoh, Toshiyuki Itoh, Osamu Kotaki, Yoshifumi Nagao, Akio Okuhara, Hirofumi Shintani, Sukemasa Tokunaga, Takeshi Tsuchiya, Yasuyuki Yoshida Coach: Yukihiro Kaneko Record: 4-3
8. Sweden Enok Ablorh, Thomas Akerberg, L.G. Andersson, Gunnar Berglund, Stefan Berglund, Jan Edbom, Anders Forslund, Glenn Ikonen, Rolf Johansson, Jalle Jungnell, Tommy Ollsson, Jonny Petterson Coach: Niche Sallnas Record: 2-5
9. Belgium A. Abrantes Duarte, Andre Allemeersch, Ronny Beerens, Juan Bernal, Michel Cant, Jean-Claude Cordier, Paul DeKeersgieter, Mark DeVos, Patrick Mees, Luc Van Landegheim, Rene Van Welden, Didier Vermassen Coach: Jean-Marie Van Hulle Record: 3-4
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 29 10. Italy Giovanni Barruzza, Mauro Bertoli, Andrea Buonavoglia, Ignacio Confessa, Giovanni Costa, Carlo DiGiusto, Michele DiRocco, Carlo Jannucci, Rudy Liva, Massimo Loppi, Pietro Pedretti, Fabio Raimondi Coach: Mario Fagone Record: 2-5
11. Austria: Harald Eder, Luis Grieb, Felix Karl, Hubert Kilga, Johann Klee, Walter Pfaller, Kurt Rausch, Thomas Richter, Alois Riedlecker, Gunther Stefan, Wolfgang Stieg, Robert Troppacher Coach: Gerhard Judmayer Record: 1-6
12. Great Britian: : Dave Bramley, Steve Caine, Mark Cheaney, Terry Clark, Callum Gordon, Don Johnson, Gary Peel, Colin Price, Nigel Smith, Sinclair Thomas, Tony Woolard, Mark Young Coach: Mick McCreadie, Graham Young Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results August 5: U.S. 79, Italy 42 France 70, Austria 51 Germany 70, Great Britain 60 Netherlands 72, Sweden 40 Japan 79, Belgium 54 Canada 62, Australia 45
August 6: Japan 71, Sweden 63 Canada 64, Great Britain 51 France 60, Belgium 47 U.S. 86, Australia 73 Netherlands 66. Austria 34 Germany 44, Italy 43
August 7: Belgium 67, Austria 52 Australia 74, Italy 41 France 81, Sweden 66 U.S. 66, Great Britain 48 Netherlands 72, Japan 63 Canada 59, Germany 55
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 30 August 8: Germany 56, Australia 55 France 66, Japan 50 Italy 56, Great Britain 51 Sweden 62, Austria 56 U.S. 63, Canada 59 Netherlands 85, Belgium 60 August 9: Australia 57, Great Britain 51 Japan 69, Austria 60 Canada 66, Italy 58 Sweden 66, Belgium 57 U.S. 67, Germany 49 France 60, Netherlands 55
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Canada 4 1 62.0 54.4 U.S. 5 0 72.2 52.8 Germany 3 2 54.8 56.8 Australia 2 3 60.8 59.2 Italy 1 4 48.0 62.8 G. Britian 0 5 52.2 62.6
Pool A W. L. F. A. Netherlands 4 1 70.0 51.4 France 5 0 67.4 53.8 Japan 3 2 66.4 67.0 Sweden 2 3 59.4 67.4 Belgium 1 4 57.0 68.4 Austria 0 5 50.6 66.8
Classification August 10: Belgium 51, Great Britain 50 Italy 63, Austria 50 Australia 65, Japan 60 Germany 59, Sweden 42
Semifinals France 69, Canada 50 U.S. 59, Netherlands 37
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 31 Placement Austria 41, Great Britain 40 11th-12th Belgium 63, Italy 58 9th-10th Japan 81, Sweden 67 7th-8th Australia 66, Germany 63 5th-6th
Finals Bronze Medal Match Canada 51, Netherlands 38
Gold Medal Match France 62, U.S. 61
Final Ranking 1. France 2. U.S. 3. Canada 4. Netherlands 5. Australia 6. Germany 7. Japan 8. Sweden 9. Belgium 10. Italy 11. Austria 12. Great Britain
International Referees Gilles Briere CAN Paul Camitsch U.S. Mike Constantino SWE Paolo Cretella ITA P. Hans-Jergen Klein GER Peter Kusters HOL Isaac Lechtmann SUI Greg Love AUS Kenji Mizuta JPN Ricardo Moreno ESP
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 32 Luc Raes BEL Gerd Weiglhofer AUT
International Classifiers Bernard Courbariaux FRA Duccio Piras ITA Michael Riding CAN Horst Strohkendl GER Armand “Tip” Thiboutot U.S. Hans Vorsteveld HOL
1990 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) 33 1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Organization
The sixth Gold Cup World Championship for men found a most hospitable home in Edmonton, Alberta. Having hosted the third Gold Cup, the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Federation awarded direct sponsorship to the Alberta Northern Lights Wheelchair Basketball Society. All 43 games were played in the 17,000 seat Northlands Coliseum, known as The House That Wayne Gretzky Built. South America was represented for the first time in Gold Cup history with the entry of Brazil. The U.S. had little trouble in making its way through the preliminary and semi-final round to meet up with a determined but clearly out- manned Great Britain team. The Americans took the gold medal with a 67-53 victory. Host Canada came away with the bronze medal after topping France 76- 62.
1. U.S.: Jeff Breihl, Trooper Johnson, Albert Campos, Reggie Colton, Chuck Gill, Mike Hays, Mel Juette, Mike Neville, Mike Schlappi, Mark Shepherd, Darryl Waller, Steve Welch Coach: Brad Hedrick Record: 7-0
2. Great Britain: Dave Bramley, Steve Caine, Mark Cheaney, Calum Gordon, Joey ayaratne, Dan Johnson, Simon Munn, Gary Peel, Colin Price, N. Smith, M. Tarkenter, Tony Woolard Coach: Mick McCreadie Record: 5-2
3. Canada: Dan Brinton, Eric Corsaut, Jeff Dennis, Dave Durepos, Jim Enright, Pat Griffin, Ken Hall, Roy Henderson, Reg McClellan, Richard Peter, Chris Samis, Grant Strohbach Coach: Joe Higgins Record: 5-2 4. France: Jean-Denis Aboukir, Philippe Baye, Ouahid Boustila, Lionel Chavanne, Mario Fahrasmane, Bruno Gaudefroy, Cedric Burelier, Jean- Luc Genete, Jean-Louis Granzotto, Abou Konate, Philippe Nuttin, Jean- Yves Regnault, Charles Zila Coach: Maurice Schoenacker Record: 5-2
5. Netherlands: Peter Brandsen, Wilbert Cappeteijn, Frank DeGoede, Edward d’Hooghe, Anton derooy, Ruud Dettmer, Koen Jansens, Mustapha Charif Jabari, Servaas Kamerling, Gert Jan Van der Linden, Sander Markus, Rene Martens Coach: G-J. Van Rangelrooij Record: 5-2
6. Australia: Troy Andrews, Sandy Blyth, Orfeo Cecconato, Michael Fawn, David Gould, Gerard Hewson, Tim Maloney, Nick Morris, Richard Oliver, Dion Reneti, Troy Sachs, Stephen Trestrail Coach: Michael Tucker Record: 4-3
7. Spain: Jose Cobos, Diego De Paz, Adeliro Fernandez, Antonio Henares, Inaki Ibarreta, Juan Jose Lara, Eduardo Lopez, Ramos Mira, Manuel Rodriguez, Jesus Torres, Jose Marie Sole, Raul Soto Coach: Angel Garcia Record: 3-4
8. Sweden: Enoch Ablorh, Thomas Akerberg, L-G Andersson, Gunnar Berglund, Anders Forslund, Glen Ikonnen, Per Jamesson, Jalle Jungnell, Tommy Olsson, Falk Sommerblad, Christian Wapner, Stephen Wegeborn Coach: Bjorn Tallen Record: 2-5
9. Germany: Tomer Artan, Jergen Julius, Abdulgazi Karaman, Dirk Kohler, Jorg Leonhardt, Thomas Lodzik, Frank Michael, Manfred Minschy, Ahmed Salameh, Peter Schadt, Thomas Schaffer, Guido Coach: Ulf Mehrens Record: 3-4
1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 35 10. Argentina: Fabian Castilla, Oscar Diaz, Jose Ganan, Ramon Garcette, Candelario Mamani, Julio Mountrion, Hector Miras, Juan Carlos Perez, Omar Pochetino, Guillermo Prieto, Marcos Sotelo, Jesus Rios Torres Coach: Castinera Record: 2-5
11. Japan: Toshick Hatakeyama, Ikuo Horie, Hiroshi Iwano, Tamonari Kaneko, Toru Kinoshita, Keisuke Koretomo, Akio Okuhara, Tomohiko Oshima, Naritaka Sakata, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Toshimitu Takubo, Sukemasa Tokunaga Coach: ?______Record: 1-6
12. Brazil: Ricardo Correa, Joao DaSilva, Paulo Fernandes, Victor Fernandes, Edson Ferraz, Antonio Martins, Ricardo Nacimento, Carlos Santos, Gilberto Santos, Paulo Santos, Kenedy Martins Souza Coach: Augusto Santos de Silva Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results July 21: France 73, Argentina 36 Canada 57, Sweden 47 Netherlands 79, Japan 43 U.S. 97, Brazil 40 Australia 74, Spain 70
July 22: Sweden 57, Argentina 41 Canada 49, Japan 35 Great Britain 92, Brazil 28 Spain 66, Germany 49 U.S. 88, Australia 56
July 23: Canada 52, Argentina 36 Sweden 62, Japan 45 France 69, Netherlands 64 Australia 66, Germany 64 Great Britain 63, Spain 57
1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 36 July 24: Netherlands 62, Argentina 41 France 59, Sweden 58 U.S. 69, Spain 43 Great Britain 61, Germany 55 Australia 85, Brazil 37
July 25: Netherlands 57, Sweden 54 Argentina 50, Japan 44 France 57, Canada 49 U.S. 66, Great Britain 49 Germany 74, Brazil 41
July 26: France 80, Japan 43 Canada 53, Netherlands 51 Spain l04, Brazil 38 Great Britain 57, Australia 55 U.S. 75, Germany 59
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. France 5 0 67.6 50.0 Canada 4 1 52.0 45.2 Netherlands 3 2 62.6 52.0 Sweden 2 3 55.6 51.8 Argentina 1 4 40.8 57.6 Japan 0 5 42.0 64.0
Pool A W. L. F. A. U.S. 5 0 79.0 49.4 Great Britain 4 1 64.4 52.2 Australia 3 2 67.2 63.2 Spain 2 3 68.0 58.6 Germany 1 4 60.2 61.8 Brazil 0 5 36.8 90.4
Classification July 27: Argentina 69, Brazil 51 Germany 72, Japan 53 Netherlands 78, Spain 57 Australia 60, Sweden 56
1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 37 Semifinals July 27: Great Britain 48, France 47 U.S. 80, Canada 50
Placement July 29: Japan 63, Brazil 54 11th-12th Germany 65, Argentina 9th-10th Spain 71, Sweden 56 7th-8th Netherlands 57, Australia 54 5th-6th
Finals July 30th Bronze Medal Match Canada 76, France 62
Gold Medal Match U.S. 67, Great Britain 53
Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. Great Britain 3. Canada 4. France 5. Netherlands 6. Australia 7. Spain 8. Sweden 9. Germany 10. Argentina 11. Japan 12. Israel
International Referees Jorge Bestillerio ARG Gilles Briere CAN Michael Constantino SWE ______Desouza BRA Ross Dewell AUS Bob English GBR Jean-Michel Evrard FRA
1994Tony Gold Gonzales Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, U.S.Canada) 38 Norbert Kucera GER Kaneyoshi Sugiyama JPN Javier Verde ESP
International Classifiers Bernard Courbariaux FRA Kathy Curtis U.S. Frederico Posse ARG Sheila Bastos Salgado BRA Horst Strohkendl GER Dinh Tan Trien FRA Peter Kusters NED Mark Nelson U.S. Stephan Otto AUT Don Steponchev CAN
1994 Gold Cup - Men (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 39 1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia)
Organization
The Australian Federation charged with hosting the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, jumped at the chance to bid on the 1998 Gold Cup World Championships. It would serve as a convenient warm-up and test of all systems connected with the conduct of the Paralympic competition. At the same time, the women’s tournament would be fully integrated into the schedule of games. While expensive for a single sport competition, commercial sponsors were found to bear the major costs. Energy Australia obtained naming rights so the event was officially known as “Energy Australia Gold Cup ‘98 World Championship.” The U.S. men’s team and the Canadian women’s team emerged victorious, a repeat of their gold medal performances four years earlier in Edmonton and Stoke Mandeville, respectively.
1. U.S: Eric Barber, Chuck Gill, Jeff Glassbrenner, Trooper Johnson, Mel Juette, Tim Kazee, David Kiley, Mike Schlappi, Paul Schulte, Mark Shepherd, Will Waller, Steve Welch Coach: Dan Byrnes, Frank Burns (Asst.) Record: 8-0
2. Netherlands: Anton De Rooy, Ruud Dettmer, Koen Jansens, Mustafa Jebari, Servaas Kamerling, Mario Oosterbosch, Sebastien Thiel, Frans van Breugel, Kees van der Bunte, Gert Jan van der Linden, Arie van Gent, Kornelis van der Werf Coach: W. Van Ek, C. van Loenen (Asst.) Record: 6-2
3. Canada: Patrick Anderson, Jamie Borisoff, Dan Brinton, Terry Cole, Dave Durepos, Jim Enright, Travis Gaertner, Ken Hall, Roy Henderson, Joey Johnson, Richard Peter, James Treuer Coach: Mike Frogley, Paul Bowes (Asst.) Record: 7-1 4. Australia: Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Orfeo Cecconato, David Gould, Gerard Hewson, Tim Maloney, Mick McFawn, Campbell Message, Nick Morris, Brook Quinn, Troy Sachs, Steve Testrail Coach: B. Turner, Richard Oliver (Asst.) Record: 5-3
5. Great Britain: Andy Blake, Dave Bramley, Steve Caine, Mark Cheaney, Calum Gordon, Kevin Hayes, Joey Jayaratne, Dan Johnson, Simon Munn, Gary Peel, Colin Price, Nigel Smith Coach: J. Stainton, H. Bahnia (Asst.) Record: 5-3
6. Spain: Pablo Martin Arteaga, Jose Cobos Benitez, Juan Carlos Gavira Fernandez, Carlos Olivares Llarena, Manuel Perez Luna, Manuel Rodriguez Navarro, Juan Jose Lara Ortiz, Diego De Paz Pazo, Eduardo Lopez Riaza, Jaime Llambi Riera, Rafael Rodriquez Salguero, Antonio Henares Sierra Coach: E. Bernaldo De Quiros, A. Gil-Verdura (Asst.) Record: 4-4
7. France: Jean-Dennis Aboukir, Cedric Berelier, Ouahid Boustila, Lionel Dixneuf, Mario Fahrasmane, Bruno Gaudefroy, Fredric Guyot,Abou Konate, Jean-Pascal Laffont, Behrand Libman, Ryad Sallem, Jose Therezo Coach: J. Soriano, C. Benderitter (Asst.) Record: 3-5
8. Finland: Antti Dahlberg, Jussi Juntunen, Petri Karkainen, Jari Karlsson, Juha- Pekka Konttinen, Jarmo Leppanen, Juha Luukkonen, Ari Maasilta, Jorma Nieminen, Janne Pikanen, Jari Ranta, Vesa Sydanmaa Coach: M. Kitunen, T. Flink (Asst.) Record: 2-6
9. Japan: Hiroshi Iwano, Yasuhiro Jimbo, Keisuke Koretomo, Hiroshi Kuramochi, Shingo Kurogi, Katsumi Miyake, Eiki Mizumoto, Shinji Negi, Shimpei Oikawa, Tomohiko Oshima, Hirofumi Shintani, Takao Sugasawa Coach: O. Kotaki, H. Miyaji (Asst.) Record: 3-4
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia) 41 10. Mexico: Pedro Diaz Avina, Martin A. Iasaias Delgadillo, J. Rigoberto Magana Diaz, Raul Ortega Enriquez, Gilberto Hernandez Gallardo, Mauro F. Duran Garcia, Salvador Zavala Garcia, Sergio Martinez Mendez, Roberto Vargas Rivera, Sergio Quevedo Rojas, Roberto Luis Blancas Rodriguez, Pedro Salvador Santos Coach: P. Anel, O. Alcantara (Asst.) Record: 2-5
11. Korea: Pill-Gyu Bang, Sa-Huyn Han, Chan-Kuw Im, Myong-Jin Jang, Hee Joon Kang, Ho-Yong Kim, Jin-Sung Kim, Jung-Seob Kim, Seouing-Goo Kim, Kwang-Yup Ko, Sung-Wook Park, Kwang Jin Ryu Coach: S. Cho Record: 1-6
12. Egypt: Ashraf Amar, Gamal Ahmed, Sayed Ahmed, Mohamed Amin, Ibrahim Aziz, Yousri Abed Elaziz, Hassan Mohamed, Aymen Ragga, Mohamed Rashed, Shaaban Saber, Mohamed Sabry, Khaled Shams Coach: F. Habib, S. Makhlouf (Asst.) Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results October 23: Great Britain 86, Korea 41 Spain 77, Mexico 59 Canada 76, Egypt 37 U.S. 57, Japan 37 Netherlands 68, France 41 Australia 68, Finland 61
October 24: Canada 73, Spain 71 Netherlands 77, Korea 47 Finland 72, Egypt 38 Great Britain 61, Japan 52 Australia 79, Mexico 59 U.S. 68, France 47
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia) 42 October 25: Canada 83, Mexico 60 Spain 67, Finland 54 U.S. 74, Korea 46 Australia 71, Egypt 41 France 69, Japan 54 Netherlands 61, Great Britain 37
October 26: Japan 66, Korea 41 U.S. 68, Netherlands 52 Great Britain 48, France 40 Australia 76, Spain 72 Mexico 76, Egypt 50 Canada 71, Finland 60
October 27: Netherlands 84, Japan 44 U.S. 56, Great Britain 51 France 84, Korea 40 Finland 66, Mexico 52 Spain 45, Egypt 37 Canada 58, Australia 54
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. U.S. 5 0 64.6 46.6 Netherlands 4 1 68.4 47.4 Great Britain 3 2 56.6 50.0 France 2 3 56.2 55.6 Japan 1 4 50.6 62.8 Korea 0 5 43.4 77.4
Pool B W. L. F. A. Canada 5 0 72.2 56.4 Australia 4 1 69.6 58.2 Spain 3 2 66.4 59.8 Finland 2 3 62.6 59.2 Mexico 1 4 61.2 71.0 Egypt 0 5 40.6 68.0
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia) 43 Quaterfinals October 28: Netherlands 64, Spain 50 Australia 61, Great Britain 60 Canada 68, France 50 U.S. 68, Finland 46
Classification Japan 70, Egypt 46 Mexico 71, Korea 54
Semifinals October 29: U.S. 64, Australia 46 Netherlands 63, Canada 53
Classification Great Britain 66, Finland 50 Spain 62, France 43
Placement October 30: Korea 62, Egypt 43 11th-12th Japan 65, Mexico 64 9th-10th France 63, Finland 60 7th-8th Great Britain 66, Spain 57 5th-6th
Finals October 31: Bronze Medal Match Canada 63, Australia 56
Gold Medal Match U.S. 61, Netherlands 59
Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. Netherlands 3. Canada 4. Australia 5. Great Britain 6. Spain 7. France 8. Finland 9. Japan
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia) 44 10. Mexico 11. Korea 12. Egypt
International Referees Sharon Arnold AUS Gilles Briere CAN Hak-Mo Chung KOR Ross Dewell AUS Victor Dorantes MEX Yassin El Darawy EGY Bob English GBR Vlad Eshenko CAN Jean-Michel Evrard FRA Juan Ferrer MEX Antonella Frabetti ITA Tony Gonzales U.S. Les Hill AUS Norbert Kucera GER Mark Nelsen U.S. Stefan Otto AUT Ulrich Otto GER Victor Reyes MEX Kenneth Sanford GBR Kaneyoshi Sugiyama JPN Juan Urunuela ESP Seppo Viljanen FIN Theo Vlug NED Edwin Wallaart NED Hisashi Yamauchi JPN
International Classifiers Toufic Allouche LEB Bernard Courbariaux FRA Kathy Curtis U.S. Don Perriman AUS Walter Pfaller AUT Lia Steinberg BRA
1998 Gold Cup - Men (Sydney, Australia) 45 2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan)
Organization
The Japan Wheelchair Basketball Association welcomed the 20 national teams - 12 men’s and 8 women’s - participating in the 2002 Gold Cup World Championships to one of Japan’s major industrial centers. The U.S. men chalked up their third consecutive world title with a convincing 74-61 win over Great Britain, while Canada extended its women’s titles to three straight, outscoring U.S. 49-38 in the gold medal game.
1. U.S. Eric Barber, Chuck Gill, Jeff Glassbrenner, Willie Hernandez, Paul Hill, Jeremy Lade, Jay Nelms, Nate Pendell, Paul Schulte, Mark Shepherd, Will Waller, Steve Welch Coach: Maurice Phillips, Roger Davis, Jr. (Asst.), Darryl Waller Record: 7-1
2. Great Britain: Ade Adepitan, Andrew Blake, Matthew Byrne, Terry Bywater, Peter Finbow, Kevin Hayes, Jignesh Mepani, Simon Munn, Jon Pollock, Colin Price, Steve Sadler, Sinclair Thomas Coach: David Titmus, Nigel Smith (Asst.) Record: 6-2
3. Canada: Patrick Anderson, Jaimie Borisoff, Dave Durepos, Travis Gaertner, Kenny Hall, Roy Henderson, Joey Johnson, Adam Lancia, Ross MacDonald, Ross Norton, Richard Peter, Christopher Stoutenberg Coach: Mike Frogley, Paul Bowes, (Asst.), Jerry Tonello (Asst.) Record: 7-1 4. Australia: Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Brendan Dowler, Justin Eveson, David Gould, Shaun Groenewegen, Adrian King, Grant Mizens, Brad Ness, Troy Sachs, David Selby, Daryl Taylor Coach: Murray Treseder, Alan Cox (Asst.), Craig Friday (Asst.) Record: 4-4
5. Germany: Lars Christink, Ahmet Coskun, Thomas Fischer, Volker Fring Abdulgazi Karaman, Lars Lehmann, Jorg Leonhardt, Manuel Onken, Mimoun Quali, Jens Schurmann, Ralf Schwarz, Dirk Thalheim Coach: Frits Wiegmann Record: 5-3
6. France: Philippe Baye, Ouahid Boustila, Jerome Courneil, Roger Deda, Mario Fahrasmane, Samir Goutali, Frederic Guyot, Jean-Pascal Laffont, Bertrand Libman, Ryadh Sallem, Joe Therezo, Manuel Vaisioa Coach: Maurice Schoenacker Record: 5-3
7. Netherlands: Wilbert Cappetijn, Frank de Goede, Mustafa Charif Jebari, Wim T Lam, Mario Oosterbosch, Huseyin Oturk, Frans Van Breugel, Gert Jan Van der Linden, Kornelis Van der Werf, Arie van Gent, Anton de Rooij, Sebastiaan Thiel Coach: Rob Verheuvel Record: 3-5
8. Japan: Shingo Fujii, Keisuke Koretomo, Fuminori Koyama, Kazuyuki Kyoya, Katsumi Miyake, Noriyuki Mori, Shimpei Oikawa, Akio Okuhara, Tomohiko Oshima, Hisanobu Sugiura, Akimasa Suzuki, Seiji Yamami Coach: Tomoki Agawa, Tomoya Higashino (Asst.) Record: 2-6
9. Israel: Sagi Badash, Avraham Ben Simmon, Schlomo Evgi, Roy Fine, Liran Hendel, Dotan Meishar, Ariel Ottolanghi, Rotem Philips, Roy Rozenberg, Gadi Slovik, Doran Troper, Shmuel Yoskovitz Coach: Elizier Hauben, Dror Isarov (Asst.) Record: 3-4
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan) 47 10. Brazil: Manoel Bento Filho, Expedito Filho, Everaldo Lima, Ricardo Nascimento, Wandemberg Nascimento, Irio Nunes, Dos Santo Paulo Cesar, Heriberto Roca, Carls Santos, Erick Silva, Glebe Silva, Marcos Silv Coach: Gilson Santos, Fabiano Cruz (Asst.) Record: 3-4
11. Korea: Seo Yong Dong, Lee Jun Hyup, Kang Hee Jun, Kim Hyeong Jung, Kim Dong Min, Kim Ji Nam, Yun Yong Seob, Kwon Hyong Soon, Ko Kwang Yob, Kim Ho Young, Kim Hyeong Jung, Lee Chi Won Coach: Lee Suk San, Lee Won Woo (Asst.) Record: 1-6
12. South Africa: Leon Fleiser, Shaun Hartnick, James Houston, Buntu Manyana, Willie Mulder, Richard Nortje, Kobus Oeschger, Marius Papenfus., Nick Taylor, Jozef Victor, Johannes Wessels, Ralph Williams Coach: Martin Buys, Kenny LeRouz (Asst.) Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results August 23: Great Britain 77, U.S. 72 Canada 71, Israel 34 Australia 67, Brazil 56 Netherlands 75, Korea 49 Japan 80, South Africa 39 France 85, Germany 70
August 24: Netherlands 78, Brazil 70 Germany 92, South Africa 36 U.S. 79, Korea 48 Great Britain 64, Australia 58 Canada 65, France 57 Japan 62, Israel 45
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan) 48 August 25: Brazil 64, Korea 45 Canada 72, Japan 31 France 67, South Africa 35 Great Britain 72, Netherlands 49 U.S. 70, Australia 66 Germany 72, Israel 50
August 26: France 63, Japan 42 Canada 71, Germany 57 U.S. 67, Brazil 43 Israel 99, South Africa 60 Great Britain 78, Korea 47 Australia 68, Netherlands 59
August 27: Brazil 60, Great Britain 55 Australia 78, Korea 39 France 84, Israel 66 U.S. 77, Netherlands 57 Canada 61, South Africa 38 Germany 64, Japan 48
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Great Britian 4 1 69.2 57.2 U.S. 4 1 73.0 58.2 Australia 3 2 67.2 57.6 Netherlands 2 3 63.6 67.2 Brazil 2 3 58.6 49.0 Korea 0 5 45.6 74.8
Pool B W. L. F. A. Canada 5 0 68.0 43.4 France 4 1 71.2 55.6 Germany 3 2 71.1 58.0 Japan 2 3 52.6 56.6 israel 1 4 58.8 69.8 South Africa 0 5 41.6 79.8
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan) 49 Quaterfinals August 29: Great Britain 66, Japan 33 Canada 63, Netherlands 48 U.S. 70, Germany 57 Australia 80, France 52
Classification Brazil 93, South Africa 36 Israel 68, Korea 63 August 30: France 67, Japan 56 Germany 82, Netherlands 59
Semifinals Great Britain 61, Australia 59 U.S. 75, Canada 68
Placement August 31: Korea 58, South Africa 11th-12th Israel 65, Brazil 60 9th-10th Netherlands 50, Japan 28 7th-8th Germany 61, France 53 5th-6th
Finals September 1: Bronze Medal Match Canada 67, Australia 48
Gold Medal Match U.S. 74, Great Britain 61
Final Ranking 1. U.S. 2. Great Britain 3. Canada 4. Australia 5. Germany 6. France 7. Netherlands 8. Japan 9. Israel
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan) 50 10 Brazil 11 Korea 12. South Africa
International Referees Hiroshi Adachi JPN Sharon Arnold AUS Bob Bhania GBR Gilles Briere CAN Jon Burford U.S. Gabe Caligiuri AUS Sergio Campos ESP Hak-Mo Chung KOR
International Classifiers Toufic Allouche LEB Loleta Krige RSA Don Perriman AUS Walter Pfaller GER Cristina Rosello URU Shozo Takada JPN
2002 Gold Cup - Men (Kitakyushu, Japan) 51 2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
*The IWBF has chosen this tournament to be identified in this manner as opposed to the Gold Cup
Organization
All matches, for men and women, were played on two courts in one facility, the Sporthallen Zuid. Practices took place at a second venue, the Apollohal. The competition was very well managed. Frank Berteling serves as the event manager. He is the son of FIBA official and Eurozone president, Jan Berteling. Players and administrative officers for the tournament stayed at the Novotel Amsterdam. Crowds varied, ranging from very small to larger numbers of enthusiastic spectators cheering their team from the Netherlands.
1. Canada: Patrick Anderson, Jaimie Borisoff, Bradley Bowden, Gerald Brule, David Durepos, David Eng, Joey Johnson, Adam Lancia, Ross Norton, Richard Peter, Mickael Poulin, Christopher Stoutenburg Coach: Paul Bowes Record: 8-0
2. U.S. Eric Barber, Jeremy Campbell, Joseph Chambers, Michael Cloy, Joshua George, Jeff Griffin, Melvin Juette, Jeremy Lade, Michael Paye, Paul Schulte, Matthew Scott, Steven Serio Coach: Stephen Wilson Record: 6-2
3. Australia: Jace Clare, Brendan Dowler, Justin Eveson, Andrew Flavell, Shaun Groenewegen, Adrian King, Tristan Knowles, Brad Nees, Shaun Norris, Troy Sachs, Tige Simmons, Daryl Taylor Coach: Murray Treseder Record: 6-2 4. Netherlands: Ruud Dettmer, Bert Frericks, Frank de Goede, Koen Jansens, Mustafa Jebari, Mario Oosterbosch, Huseyin Ozturk, Anton de Rooy, Edwin Schalk, Jaap Smid, Kornelis van der Werff, Marco van der Wal Coach: Gert Jan van der Linden Record: 4-4
5. Great Britain: Joe Bestwick, Andy Blake, Matt Byrne, Terry Bywater, Steve Caine, Kev Hayes, Abdi Jama, Simon Munn, Ade Orogbemi, Jon Pollock, Colin Price, Sinclair Thomas Coach: Dave Titmus Record: 5-3
6. Sweden: Tomas Akerberg, Daniel Flensburg, Joachim Gusvsson, Mathias Hackzell, Hussein Haidari, Peter Kohlstrom, Thomas Larsson, Patrick Nylander, Mikael Persson, Tobias Sandberg, Lars Spenger, Daniel Wallin Coach: Ines Lopez Record: 3-5
7. Japan: Shingo Fujii, Reo Fujimoto, Keisuki Koretomo, Hiroaki Kozai, Kazuyuki Kyoya, Kenzo Maeda, Noriyuki Mori, Takuya Nozawa, Tomohiko Oshima, Hisanobu Sigiura, Akimasa Suzuki, Tsunekazu Tanaka Coach: Tomoki Ogawa Record: 3-5
8. Italy: Damiano Airoldi, Fabio Bernardis, Matteo Cavagnini, Sergio Cherubini, Cristian Ceracchi, Vincenzo Di Bennardo, Galliano Marchionni, Fabio Raimondi, Emiliano Andrea Rocca, Stefano Rossetti, Mohamed Sanna Ali, Simone Turls Coach: Carlo DiGuisto Record: 3-5
9. Brazil: Heriberto Alves Roca, Glebe Candido Alves da Silva, Vitorio da Costa Araujo Filho, Erick Epaminondas de Silva, Leandro de Miranda, Wandemberg Negaim do Nascimento, Irio Francisco Nunes, Anderson Carlos, Silva Ferreire, Marcos Candido, Sanchez da Silva, Jose Soares de Silva, Jose Marcos da Silva, Natanael Alexandre de Silva
2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)53 Coach: Maria de Fatima Fernandex Barbosa Record: 2-5
10. Israel: Avi Ben Sinhon, David Derei, Alon Dor-On, Lior Dror, Shy Haim, Liran Hendle, Avi Lehherman, Yaron Marx, Dotan Meishar, Rotem Philips, Roei Rozenberg, Gady Slovak Coach: Dror Isseroff Record: 3-4
11. France: Laurent Blasczak, Audrey Cayol, Jerome Courneil, Sylvain Deregnancourt, Dave Falempe, Samir Goutali, Abou Konate, Jean- Pascal Laffont, Sofyane Mehiaoui, Ryadh Sallem, Manu Vaisioa Coach: Alessandro DePieri Record: 0-7
12. South Africa: David Curle, Justin Govender, Siphamandla Gumbi, Shaun Hartnick, Buntu Manyana, Willem Mulder, Richard Nortje, Marius Popenfus, Marcus Retief, Nick Taylor, Grant Waites, Ralph Williams Coach: Alessandro DePieri Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results July 6: Australia 69, France 47 Italy 70, Brazil 57 Sweden 63, South Africa 49 Canada 96, Israel 49 Great Britain 48, U.S. 42 Netherlands 60, Japan 46
July 7: U.S. 78, France 57 Italy 56, Japan 53 Israel 68, Netherlands 66 Great Britain 63, Sweden 43 Australia 90, South Africa 39 Canada 69, Brazil
2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)54 July 8: France 66, Great Britain 60 U.S. 84, South Africa 47 Australia 93, Sweden 59 Italy 48, Israel 43 Japan 66, Brazil 54 Canada 70, Netherlands 35
July 9: U.S. 88, Sweden 47 Japan 51, Israel 50 Netherlands 72, Brazil 61 France 79, South Africa 54 Canada 73, Italy 49 Australia 66, Great Britain 46
July 10: Canada 72, Japan 54 Israel 74, Brazil 51 Sweden 77, France 68 Netherlands 62, Italy 55 Great Britain 75, South Africa 59 U.S. 67, Australia 55
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Canada 5 0 76.0 48.6 Netherlands 3 2 59.0 60.0 Italy 3 2 55.6 57.4 Japan 2 3 54.0 58.4 Israel 2 3 56.8 62.4 Brazil 0 5 55.8 70.2
Pool B W. L. F. A. U.S. 4 1 73.0 49.6 Australia 4 1 74.6 50.2 Great Britain 3 2 58.4 55.2 Sweden 2 3 52.0 72.2 France 2 3 62.2 67.6 South Africa 0 5 51.6 78.2
Cross-over July 12: Israel 76, South Africa 61 Brazil 79, France 63
2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)55 Quaterfinals July 12: U.S. 68, Japan 60 Australia 51, Italy 49 Canada 90, Sweden 60 Netherlands 57, Great Britain 53
Placement France 57, South Africa 53 11th-12th Brazil 61, Israel 53 9th-10th Sweden 62, Italy 59 Great Britain 55, Japan 4
Semifinals U.S. 66, Netherlands 61 Canada 65, Australia 52
Placement July 14: Japan 50, Italy 49 7th-8th Great Britain 65, Sweden 49 5th-6th
Finals July 15: Bronze Medal Match Australia 80, Netherlands 53
Gold Medal Match Canada 59, U.S. 41
Final Ranking 1. Canada 2. U.S. 3. Australia 4. Netherlands 5. Great Britain 6. Sweden 7. Japan 8. Italy 9. Brazil 10. Israel 11. France 12. South Africa
2006 World Championships* – Men (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)56 International Referees Sharon Arnold AUS Brian Aynson RSA Bob Bhania GBR Andre Bosveld NED Gave Caligiuri AUS Tony Classon SWE Vlad Eshenko CAN (Senior Referee) Valerie Farugia FRA Sebastien Gautier CAN Sergio Giordano CAN Antonio Gomez MEX Tony Gonzales U.S. Hans D. Jungmann GER (Senior Refere) Hiroko Kadokawa JPN Bill Kuerzi U.S. Denis Quin FRA Mati Quintana AR Rui Marques BRA Tomas Pajer CZE Mauro Retiz MEX Andreas Potsch GER Ziv Radumski ISR Kaneyoshi Sugiyama JPN Zarko Tomsic SLO Juan Urunuella ESP Theo Vlug NED Edwin Wallaart NED (Senior Referee)
International Classifiers Eduardo DeGaray MEX Gabriela Erbanova CZE Loleta Krige RSA Ken McKay GBR Bartosz Molik POL Don Perriman AUS
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Organization
The city of Birmingham, in England, served as the site of a highly competitive world-championship tournament for 12 national men’s teams and ten consisting of women. In this tournament sponsored by the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association, all matches, for men and women, were played at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena (NIA), a huge venue that included five basketball courts.
1. Australia: Justin Eveson, Bill Latham, Bret Stibners, Shaun Norris, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, John McPhail, Tige Simmons, Grant Mizens, Dylan Alcott, Jeremy Doyle, Brad Ness Coach: Ben Ettridge Record: 8-0
2. France: Ludovic Sarron, Frederic Guyot, Jerome Duran, Jerome Courneil, Franck Etavard, Bertrand Libman, David Levrat, Lauarent Blasczak, Nicolas Jouanserre, Sofyane Mehiaoui, Roger Deda, Audrey Cayol Coach: Franck Belen Record: 4-4
3. U.S. Eric Barber, Michael Paye, Matthew Lesperance, Nathan Hinze, Jacob Counts, William Waller, Matthew Scott, Steven Serio, Jason Nelms, Jeremy Lade, Paul Schulte, Joseph Chamers Coach: James Glatch Record: 5-2 4. Italy: Fabio Raimondi, Mohamed Bargo, Amine Moukhariq, Nicola Damiano, Galliano Marchionni, Vincenzo Di bennardo, Damiano Airoldi, Alberto Pellegrini, Matteo Cavagnini, Stefano Rossetti, Roberto Cerisicioli, Ali MOHAMED Sanna Coach: Abes Malik Record: 4-4
5. Great Britain: Gaz Choudry, Simon Brown, Kevin Hayes, Terry Bywater, Simon Munn, Jon Pollock, Abdi Jama, Matt Sealy, Ian Sagar, Dan Highcock, Jon Hall, Ade Orogbemi Coach: Murray Treseder Record: 7-1
6. Poland: Slawomir Gorzkowicz, Mateusz Filipski, Andrzej Macek,Krzysztof Pietrzyk, Piotr Pawelko, Marcin Wrobel, Krzysztof Bandura, Piotr Luszynski, Marcin Balcerowski, Rafal Tyburowski, Robert Wisnik, Jan Cyrul Coach: Piotr Luszynski Record: 3-5
7. Canada: Dave Durepos, Ross MacDonald, Bo Hedges, Richard Peter, Joey Johnson, Adam Lancia, Abdi Fatah Dini, Chad Jassman, Brandon Wagner, Tyler Miller, Mickael Poulin, David Eng Coach: Jerry Tonello Record: 5-3
8. Turkey: Ismail, Boyraz, Ozgur Gurbulak, Fikri Gundogdu, Ali Asker Turan, Ismail Ar, Cem Gezinci, Kaan Dalay, Volkan Aydeniz, Suayip Kablan, Ferit Gumus, Samet Toptas, Bestami Boz Coach: Remzi Sedat Incesu Record: 2-6
9. Mexico: Victor Castaneda, Eduardo Prieto, Francisco Lugo, Luis Cristen, Luis Blancas, Pablo Vazquez, Edgar Perdomo, Saul Garcia, Carlos Diaz, Sergio Martinez, Raul Ortega, Salvador Zavala Coach: Aaron Davila Record: 4-4
2010 World Championships - Men (Birmingham, England) 59 10. Japan: Shingo Fujii, Tomomi Masubuchi, Kazuyuki Tokairin, Tsunekazu Tanaka, Satoshi Sato, Akimasa Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kyoya, Akira Toyoshima, Masato Nakazawa, Tetsuya Miyajima, Daisuke Tsuchika, Reo Fujimoto Coach: Yoshiaki Iwasa Record: 2-5
11. South Korea: Ho-Yong Kim, Dong-Hyeon Kim, Hee-Yong Chol, Dong-Suk Oh, Kwang-Yub Ko, Chul-Soo Kim, Seung-Hyun Cho, Chi-Won Lee, Sang- Ha Baek, Young-Dong Seo, Ji-Nam Kim, Se-Hoon Bang Coach: Sa-Hyun Han Record: 1-7
12. Algeria: Omar Zidi, Fateh Benkhedda, Ahmed Djaidjaa, Samir Daoudi, Zoheir Boulafa, Nabil Guidoune, Allel Ait ahmed, Lakhdar Badache, Samir Laadjadjat, Abderazak Zaoui, Abdenour Gharboudj, Billel Ayache Coach: Mohamed Tahar Kisrane Record: 0-7
Preliminary Round Results July 7: Great Britain 87, S. Korea 43
July 8: Turkey 83. Algeria 52 Canada 68, Mexico 45 Australia 75, France 63 Italy 75, Poland 69 Great Britain 74, Japan 59 U.S. 92, S. Korea 67
July 9: Mexico 57, France 54 Australia 66, Turkey 54 U.S. 83, Poland 34 Canada 87, Algeria 61 Japan 71, S. Korea 55 Great Britain 65, Italy 45
2010 World Championships - Men (Birmingham, England) 60 July 10: Poland 82, Japan 61 U.S. 82, Italy 39 Australia 92, Algeria 44 Canada 67, France 55 Turkey 83, Mexico 75
July 11: France 69, Algeria 47 Australia 81, Mexico 43 Canada 69, Turkey 60 U.S. 89, Japan 46 Italy 73, S. Korea 51 Great Britain 75, Poland 59
July 12: Great Britain 78, U.S. 66 Italy 77, Japan 60 Poland 72, S. Korea 53 Mexico 79, Algeria 61 France 61, Turkey 57 Australia 67, Canada 49
Preliminary Round Standings Pool A W. L. F. A. Great Britain 5 0 379 272 U.S. 4 1 412 264 Italy 3 2 308 327 Poland 2 3 316 346 Japan 1 4 297 377 S. Korea 0 5 269 395
Pool B W. L. F. A. Australia 5 0 381 253 Canada 4 1 339 287 Turkey 2 3 337 327 France 2 3 302 303 Mexico 2 3 229 347 Algeria 0 5 264 409
Placements July 14: Mexico 64, S. Korea 57 Japan 82, Algeria 36
2010 World Championships - Men (Birmingham, England) 61 Quarterfinals July 14: Australia 68, Poland 34 Italy 63, Canada 47 France 59, GB 50 US 92, Turkey 50
Semifinals July 15: France 63, Italy 58 Poland 62, Turkey 49 Great Britain 67, Canada 51 Australia 68, U.S. 58
Classification July 16: S. Korea 64, Algeria 51 11th-12th Mexico 63, Japan 59 9th-10th Canada 71, Turkey 61 7th-8th GB 82, Poland 68 5th-6th
Finals July 17: Bronze Medal Match US 71, Italy 42
Gold Medal Match Australia 79, France 69
Final Ranking 1. Australia 2. France 3. U.S. 4. Italy 5. Great Britain 6. Poland 7. Canada 8. Turkey 9. Mexico 10. Japan 11. South Korea 12. Algeria
2010 World Championships - Men (Birmingham, England) 62 International Referees Nurettin Bilmez ??? Gabe Caligiuri AUS Euclides Estrada ??? Valerie Farugia FRA Adam Fronczac ??? Sergio Giordano ??? Tonia Gomez-Ruf ??? Chris Gregory ??? Max Kindervater GER Francis Kemerik ??? Rui Marques BRA Tomas Pajer CZE Krunoslav ??? Ian Pursglove ??? Matti Quintana ARG Ziv Radomsky ISR Christian Roja ??? Robert Ruisinger ??? Juan Urunuela ESP Theo Vlug NED Saskia Warmerdam ??? Matt Wells AUS
International Classifiers Jayne Chilutti U.S. Regina Costa POR Don Perriman AUS Walter Pfaller AUT
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