Run by the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, the Championship got underway on Tuesday (September 2) inside the Pabellón Siglo XXI.

Germany are hoping to defend the title they picked up two years ago in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain and are one of four teams to progress through the group stages as leaders of group B.

Three wins out of three gave the Germans top spot in their group as they added a closely fought 52-49 victory over Italy to previous wins over Spain and Poland.

Despite the final group defeat, Italy will join Germany in the semi-finals after overcoming Poland and hosts Spain 81-50 and 56-51 respectively.

Great Britain move into the semi-final stages on the back of a 100 per cent win streak
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The Italians will have the tough task of facing Great Britain in their semi-final encounter after the British team topped group A with a 100 per cent win record.

Great Britain dominated their group, thrashing Israel 93-32 in their opening fixture before securing 67-36 and 58-42 victories over France and 2013 European Championship bronze medallists Turkey respectively.

Turkey had been dominant up until their final group game fixture, beating both France and Israel to ensure their spot in the semi-final.

The semi-finals will get underway in Spain tomorrow with the two bottom placed teams from each group competing for classification places.

Finals will then get underway on Sunday (September 7) followed by a Closing Ceremony.

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