https:\/\/wbeuro27.com\/tickets\/<\/a>.<\/p>\nGreat Britain\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams are currently competing at the 2026 IWBF World Championships in Ottawa, Canada, as they build towards Liverpool 2027.<\/p>\n
Both teams will be looking to make their mark on the world stage before returning to European Championship action next year, with LA 2028 qualification firmly on the horizon.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s team are already heading into 2027 as Paris 2024 Paralympic silver medallists \u2013 Great Britain\u2019s best Paralympic result in the sport for 28 years \u2013 having also claimed the 2023 European Championship title and 2018 World Championship crown.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s team meanwhile arrives with a rapidly growing reputation, having claimed European silver in both 2023 and 2025, as well as finishing fifth at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n
The European Championships will also give local fans the chance to cheer on athletes with strong connections to the region. Liverpool\u2019s own Abdi Jama is among the wider GB squad, alongside Manchester-based athletes Robyn Love, Laurie Williams and Henley Cavanagh, who are representing Great Britain at the 2026 World Championships.<\/p>\n
Home advantage could not come at a better time for Great Britain\u2019s wheelchair basketball teams.<\/p>\n
Terry Bywater, Great Britain wheelchair basketball player and Paris 2024 Paralympic silver medallist, said: \u201cWheelchair basketball is incredibly fast, it\u2019s physical, and there\u2019s so much happening on court that you can barely take your eyes off the game. There\u2019s the noise of the wheels, the collisions, the crowd and the speed of the players \u2013 it\u2019s an incredible atmosphere. You can go from one end of the court to the other in seconds and the whole game can change in a heartbeat. I\u2019ve played this sport for more than 25 years and it still gives me a buzz. So come along, bring the family and get behind the teams \u2013 you\u2019re in for a cracking day out!\u201d<\/p>\n
Abdi Jama, Great Britain international and Liverpool native, said: \u201cAs a player, to have an international tournament in my home city is incredible and a fantastic opportunity to showcase this amazing sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The road to LA 2028 starts in Liverpool. Don\u2019t miss your chance to see Europe\u2019s elite wheelchair basketball players competing for European glory and Paralympic qualification on home soil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Event Passes are now on sale for the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships 2027 (WBEURO27), which will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-891775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}