Starting from tomorrow, Europe’s top eight teams will go head to head battling for gold and the chance to qualify for Paris 2024 at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff. This is the first time in history that the Wheelchair Rugby European Championships (WREURO23) has been hosted at this spectacular venue, seating over 73,000 spectators!
Host nation and Paralympic gold medallists Great Britain will face Europe’s top teams in clashes, collisions and historic rivalries as the tournament takes place on one of the world’s most famous sporting stages. Teams will compete for qualification spaces for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and the title of European Champion.
For the intense, high-impact and full-contact Paralympic sport, the Principality Stadium will be transformed into a stadium within a stadium to create an arena atmosphere combined with the thrill of the famous home of Welsh rugby.
On Friday 5 May, the event will feature a star-studded Celebrity Match, with renowned athletes from the Wheelchair Rugby and Rugby World rubbing shoulders with well-known celebrity faces in a Wales v England clash of titans. Celebrities participating include Dirty Sanchez stars Mike “Pancho” Locke and Mathew Pritchard, former WRU player Dai Llewellyn and his Love Island star son Liam, as well as Made In Chelsea star Tristan Phipps and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds OBE.
The grand finale of the event on Sunday 7 May will also bear witness to the very first wheelchair rugby Judgement Day, where two regional Welsh teams will go head-to-head to battle it out as soon as the first match of the day ends, rolling to pitch and tipping off in a day of back-to-back clashes and smashes.
Richard Allcroft, President of World Wheelchair Rugby, shares his excitement with everybody in advance of the tournament – I wish the LOC, volunteers our WWR Classifiers and Officials and all the Teams the very best of luck. This will be a very special European Championships in one of the most iconic Rugby stadiums in the World. I encourage everyone to either come down or watch the broadcast coverage available of some amazing Wheelchair Rugby.
We hope you are all as excited as we are! Below are the key links to all information around where to stay tuned, day by day schedule’s, and more!
Where to watch:
WWR YouTube Channel
Click Here – https://www.youtube.com/@worldwheelchairrugby6250/streams
Channel 4 YouTube Channel
Click Here – https://www.youtube.com/@Channel4Sport/streams
Schedule
Click Here – https://wreuro23.com/competition-schedule/
Tickets
Click Here – https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/wheelchair-rugby-european-championship-tickets/artist/5402284