Coloplast is a major sponsor of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, which take place on 17–26 September in Vancouver, Canada.

“We are sponsoring the tournament because we wish to give people with disabilities an opportunity to play sport at a high level, and because wheelchair rugby is a very competitive and exciting sport.
 
"Our sponsorship supports the tournament and contributes to the general development of the sport,” says Nicolas Nemery, Vice President for Continence Care Marketing in Coloplast.

Qualifications for the championships have just ended. The European countries played for their six qualification spots at the 2009 European Championships, which were recently held in Denmark. The America zone and Asia-Oceania zone championships were also held this autumn.

The following nations qualified for next year’s world championships: Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Finland, USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. 

A complete schedule of the matches along with statistics, rules and team information will be available on the official site of the tournament: www.2010wwrc.com. 

Wheelchair rugby facts:

Wheelchair rugby sees athletes competing in armoured wheelchairs in order to take the ball across the opponents’ goal line. Wheelchair rugby is one of the fastest growing parasports in the world. It is currently played in more than 25 countries, of which many have well-organised national leagues.