IWBF has today confirmed that the IWBF Men’s U23 World Championship has been relocated and rescheduled to take place in Phuket, Thailand in September 2022.
The decision to reschedule the Championship, which was due to be held in Chiba, Japan, between 27 May – 4 June 2022, was made by IWBF in conjunction with the Japanese Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
IWBF Competition Chairman, Charlie Bethel, said:
“Given the COVID-19 pandemic situation and the measures currently in place in Japan combined with the difficulties over the availability of facilities for later dates in the year, JWBF have made the difficult decision to return the hosting rights for the IWBF Men’s U23 World Championship that were awarded to them in 2019.
“We would like to thank JWBF for all their efforts and work they have put in over the past three years to try and make the event go ahead. We hope to be able to work with JWBF in the future to bring international wheelchair basketball back to…