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The sport of wheelchair rugby originated in Winnipeg, Canada in 1976. There are now domestic or international programs in at least 36 countries.
As the originating country of the sport, we are extremely pleased to see it grow and prosper around the world.
The following club and international association links offer a variety of information on the sport in their parts of the globe. |
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Clubs and Leagues : 80, Countries : 22 |
Updated: January 22, 2010 |
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| NAME | INTERNATIONAL CLUBS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Adeacamp Campinas, BRA 
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The team from Campinas, Brazil, placed 2nd at the first ever Brazilian Championships which were held in December 2008, and came in 1st in their national league in 2009. |
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Amsterdam Terminators Amsterdam, NED 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in Dutch. |
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Århus Burn Outs Wheelchair Rugby Århus, DEN 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in Danish. |
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Bad Wildungen Red Devils Bad Wildungen, GER 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Bayreuth '99ers Bayreuth, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Berlin Raptors Berlin, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with all content in German. New web site location.  |
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Blitz Kanto, JAP 
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A newly formed Japanese wheelchair rugby club. |
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Born to Run Oslo, NOR 
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The web site for Norway's only wheelchair rugby team. Born to Run Quad Rugby Team is based in Oslo, Norway, and currently has
content on their site only in Norwegian. |
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The Bulls North Shields, UK  |
A British wheelchair rugby club's web site. The Bulls are located in the North East, specificically in North Shields, and were founded in 2001.
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Bulldogs Nigata, JAP |
A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site. This site is in
Japanese, with a small amount of English text. |
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Calgary Inferno Calgary, AB, CAN  |
A new Canadian wheelchair rugby club, located in Calgary, AB. |
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Capitol Punishers Washington, DC, USA  |
An American wheelchair rugby club, located in Washington, DC. They compete in the Atlantic North division of the USQRA. |
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Carolina Crash Charlotte, NC, USA |
An American wheelchair rugby club, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Crash is the only wheelchair rugby club in western North Carolina, and is one
of only two programs in the state. |
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Copenhagen Ballcrackers Copenhagen, DEN
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in Danish. Features a very good links section. |
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Denver Harlequins Denver, CO, USA
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New web site of Colorado's premiere wheelchair rugby club.
As of February 2009, the Harlequins were ranked 3rd in the
USQRA, and won the Division I national championship in the US in 2007. Their former web site is still online and offers an extensive photo gallery section, including pictures of the BC Bandits. |
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East Coast Cripplers Virginia Beach, VA, USA
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The East Coast Cripplers (ECC) Quad Rugby team is based out of Eastern Virginia. They are the only team of its kind in the state of Virginia.
They are dedicated to expanding the sport of wheelchair rugby by competing in tournaments, and putting on educational clinics. They also have
an affiliated site on MySpace.
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East Midlands Marauders East Midlands, GBR
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Wheelchair Rugby club web site based in East Midlands. The club has existed since 1983, and reformed in 1995 after having
disbanded in 1991 due to a lack of players. They train at the Clifton campus of Nottingham Trent University. The
Marauders were the 2003 UK League and 2002 Nationals champions. |
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ETAC Seagulls Munka-Ljungby, SWE 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in Swedish. |
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FHI Falcons Frederiksberg, DEN
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Danish club web site, with content primarily in Danish. |
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Fighting Snakes, __________, SWI 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Frankfurt Main Power Frankfurt, GER
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German club web site, with content exclusively in German. |
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Genesis Saitama, JAP
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A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site. This site is in
Japanese only, with numerous photos. |
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Gothenburg Lions Gothenburg, SWE
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in both Swedish and English. They now have a new web page address. |
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Greifswalder Rollmöpse Greifswalder, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Heidelburg Lions Heidelburg, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Hokkaido Big Dippers Hokkaido, JAP
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A newly formed Japanese wheelchair rugby club. |
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Karlesruhe Outlaws Karlesruhe, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in both German and English. Features a large photo gallery and an online forum. The club has been in existence since 1995. |
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Katowice Sitting Bulls Katowice, POL 
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in Polish and English. |
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The Killerbees Herzogenaurach, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club's web site, with content exclusively in German. |
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RSC Köln Köln, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. "Rugby - or not to be!" |
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Lakeshore Demolition Birmingham, AL, USA
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A long time dominant team in the UNITED STATES / LES ÉTATS-UNIS, located in Birmingham, Alabama. The Lakeshore Foundation
has had a rugby program since 1990, and is currently ranked as the #2 club team in the USQRA (Feb-2009). |
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London Wheelchair Rugby Club London, GBR
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The London Wheelchair Rugby Club is one of the premier wheelchair rugby clubs in the GBWRA. Based in the south of England,
they are able to offer training sessions in Surrey and Middlesex. The club currently provides two teams in the British league,
the Barbarians (formerly the Broncos) and the Saracens, and several of their members are established squad players in the GB squad. |
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Maartenskliniek Mavericks Maartenskliniek, NED
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in Dutch. |
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RSG Rugbypack Mainz Mainz, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Michigan Storm Bay City, MI, USA
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The Great Lakes Storm, Michigan's only wheelchair rugby team, was originally formed in the late 80's. The original team was
named the "Detroit PowerPlay" and later became the "MPVA Patriots" and the "Great Lakes Storm". Now, almost 17 years later, Michigan rugby continues to
thrive. They compete in the USQRA's Heartland North Region and are ranked 16th in the USQRA as of Feb-2009. |
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Midwest Rugby Rebels Omaha, USA
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The Midwest Rugby Rebels formed in early 2007, under the sponsorship of BlazeSports Omaha, a partnership between the Great Plains Paralyzed Veterans of
America, Immanuel Rehabilitation Center and the Eastern Nebraska Wheelchair Athletic Association (ENWAA). Their team is based in Omaha, and its
players come from Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. Practices are held at the Great Plains PVA in Omaha and Madonna ProActive in Lincoln. They compete in
Mountain East division of the USQRA. |
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Milwaukee Iron Milwaukee, WI, USA
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The new web site of the Milwaukee Iron, who participate in the Heartland North division of the USQRA. |
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Moose Hunters Umeå, SWE
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in Swedish. |
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Munich Rugbears Munich, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in German and English. |
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Northeast Passage Wildcats Durham, NH, USA
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The Northeast Passage Wildcats came together as a team in the Fall of 2007 and are sponsored by Northeast Passage, New England's premiere
disabled sports and recreation program based at the University of New Hampshire. Their team is comprised of accomplished veteran players from the former Casco Bay Navigators and Boston Pitbulls as well as some promising up-and-comers new to the sport. |
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l'Association de Quad-Rugby du Caillou Nouvelle Caledonie, FRA 
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The wheelchair rugby association that governs the sport in New Caledonia, which is an overseas protectorate of France. |
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New York Jets Quad Rugby Club New York, USA
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Formerly known as the Strykers, the EPVA Jets Quad Rugby Team came into being in summer 2000 when a sponsorship deal developed between
the New York Jets National Football League (NFL) franchise and the Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA). Originally
founded in January 1990, the EPVA Strykers (now the EPVA Jets) were started and coached by EPVA’s Sports Director Angelo Nicosia
through the urging of original members Rick Lopez and Ed Suhr. The EPVA changed their name to the
United Spinal Association in January 2004. |
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New York Warriors Long Island, NY, USA
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The EWAF New York Warriors compete in the Atlantic North division of the USQRA. |
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Northridge Knights Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The Northridge Knights, and their associated team, the Northridge Kings, compete in the Pacific South division of the USQRA. |
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Ohio Buckeye Blitz Columbus, OH, USA
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The Ohio Buckeye Blitz compete in the Heartland North division of the USQRA. |
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Okinawa Hurricanes Okiwnawa, JAP
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A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site, with photos from the Athens Paralympic Games and a club blog. This site is in
Japanese only. |
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Ottawa Stingers Ottawa, ON, CAN
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The Stingers were established in 1980 and compete across Canada and at tournaments in the eastern United States. This season, they will be hosting the
2010 Coloplast Canadian Wheelchair Rugby Championships at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Ontario. |
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SK Ostrava Ostrava, CZE 
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The web site of SK Ostrava, who are based in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and the hosts of the Ostrava Cup. Their site is entirely in Czech. |
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Pittsburgh Steelwheelers Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, based just outside Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, USA. They compete in the Heartland North Division of the USQRA. |
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Polish Wheelchair Rugby League
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National wheelchair rugby league in Poland, with content in Polish and English. |
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Portland Pounders Portland, OR, USA
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The Portland Pounders are now ranked 7th in the USQRA (as of Feb-2009), and won their league's Division II Nationals in 2004. They also have one
Canadian athlete rostered on their team, 3.0 Ian Chan, from the Canadian National Team and BC "A". |
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Prague Robots Prague, CZE
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Web site of a Czech wheelchair rugby club, with contents in Czech only. |
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Raleigh Sidewinders Raleigh, NC, USA
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Web site of the Raleigh Sidewinders, who compete in the USQRA's Atlantic South Division. |
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Rio Quad Rugby Club Rio de Janeiro, BRA
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The Rio club won Brazil's first national championship recently in December 2008. |
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Rostock Sea Eagles Rostock, GER
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Rugby Bulls Salzburg, AUT 
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An Austrian wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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St. Louis Rugby Rams St. Louis, MO, USA
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Web site of the St. Louis Rugby Rams, who are currently the 15th ranked club team in the United States as of Feb-2009. |
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Seattle Slam Seattle, WA, USA
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Web site of the Seattle Slam, who in Feb-2009 were ranked 20th in the USQRA. They are based in Seattle, Washington and frequently train and compete with teams from British Colombia. |
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Sin City Skulls NV, USA
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The web site of the Sin City Skulls, who are based in Las Vegas, NV, USA, and as of Feb-2009 were ranked 19th in the USQRA. |
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South Florida Rattlers Florida, USA
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The South Florida Rattlers were first established in 1992 and have players on their team from all over southern Florida, and occasionally
some guest players from Canada and Europe. |
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Stade Toulousain Rugby Handisport Toulouse, FRA
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The «Stade Toulousain Rugby Handisport» (formerly known as THOM)
is a wheelchair rugby club which was founded in 2003. The site contains information in French on both wheelchair rugby and
«le rugby à 13 fauteuil». |
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Strona Dzieci POL
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A Polish wheelchair rugby club's web site, with a photo gallery and streaming video in Real Media. |
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Super Sonic Miyagi, JAP
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A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site. This site is in
Japanese only. |
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Tampa Generals Tampa, FL, USA
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The Tampa Generals are a wheelchair rugby team that has been in existence since 1989. Since their inception the Generals
have continued to be one of the top teams in the U.S. Quad Rugby Association. The Generals have won three US National
Championships, and are currently ranked 10th in the USQRA (as of Feb-2009). They also have one Canadian athlete rostered
on their team, 3.0 Mike Whitehead, from the Canadian National Team and the London Annihilators. |
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Team Festae Tokyo, JAP
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A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site. This site is in
Japanese only. |
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Texas Stampede Austin, TX, USA
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The Texas Stampede is a wheelchair rugby team located in the heart of central Texas. The Stampede is currently the 11th-ranked club team
in the United States (Feb-2009). They won the Division I National Championships in the USQRA in 2004, 2005, and 2008. |
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Tigres Quadrugby São Paulo, BRA
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The Tigers are a new wheelchair rugby team based in São Paulo, Brazil, with
content exclusively in Portuguese. |
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Ulmer-Donauhaie Rolli Rugby Team Ulm, GER
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Web site of the Ulmer-Donauhaie Rolli Rugby Team, located in Ulm, Germany, with content mostly in German. |
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Universal Sport Club (Team Hyogo) _____, JAP
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Web site of the Universal Sports Club, with content currently only in Japanese. |
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University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA
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Wheelchair Rugby started at the U of A in 1989. After two years of competition the team folded as a result of insufficient numbers of
eligible players. It started back up in 1992 and has been going strong ever since. Over the past few years, the Wildcats team has
risen fast in the USQRA rankings, and as of February 2009 were ranked 4th in the league. They also have one Canadian athlete rostered on their team,
2.0 Travis Murao, from the Canadian National Team and BC "A". |
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Utah Haggis UT, USA
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The web site of the Utah Haggis, who are one of two Utah based wheelchair rugby teams. |
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Utah Scorpions UT, USA
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The web site of the Utah Scorpions, who are one of two Utah based wheelchair rugby teams. |
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Utrecht Scorpions Utrecht, NED
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content in both Dutch and English. Their homebase and training venue is the Hoogstraat Rehabilitation Centre in Utrecht in the central part of the country. However, their players come from all over the Netherlands. |
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Valhalla Warriors Odense, DEN
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in Danish. |
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Viburg Full Pull Viburg, DEN
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Danish club web site, with content primarily in Danish. |
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Victoria Wheelchair Rugby Club Victoria, BC, CAN
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The Victoria Wheelchair Rugby Club commenced play in the fall of 2005 thanks to a developmental program organized through the Bridging the Gap initiative.
The Victoria Wheelchair Rugby Club has carried on its existence with the support of the Victoria Wheelchair Sports Association along with strong support from
the Local BC Paraplegic Association. |
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Welsh W.R. Association Wales, GBR
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The WWRA was founded in 1997. It exists to promote and develop the sport of Wheelchair Rugby throughout the Principality of Wales. The site contains sport info, photos, info on their clubs, and will soon contain streaming videos. |
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Wild Foxes Neunkirchen, AUT
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An Austrian wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
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Yokohama Gijuku Yokohama, JAP
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A Japanese wheelchair rugby club's web site. This site is in
Japanese only. |
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Zürich Catch Ups Zürich, SWI
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A wheelchair rugby club web site, with content mostly in German. |
| NAME | TOURNAMENT SITES | DESCRIPTION |
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2010 WORLD WHEELCHAIR RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Web site of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, to be held in Richmond, BC, Canada. |
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2009 EUROPEAN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The site of the 2009 European Zone Championships in Hillerød, Denmark. |
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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES
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CWSA site for the 2008 Paralympic Games. |
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2007 EUROPEAN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The archived site of the 2007 European Zone Championships in Espoo, Finland. |
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2006 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The archived site of the 2006 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand. CWSA Site for the 2006 Worlds |
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2005 EUROPEAN ZONE CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The archived site of the 2005 European Zone Championships in Middelfart, DEN. |
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2004 PARALYMPIC GAMES
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CWSA site for the 2004 Paralympic Games. |
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2002 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The archived site of the 2002 Wheelchair Rugby World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. This site
contains some excellent action photos and complete coverage of the 3rd IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, which was won
by Canada. CWSA Site for the 2002 Worlds. |
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2000 PARALYMPIC GAMES
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CWSA site for the 2000 Paralympic Games. |
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1998 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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CWSA Site for the 1998 Worlds. |
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1995 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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CWSA Site for the 1995 Worlds. |
| NAME | INTERNATIONAL SITES | DESCRIPTION |
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INTERNATIONAL WHEELCHAIR RUGBY FEDERATION (IWRF) |
The official site of the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. This site contains some solid
background and technical information on the sport. |
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ARGENTINA Quad Rugby Argentina 
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Argentina. Their country is ranked 21st in the world, and 3rd in the Americas Zone by the IWRF. |
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AUSTRALIA Wheelchair Rugby Australia
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Australia. Australia is ranked #2 in the world by the IWRF. They now have a new athlete forum. |
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AUSTRIA ...
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Austria. Austria is ranked #13 in the world by the IWRF. |
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BRAZIL Brazilian Wheelchair Rugby Association
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Brazil. The "Associação Brasileira de Rúgbi em Cadeira de Rodas" (ABRC) was formed
in 2008 and now has clubs operating in Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Campinas. The Brazilians are ranked 22nd in the world and 4th in the Americas Zone. |
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CZECH REPUBLIC Wheelchair Rugby Czech Republic
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in the Czech Republic. The Czech Repulic is ranked 16th in the world and 11th in Europe by the IWRF. Their site features content in both Czech and English. |
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DENMARK Quad Rugby Denmark
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Denmark. Denmark is ranked #14 in the world by the IWRF. |
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FINLAND Pyörätuolirugby
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This site, which is in Finnish only, contains information about the Finnish wheelchair rugby league and their national team, which is currently ranked 11th in the world by the IWRF.
Additional information can be found on the main page of the Finnish Association of Sports for the Disabled,
which is the main organization for 20 different disabled sports within Finland.
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GERMANY Wheelchair-Rugby Germany
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Germany. They are ranked #8 in the world by the IWRF, and
#3 in Europe. |
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GREAT BRITAIN Great Britain Wheelchair Rugby
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in GREAT BRITAIN. GB is ranked 9th in the world
by the IWRF. |
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IRELAND Gaelic Warriors Wheelchair Rugby 
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The Gaelic Warriors are the only wheelchair rugby team in Ireland. Although a substantial amount of their training is done
in Dublin, players come from all over the country to play and train with the team. The Irish National Team is ranked #15 in
the world by the IWRF. |
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JAPAN Japan Wheelchair Rugby Federation
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Japan. Japan is ranked #7 in the world by the IWRF. |
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THE NETHERLANDS Dutch Quad Rugby Association
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in the Netherlands, which is ranked #17 in the world
according to the latest IWRF ranking. |
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NEW ZEALAND New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby Association
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in New Zealand, the world's #5 ranked team as of the
latest available IWRF international ranking. |
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POLAND Polish Wheelchair Rugby Association
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Poland.
The Poles are ranked #10 in the world by the IWRF, 5th in Europe, and won a pre-worlds competition in Sweden in 2002 that was designed for
countries that had not qualified for the 12-country World Championship. |
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SOUTH AFRICA Wheelchair Rugby South Africa 
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in South Africa,
which is currently ranked 19th in the world by the IWRF. |
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SOUTH KOREA Korea Wheelchair Rugby Association 
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in South Korea,
which is currently ranked 18th in the world by the IWRF. |
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SWEDEN Swedish Wheelchair Rugby
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Sweden. The Swedes are 7th best team in the world and the
2nd best team in Europe on the latest IWRF ranking. |
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SWITZERLAND Swiss Quad Rugby
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in Switzerland. The Swiss are 12th best team in the world and the
7th best team in Europe on the latest IWRF ranking. |
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UNITED STATES UNITED STATES Quad Rugby Association
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The national sport governing body for wheelchair rugby in the USA. The US are ranked 1st in the world by the IWRF,
and won the gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. |
