"The Danish Sports Organization for the Disabled submitted an excellent bid to host the 2014 World Championship," said IWRF Competitions Committee Chair Kathy Newman, who conducted the official site visit during the bid process. "The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation is confident that Denmark will be a great host and will ensure the best possible experience for the teams attending the World Championship in Odense."

The President of the Odense Organizing Committee, Mette Holstein, thanked IWRF for the opportunity to host the event, saying "On behalf of the whole organizing committee, we are looking very much forward to working together with IWRF on making the 2014 World Championship an amazing event!"

The event will be the sixth World Championship in the history of the sport and will feature the top twelve teams from around the world. This will be the third time the World Championship has been held in Europe and the first time in Denmark. The organizing committee will draw on the extensive hosting experience of the Danish Sports Organization for the Disabled, National Paralympic Committee Denmark, Sport Fyn, the City of Odense and Sport Denmark, which includes hosting IWRF European Championships in 2005 and 2009.

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ABOUT WHEELCHAIR RUGBY: Wheelchair Rugby is a team sport for male and female athletes with physical disabilities. This physically demanding full-contact sport is played indoors on a hardwood court. A unique sport combining elements of basketball, handball, and ice hockey, Wheelchair Rugby was created in Canada in 1977.

ABOUT IWRF: The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation is the international governing body for the sport of Wheelchair Rugby. Established in 1993 within the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation, IWRF became an independent sport federation in 2010. The mission of IWRF is to grow and support the international Wheelchair Rugby family.

For more information please visit www.iwrf.com