Cardiff to host European Wheelchair Rugby Championship
Europe’s top eight teams will compete for gold and the chance to qualify for Paris 2024
HISTORIC RIVALRIES: Teams will do battle at the Principality Stadium (Image: GBWR Megumi Masuda)
Fans from across Europe will descend on the Welsh capital in May as Cardiff hosts the Wheelchair Rugby European Championship (WREURO23) for the first time.
Host nation and Paralympic gold medallists Great Britain will face Europe’s top teams at the Principality Stadium from May 3 to 7 as they compete for qualification spaces for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and the title of European Champion.
A spokesperson said: "For the intense, high-impact and full-contact Paralympic sport, the sporting stage 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."
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The grand finale of the event on Sunday, July 7 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.
Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster, where prices for day tickets start from £10 for adults and under-16s can experience the action for just £1.
Find out more about the 2023 Wheelchair Rugby European Championship here.
Submitted by Conker Communications
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