Gold Cup / World Championships (Men) 1973*/1975 - 2010 Cumulative Data Numberofteamsparticipating 409 (Completerostersretrieved 390(95% Rosterssought 19 Imcompletescoressought 8formen,5forwomen Asindicatedabove,theteamrosterslistedbelowarenotcomplete,particularly intheearlyyearsoftheParalympicsandtheGoldCup.Theauthorshopethat thepublicationofthislistofteamsandplayerswillencouragefederationsofthe InternationalWheelchairBasketballFederation(IWBF)tosearchtheirrecords inordertoaddthenamesofmissingplayersandcoachesinasubsequent publication.Weapologizeforthenumerousomissionsandfortheerrorsinspelling tocertainnames.Thisisduetomissingdocumentationorerrorsinspellingon documentsweobtained.Duringoureditingofthiswork,inMarch2009and following,wewerefortunatetoreceivesomenamesofplayersthatwehad ,previouslyhadnosuccessinobtaining.WeextendourgratitudetoDr.IanBrittain Paralympichistorian,forprovidingthenamesofstarting-5sforeachcompeting nationinthe1960Paralympics,aswellassomemissingscores.Itishopedthat .readerswillhelpcompletethelistofteams @Additionsorcorrectionstoteamlistsmaybeaddressedtoarmandthiboutot aol.com.Additionsofnamesofplayersandcoachesmustbeaccompaniedby :documentation,whichmayalsobesentviaconventionalmailto Armand“Tip”Thiboutot  100FultonSt.,4V  Boston,MA,U.S.,02109  2  Contents 1973GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium).....................................................4* 1975GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium).......................................................8 1979GoldCup-Men(Tampa,Florida,U.S.).................................................13 1983GoldCup–Men(Halifax,NovaScotia,Canada).....................................17 1986GoldCup-Men(Melbourne,Australia).................................................23 1990GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium).......................................................28 1994GoldCup-Men(Edmonton,Alberta,Canada).......................................34 1998GoldCup-Men(Sydney,Australia)......................................................40 2002GoldCup-Men(Kitakyushu,Japan)....................................................46 2006WorldChampionships*–Men(Amsterdam,TheNetherlands)..................52 2010WorldChampionships-Men(Birmingham,England)...............................58 3  *1973 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) Organization ,This1973tournament,stagedinBrugeswitheightEuropeanteamscompeting isdestinedtosurviveinanhistoricalstateofambiguity.Attimesitwasidentified astheWorldCup,atothertimestheWorldChampionshiportheGoldenCup.In aletter(copyundated)toitspersistentandcapablefounder,AndreRaes,Ludwig Guttmancorrectlywrote,“Itisquiteclearthatyourchampionshipscannotbe ,calledWorldChampionshipBasketball,asonlyEuropeancountriesandeventhese ”.notcomplete,aretakingpart 1. Great Britain: BrianBennett,GrahamBool,PhilCraven,CarlHepple,M.Kelly,Jerry ,Kinsella,MickMcCreadie,BernardParsons,GeorgeSwindlehurst CyrilThomas,TerryWillett(Capt.),JohnYoung Coach: GrayGarner Record: 4-0 2. France: A.Adanski,MarcelBarbier,Jean-FrancoisBeaubeau,Jean-LouisBoilot Capt.),C.Bourdin,JackyBridault,GerardChazot,D.Drieux,Michel) LeDoze,Jean-PaulMirouy,R.Missmer Coach: RobertPerri Record: 3-1 3. Netherlands: EvertBarendse,JanPieterBleyerveld,HuibKoekoek,PietVan Leeuven,AdLeyten,HenkMakkenze,JoopSmits,ChrisTak,PerHans vanderVis Coach: RobVerheuvel Record: 2-2 4. Germany: GuentherAltenburg,HeinzAuberger,RainerBosch,Ludwig Bornschlegel,RichardFuchs,Karl-HeinzMuller,HeinzNolting,Erich Schropp,WernerSiemund,WolframTheel Coach: HorstStrohkendl Record: 2-2 Thisistheteam,alongwithsomewomenplayinginGermanyduringthis period,whoseplayersservedasthemodelforthedesignofthefunctional-player classificationsystemdraftedbyHorstStrohkendl,ateacherofsportssciencesat theUniversityofCologne.(SeeChapter3Self-Determinationintheboundversion (.ofthebook 5. Belgium: AndreAllemeersch,FrankJespers,RafDeBosscher,AimeDeSala Capt.),MarkGoethals,RogerMeulemeester,JackyMeeus,Daniel) VanBellegem,DidierVerhegge Coach: MarcelOmelis Record: 2-2 6. Sweden: ,IngvarAgermo,KurtBerglind,GunnarBerglund,SvenEngbusk ,LarsLöfström,KjellLundin,GöstaNilsson,BengtOlofsson GöranSjödén Coach: TommyJacobsson 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: JoseOrrio Record: 1-3 8. Switzerland: Nonamesavailable Coach: ?_________ Record: 0-4 1973GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium) 5* Preliminary Round Results PoolA TheNetherlands51,Sweden31 France51,Switzerland23 France52,Netherlands29 France57,Sweden37 Netherlands42,Switzerland25 Switzerland52,Sweden29 PoolB Belgium31,Spain22 England67,Spain37 Belgium32,Germany30 England46,Germany22 Germany37,Spain35 England50,Belgium23 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 Spain51,Switzerland28 7th-8th Belgium38,Sweden32 5th-6th Semifinals England43,Netherlands27 France59,Germany32 Finals Bronze Medal Match Netherlands43,Germany27 Gold Medal Match England50,France37 1973GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium) 6* Final Ranking 1. England 2. France Netherlands .3 4. Germany 5. Belgium 6. Sweden 7. Spain 8. Switzerland International Referees RobertBertrand FRA MichelBosch-Reitz NED GordonCherry GBR JeanCoen BEL LeonDeBrabander BEL GrayGarner GBR ArminHeller ISR JosephKantoreitis GER CliffLast GBR 1973GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium) 7* 1975 Gold Cup - Men (Bruges, Belgium) Organization ,TheGoldCupcompetitions,hereafteralsoknownastheWorldChampionships beganin1975asaresultofthepersistenteffortsofAndreRaesofBelgiumwho hadenvisionedtheestablishmentofaworldchampionshiporganizedinthesecond yearbetweenParalympicGames.RaesevenengagedaBelgiancomposerwho .realizedahymnfortheGoldCup,ahymnwhichappearstohavebeenlost TwoNorthAmericanteams,CanadaandtheUnitedStateswereinvitedafter ,takingpartintheannualInternationalStokeMandevilleGames.AlongwithIsrael thethreenon-Europeanteamsgavetheeleven-teamfieldthepatinaofaworld championshipevent.TheauthorityforgoverningtheeventwastheparentISMGF .andnottheBasketballSubcommittee TheSirLudwigGuttmannChallengetrophy,firstpresentedtothewinner oftheearlier1973GoldCuptournamentforEuropeanteams,wasadoptedas emblematicofallGoldCupChampionshipsofthefuture.GreatBritainwonthe .GoldCupinvolvingsolelyEuropeanteamsin1973 Teamswerehousedinthedormitoriesofthetradeschoolwherethe tournamentwasplayed.Onlyplayerswithspinal-cordrelateddisabilitieswere allowedtoparticipateinkeepingwithISMGFeligibilityrules.Theofficialsponsors .weretheBelgianSportFederationfortheDisabled 1. Israel: SassonAharoni,Ya’akovBen-Arie,ArieBezem,BaruchHagai,David Kraus,MosheLevy,ShlomoPinto,ArieRubin,DannyShahar,Joel Shafran,ShaulVagima Coach: ReuvenHeller Record: 6-0 2. U.S.: ,JoeArcese,BobArdinger,RayClark,MikeDempsey,EdHarris TommyHite,BruceKarr,DavidKiley,TonyLevis,JimStuewe,Don Vandello,DaleWiley (.Coach: StanLabanowich,BobSzyman(Asst.),JimOlson(Asst Record: 6-1 3. Great Britain: BrianBennett,GrahamBool,PhilCraven,CarlHepple,M.Kelly,Jerry ,Kinsella,MickMcCreadie,BernardParsons,GeorgeSwindlehurst CyrilThomas,TerryWillett(Capt.),JohnYoung Coach: HowardBeale Record: 4-2 4. Netherlands: JanDijs,HenkMakkenze,FritzStreyel,LeoVanEyke,PietVan Leeuwen,HarryVenema,FritsWiegmann Coach: ?__________ Record: 4-3 5. Sweden: ,LarsAugustsson,IngvarAgermo,KurtBerglund,GunnarBerglund ,BengtChristoffersson,SvenEngbusk,OlleHeindow,RolfJohansson LarsLöfström,GöstaNilsson,BengtOlofsson,HansWåström Coach: TommyJacobsson Record: 2-3 6. Italy: Coach: ?______ Record: 2-4 7. Canada: Coach: ?______ Record: 3-2 8. Germany: GuentherAltenburg,HeinzAuberger,RainerBosch,Ludwig Bornschlegel,RichardFuchs,Karl-HeinzMuller,HeinzNolting,Erich Schropp,WernerSiemund,WolframTheel Coach: ?________ Record: 3-3 1975GoldCup-Men(Bruges,Belgium) 9 9. Belgium: ,AndreAllemeersch,FilipBardoel,FrancoCasamassa,JeanDebal ,EddieDeleersnyder,FrankJespers,JackyMeeus,FranzPeeters DanielVanBelleghem,JohanVanRemiVanOphem,Ronnie Waterbley,JohanVanKeymeulen Coach: TheoDeClerq,IvanRabaut(AssistantCoach Record: 2-4 10. Switzerland: Coach: ?________ Record: 1-5 11. Poland: Coach: ?_________ Record: 0-6 Preliminary Round Results Pool A July28: Sweden50,Swtizerland28 July29: Canada52,Sweden49 Israel77,Switzerland24 Israel65,GreatBritain34 July30: GreatBritain42,Switzerland24 GreatBritain55,Canada48 Israel75,Sweden46 July31: Israel81,Canada36 GreatBritain53,Sweden48 Canada53,Switzerland26 Pool B July28: Italy58,Belgium36 Netherlands90,Poland18 July29: U.S.65,Italy38 Netherlands54,Belgium30