Final Placings

Position	Country	P	W	L
1	France	5	5	0
2	Ireland	5	3	2
3	Switzerland	5	4	1
4	Poland	5	2	3
5	Czech Republic	5	3	2
6	Austria	5	2	3
7	Russia	5	1	4
8	Italy	5	0	5

Knockout Rounds

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	5-8 Place Crossovers
17.04.2015	Russia	30	Austria	54
17.04.2015	Czech Republic	43	Italy	40
	1-4 Place Crossovers
17.04.2015	Poland	33	France	52
17.04.2015	Switzerland	42	Ireland	50
	7-8 Place
18.04.2015	Italy	44	Russia	47
	5-6 Place
18.04.2015	Austria	51	Czech Republic	53
	Bronze Medal
18.04.2015	Switzerland	42	Poland	35
	Gold Medal
18.04.2015	Ireland	48	France	56

Pool Tables

	P	W	L
Pool
*Switzerland	3	3	0
*Poland	3	2	1
+Czech Republic	3	1	2
+Russia	3	0	3
Pool
*France	3	3	0
*Ireland	3	2	1
+Austria	3	1	2
+Italy	3	0	3

Pool Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pool
13.04.2015	Czech Republic	48	Poland	49
14.04.2015	Switzerland	37	Poland	33
14.04.2015	Czech Republic	47	Russia	42
15.04.2015	Switzerland	61	Russia	38
16.04.2015	Poland	59	Russia	30
16.04.2015	Switzerland	46	Czech Republic	37
	Pool
14.04.2015	Italy	27	Ireland	63
14.04.2015	France	57	Austria	38
15.04.2015	France	58	Italy	21
15.04.2015	Austria	42	Ireland	57
16.04.2015	France	57	Ireland	42
16.04.2015	Austria	57	Italy	25

Report

Ireland did brilliantly at the European Wheelchair Rugby Championships Division B competition, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 13th to 18th April 2015.

The Irish came second in their group after defeating Italy and Austria, but losing to France, and then in the Semi-finals, defeated Pool A Winners, Switzerland, before falling in the Gold Medal game to France for the second time.

Ireland Squad (Players and Staff Division A 2015 & Division B 2015): Will Doggart, Garrett Culliton, Stephen Aylmer, Alan Dineen, Thomas Moylan, John McCarthy, Alan Lynch, Ciara Staunton, Jonathan Mulhall, Stuart McLindon, Julie Neal, Naomi O’Reilly, Eleanor Lucy. [Reference: 4]

References

Websites

[1] Irish Wheelchair Rugby (2016) 2015 IWRF EWRC Division B [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishwheelchairrugby.com/2015-iwrf-ewrc-division-b.html [Accessed 15 December 2016][Broken Link – No Longer Available – Available on the Wayback Machine Internet Archive at: https://web.archive.org/web/20160514102953/http://www.irishwheelchairrugby.com/2015-iwrf-ewrc-division-b.html Accessed 29 July 2020]

[4] Irish Wheelchair Association (2015) Annual Report [Internet] Available from: https://iwasport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IWAS-Annual-Report-2015-WEB.pdf [Accessed 29 July 2020]

Images

[2] Pledge Sports (2015) maxresdefault [Internet] Available from: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0PFL1Nf6LD0/maxresdefault.jpg [Accessed 29 July 2020]

[3] Irish Wheelchair Association (2015) images [Internet] Available from: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTDnX8m-LUNyOfGdQ4qw2KgjI3WddI7R4Uv0Q&usqp=CAU [Accessed 29 July 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom.

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