IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship

Formerly	IWAS Asia-Oceania Championship, IWAS Oceania Championship
Sport	Wheelchair rugby
Continent	IWRF Asia-Oceania (Africa, Asia, Oceania)
Most recent champion	Japan (3rd title)
Most titles	Australia (8 titles)

The IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship or IWRF Asia-Oceania Zone Championship is the Asian-Oceanian wheelchair rugby 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.

Before 2009 the tournament was known as the Oceania Championship. The first Oceania Championship was held in 2001.^[1]

Due to the lack of other teams in Africa, the South African national team also competes in the Asia-Oceania championship. Canada was part of the tournament in 2007, but has been part of the IWRF Americas Championship since 2009.

Summaries

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2001* Details	New Zealand (Christchurch)		Australia	–	New Zealand		Japan	–	South Africa
2003* Details	Japan (Chiba)		Australia	32–31	New Zealand		Japan	–	–
2005* Details	South Africa (Brakpan)		New Zealand	44–43	Australia		Japan	–	South Africa
2007* Details	Australia (Sydney)		Australia	47–41	Canada		New Zealand	29–25	Japan
2009 Details	New Zealand (Christchurch)		Australia	53–45	New Zealand		Japan	65–29	South Korea
2011 Details	South Korea (Seoul)		Australia	59–41	Japan		New Zealand	62–44	South Korea
2013 Details	South Africa (Pretoria)		Australia	55–48	Japan		New Zealand	65–33	South Africa
2015 Details	Japan (Chiba)		Japan	56–51	Australia		New Zealand	52–36	South Korea
2017 Details	New Zealand (Auckland)		Australia	53–46	Japan		New Zealand	44–41	South Korea
2019 Details	South Korea (Gangneung)		Australia	57–55	Japan		New Zealand	50–43	South Korea
2023 Details	Japan (Tokyo)		Japan	55–44	Australia		New Zealand	53–31	South Korea
2025 Details	Thailand (Bangkok)		Japan	53–52	Australia		New Zealand	46–35	South Korea

* = Oceania Championship

Championships per nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	8	4	0	12
2	Japan	3	4	4	11
3	New Zealand	1	3	8	12
4	Canada	0	1	0	1
Totals (4 entries)		12	12	12	36

Participation details

Team

2001*

2003*

2005*

2007*

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025

Total

Australia

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

2nd

2nd

12

Canada

–

–

–

2nd

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

China

–

–

–

6th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Japan

3rd

3rd

3rd

4th

3rd

2nd

2nd

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

12

Malaysia

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6th

1

New Zealand

2nd

2nd

1st

3rd

2nd

3rd

3rd

3rd

3rd

3rd

3rd

3rd

12

South Africa

4th

–

4th

5th

5th

–

4th

–

–

–

–

–

5

South Korea

–

–

–

7th

4th

4th

–

4th

4th

4th

4th

4th

8

Thailand

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

5th

–

5th

2

* = Oceania Championship

See also

• Wheelchair Rugby World Championships
• IWRF European Championship
• IWRF Americas Championship
• Asian Championship

References

• Japan team profile, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
• Wheel Blacks Looking To Boost World Rankings Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine, Voxy.co.nz, November 2, 2009
• News Updates - Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Paralympics New Zealand, November 26, 2001, Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• Tim Johnson, tvnz.co.nz
• Oceana Zonal Championships - Chiba, Japan - September 5-7, 2003, United States Quad Rugby Association (USQRA), Archive copy at the Wayback Machine
• 2005 Oceania Zonals, Wheel Blacks
• Wheel Blacks Work Hard For Final Win^{[dead link]}, business.highbeam.com, article from: New Zealand Press Association, December 4, 2005
• 2007 Oceania Wheelchair Rugby Championships, Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association (CWSA)
• 2009 Asia Oceania Zone Championships, Wheel Blacks
• 2011 Asia-Oceania Championships to be held in Seoul, Korea, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation, June 8, 2010