2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball World Championship | |
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Venue | Mattamy Athletic Centre |
Location | Toronto |
Start date | 20 June 2014 |
End date | 28 June 2014 |
Competitors | 12 teams from 12 nations |
Separate men's and women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship tournaments were held in 2014. The women's tournament was held at the Mattamy Athletic Centre in Toronto, Canada between 20 and 28 June 2014. It was the largest women's wheelchair basketball world championship in history, with 12 national teams participating. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. [1]
Inge Huitzing (Netherlands) was named the most valuable player of the tournament. She was the tournament's top point scorer with 175 points, an average of 21.8 points per game. Janet McLachlan (Canada), Katie Harnock (Canada), Rebecca Murray (United States), Desiree Miller (United States) and Annika Zeyen (Germany) were named to the All Star Five. [2]
In addition, each team was asked to nominate a player from their team who exemplified the principles of true sport. The True Sport award recipients were: Leanne Del Toso (Australia), Perla Assuncão (Brazil), Katie Harnock (Canada), Yong Qing Fu (China), Emilie Menard (France), Annika Zeyen (Germany), Clare Griffiths (Great Britain), Kyoko Miura (Japan), Floralia Estrada (Mexico), Cher Korver (Netherlands), Pilar Jauregui (Peru), and Kimberly Champion (United States). [2]
There were 12 women's teams competing. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. Athletes were given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14. [1]
Going into the tournament, the world rankings were:
The 12 teams qualified in a series of zone championships.
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Host Nation | 1 | |||
Reigning champion | 1 | |||
European Wheelchair Basketball Championship | June 2013 | 4 | ||
Asia-Oceania Zone Championships | November 2013 | 3 | ||
Americas Cup for Women | July–August 2013 | 3 | ||
Total | 12 |
No championship was held for the Africa zone, so its spot was allocated to the Americas.
Team | Pld | W | L | Pts. |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
20 June 2014 08:00 |
Netherlands | 89–5 | |
Scoring by quarter:20–2, 19–0, 28–2, 22–1 | ||
Pts: Bejer 18 Rebs: De Rooij 11 Asts: Huitzing 8 | Pts: Jauregui 4 Rebs: Jauregui 4 Player of the game: Pilar Jauregui |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
20 June 2014 18:00 |
United States | 68–52 | |
Scoring by quarter:14–9, 22–18, 15–15, 17–10 | ||
Pts: Murray 30 Rebs: Murray 8, Gaeng 8 Asts: Murray 4, Miller 4 Player of the game: Rebecca Murray | Pts: Merritt 14 Rebs: Nott 5 Asts: Chaplin 4 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
20 June 2014 20:00 |
Mexico | 42–61 | |
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 10–12, 14–18, 10–15 | ||
Pts: Estrada 14 Rebs: Estrada 10 Asts: Vasquez 4 | Pts: Saint Omer-Delepine 26 Rebs: Saint Omer-Delepine 11 Asts: Pichon 4 Player of the game: Fabienne Saint Omer-Delepine |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 10:00 |
France | 21–77 | |
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 3–14, 4–24, 6–23 | ||
Pts: Saint Omer-Delepine 6, Pichon 6 Rebs: Saint Omer-Delepine 8, Pichon 8 Asts: Pichon 2 | Pts: Bejer 30 Rebs: Bejer 10 Asts: Korver 4 Player of the game: Mariska Beijer |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 13:00 |
Mexico | 29–64 | |
Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 9–20, 8–18, 6–9 | ||
Pts: Estrada 19 Rebs: Lopez 9 Asts: Lopez 3 | Pts: Murray 26 Rebs: Courtney 5, Blunk 5 Asts: Gaeng 5, Soldan 4 Player of the game: Rebecca Murray |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 18:00 |
Peru | 10–90 | |
Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 2–20, 2–18, 2–9 | ||
Pts: Tunqui 2 Rebs: Jauregui 7 | Pts: O'Kelly-Kennedy 25 Rebs: O'Kelly-Kennedy 7 Asts: Kean 8 Player of the game: Kathleen O`Kelly-Kennedy |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 8:00 |
Netherlands | 71–32 | |
Scoring by quarter:21–13, 16–8, 18–6, 16–5 | ||
Pts: Bejer 18, Huitzig 18 Rebs: Huitzig 7 Asts: Huitzig 9 Player of the game: Inge Huitzig | Pts: Estrada 22 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Vasquez 4 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 10:00 |
Australia | 59–47 | |
Scoring by quarter: 7–10, 14–7, 18–15, 20–15 | ||
Pts: Merritt 27 Rebs: Crispin 8 Asts: Chaplin 8 Player of the game: Amber Merritt | Pts: Menard 10 Rebs: Saint Omer-Delepine 5, Menard 5 Asts: Menard 7 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 13:00 |
United States | 95–14 | |
Scoring by quarter:40–0, 24–2, 14–6, 17–6 | ||
Pts: Champion 17, Hollermann 16 Rebs: Champion 6, Blunk 6, Ryan 6 Asts: Murray 6 Player of the game: Courtney Ryan | Pts: Jauregui 10 Rebs: Jauregui 7 Asts: Jauregui 1, Oblitas 1 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 8:00 |
Peru | 15–68 | |
Scoring by quarter: 5–21, 6–13, 2–19, 2–15 | ||
Pts: Jauregui 5 Rebs: Jauregui 12 Asts: Jauregui 2 | Pts: Pichon 16 Rebs: Pichon 10 Asts: Pichon 4 Player of the game: Emilie Menard |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 15:00 |
Mexico | 30–60 | |
Scoring by quarter: 2–21, 8–16, 8–9, 12–12 | ||
Pts: Estrada 14 Rebs: Torres 6, Estrada 6, Vasquez 6 Asts: Estrada 3, Vasquez 3 | Pts: Merritt 12 Rebs: Merritt 8 Asts: Chaplin 6 Player of the game: Shelley Chaplin |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 18:00 |
United States | 54–76 | |
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 16–14, 16–16, 11–21 | ||
Pts: Miller 17 Rebs: Murray 8 Asts: Murray 6 | Pts: Beijer 23 Rebs: Beijer 11 Asts: Huitzing 13 Player of the game: Roos Oosterbaan |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
24 June 2014 8:00 |
24–63 | Mexico | |
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 4–26, 8–14, 2–8 | ||
Pts: Tunqui 10 Rebs: Sanabria 5 Asts: Jauregui 4 | Pts: Estrada 27 Rebs: Estrada 11 Asts: Estrada 4, Torres 4 Player of the game: Floralia Estrada |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
24 June 2014 10:00 |
France | 35–74 | |
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 8–14, 11–19, 9–18 | ||
Pts: Pichon 19 Rebs: Menard 8 Asts: Pichon 2, Saint Omer-Delepine | Pts: Murray 25, Miller 20 Rebs: Murray 9, Miller 8 Asts: Murray 5 Player of the game: Desiree Miller |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
Team | Pld | W | L | Pts. |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
5 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
20 June 2014 8:00 |
Great Britain | 56–37 | |
Scoring by quarter:16–6, 12–13, 16–14, 12–10 | ||
Pts: Freeman 20 Rebs: Freeman 11 Asts: Freeman 8 Player of the game: Amy Conroy | Pts: Assunção 10, Martins 10 Rebs: Martins 8 Asts: Assunção 6 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
20 June 2014 13:00 |
Canada | 83–53 | |
Scoring by quarter:25–12, 17–18, 19–11, 22–12 | ||
Pts: McLachlan 28, Harnock 25 Rebs: McLachlan 21 Asts: Ouellet 10 Player of the game: Katie Harnock | Pts: Amimoto 18 Rebs: Amimoto 10 Asts: Mashiko 4 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
20 June 2014 15:00 |
Germany | 59–45 | |
Scoring by quarter:20–11, 14–8, 18–16, 7–10 | ||
Pts: Mohnen 19, Zeyen 17 Rebs: Adermann 5 Asts: Zeyen 4, Mohnen 4 Player of the game: Annika Zeyen | Pts: Jiameng 12, Long 10 Rebs: Fu 8 Asts: Long 3, Deng 3 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 8:00 |
China | 59–45 | |
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 18–13, 18–8, 12–13 | ||
Pts: Fu 29 Rebs: Jiameng 14, Fu 13 Asts: Long 6 Player of the game: Yong Qing Fu | Pts: Amimoto 22 Rebs: Amimoto 15 Asts: Amimoto 7 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 15:00 |
Brazil | 25–63 | |
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 6–16, 2–11, 6–10 | ||
Pts: Assunção 11 Rebs: Sales 11 Asts: Santana 4 | Pts: McLachan 21 Rebs: McLachan 13 Asts: McLachan 4 Player of the game: Janet McLachlan |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
21 June 2014 20:00 |
Great Britain | 33–55 | |
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 8–14, 9–10, 6–14 | ||
Pts: Freeman 14 Rebs: Williams 5 Asts: Freeman 4, Griffiths 4 | Pts: Schuenemann 26 Rebs: Schuenemann 11 Asts: Schuenemann 3 Player of the game: Gesche Schuenemann |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 15:00 |
Canada | 76–53 | |
Scoring by quarter:18–10, 25–16, 29–13, 14–14 | ||
Pts: McLachan 27 Rebs: McLachan 17 Asts: Oullet 12 Player of the game: Janet McLachlan | Pts: Fu 15 Rebs: Fu 9 Asts: Long 9 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 18:00 |
Brazil | 40–74 | |
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 8–14, 9–10, 6–14 | ||
Pts: Martins 8 Rebs: Martins 5 | Pts: Adermann 29 Rebs: Adermann 19 Asts: Lindholm 7 Player of the game: Mareike Adermann |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
22 June 2014 20:00 |
Japan | 48–62 | |
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 10–10, 8–18, 18–18 | ||
Pts: Amimoto 25 Rebs: Mashiko 10 Asts: Mashiko 4 | Pts: Hamer 26 Rebs: Hamer 7, Williams 7 Asts: Freeman 9 Player of the game: Judith Hamer |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 10:00 |
Great Britain | 64–47 | |
Scoring by quarter:15–15, 16–10, 23–8, 10–14 | ||
Pts: Freeman 36 Rebs: Conroy 11 Asts: Freeman 6 Player of the game: Helen Freeman | Pts: Fu 12 Rebs: Fu 8 Asts: Long 7 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 13:00 |
Japan | 63–52 | |
Scoring by quarter:18–11, 13–13, 16–13, 16–15 | ||
Pts: Amimoto 37 Rebs: Amimoto Asts: Mashiko 8 Player of the game: Mari Amimoto | Pts: Almeida 12 Rebs: Assunção 6 Asts: Andrade Santos 4 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
23 June 2014 20:00 |
Germany | 64–53 | |
Scoring by quarter:18–15, 13–10, 18–8, 15–14 | ||
Pts: Schuenemann 28 Rebs: Schuenemann 10 Asts: Zeyen 7 Player of the game: Marina Mohnen | Pts: Ouellet 16 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Ouellet 5 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
24 June 2014 13:00 |
Germany | 82–49 | |
Scoring by quarter:19–12, 17–14, 22–9, 24–14 | ||
Pts: Adermnn 23 Rebs: Adermann 9 Asts: Schuenemann 6 Player of the game: Simone Kues | Pts: Amimoto 20 Rebs: Amimoto 8 Asts: Amimoto 5 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
26 June 2014 | ||||||||||
70 | ||||||||||
27 June 2014 | ||||||||||
25 | ||||||||||
68 | ||||||||||
26 June 2014 | ||||||||||
58 | ||||||||||
53 | ||||||||||
28 June 2014 | ||||||||||
41 | ||||||||||
50 | ||||||||||
26 June 2014 | ||||||||||
54 | ||||||||||
62 | ||||||||||
27 June 2014 | ||||||||||
52 | ||||||||||
74 | ||||||||||
26 June 2014 | ||||||||||
75 | Third place | |||||||||
63 | ||||||||||
28 June 2014 | ||||||||||
47 | ||||||||||
74 | ||||||||||
58 | ||||||||||
26 June 2014 8:00 |
8–88 | Brazil | |
Scoring by quarter: 0–14, 0–22, 4–26, 4–26 | ||
Pts: Garcia 2, Sanabria 2 Rebs: Jauregui 10 Asts: Jauregui 1 | Pts: Santana 29, Almeida 22, Assancao 20 Rebs: Almeida 7 Asts: Assunção 10 Player of the game: Perla Assunção |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
26 June 2014 10:00 |
40–68 | Japan | |
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 14–16, 8–17, 6–19 | ||
Pts: Vasquez 17, Estrada 16 Rebs: Vasquez 8, Estrada 7 Asts: Estrada 4 | Pts: Amimoto 26 Rebs: Amimoto 10 Asts: Amimoto 10 Player of the game: Mayo Hagino |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
26 June 2014 13:00 |
70–25 | France | |
Scoring by quarter:23–1, 16–9, 10–8, 21–7 | ||
Pts: Adermann 27, Mohnen 26 Rebs: Adermann 11 Asts: Adermann 3, Zeyen 3, Mohnen 3 Player of the game: Mareike Adermann | Pts: Laurent 8 Rebs: Menard 5 Asts: Saint Omer-Delepine 2, Delphine 2 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
26 June 2014 13:00 |
62–52 | China | |
Scoring by quarter:15–12, 21–12, 12–14, 14–14 | ||
Pts: Huitzing 28, Beijer 20 Rebs: Beijer 9, Huitzing 8, Korver 8 Asts: Huitzing 8 Player of the game: Inge Huitzing | Pts: Fu 24, Dai 22 Rebs: Fu 11, Dai 10 Asts: Long 6 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
26 June 2014 18:00 |
63–47 | Australia | |
Scoring by quarter:19–14, 14–15, 20–8, 10–10 | ||
Pts: Ouellet 20, McLachlan 17, Harnock 17 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Ouellet 7 Player of the game: Cindy Ouellet | Pts: Stewart 12 Rebs: Stewart 6 Asts: Gauci 7 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
26 June 2014 20:00 |
53–41 | Great Britain | |
Scoring by quarter:13–8, 14–10, 11–12, 15–11 | ||
Pts: Murray 15, Gaeng 15 Rebs: Gaeng 11 Asts: Murray 7 Player of the game: Gail Gaeng | Pts: Hamer 14 Rebs: Freeman 10 Asts: Freeman 7 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
27 June 2014 13:00 |
58–41 | France | |
Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 18–10, 10–14, 21–8 | ||
Pts: Freeman 29 Rebs: Freeman 5 Asts: Freeman 6 Player of the game: Helen Freeman | Pts: Saint Omer-Delepine 18 Rebs: Saint Omer-Delepine 15 Asts: Saint Omer-Delepine 3, Pichon 3 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
27 June 2014 15:00 |
62–57 | China | |
Scoring by quarter:13–12, 19–17, 18–11, 12–17 | ||
Pts: Merritt 24, Stewart 16, Gauci 14 Rebs: Merrit 7 Asts: Gauci 10 Player of the game: Kylie Gauci | Pts: Dai 21 Rebs: Dai 7 Asts: Long 10 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
27 June 2014 18:00 |
74–75 | Canada | |
Scoring by quarter:20–16, 20–18, 12–17, 22–24 | ||
Pts: Huitzing 33, Beijer 28 Rebs: Beijer 10, Huitzing 8 Asts: Korver 8 | Pts: McLachlan 25, Harnock 22, Ouelleit 16 Rebs: McLachlan 18 Asts: Ouelleit 14 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
27 June 2014 20:00 |
68–58 | United States | |
Scoring by quarter:21–18, 11–18, 14–12, 22–12 | ||
Pts: Mohnen 27 Rebs: Mohnen 10 Asts: Mohnen 5, Zeyen 5 | Pts: Hollermann 25 Rebs: Hollermann 8 Asts: Murray 10 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
28 June 2014 8:00 |
64–30 | France | |
Scoring by quarter:21–5, 17–15, 13–2, 13–8 | ||
Pts: Dai 23 Rebs: Fu 11 Asts: Long 7 | Pts: Saint Omer-Delepine 10, Pichin 10 Rebs: Saint Omer-Delepine 10 Asts: Pichon 10 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
28 June 2014 10:00 |
70–77 (OT) | Great Britain | |
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–17, 20–14, 16–15, Overtime: 6–13 | ||
Pts: Merritt 32 Rebs: Crispin 8 Asts: Del Toso 7, Chaplin 6 | Pts: Freeman 41 Rebs: Freeman 11 Asts: Freeman 10 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
28 June 2014 13:00 |
74–58 | United States | |
Scoring by quarter:13–16, 16–12, 18–10, 27–20 | ||
Pts: Huitzing 43 Rebs: Huitzing 9, Beijer 8 Asts: Korver 6 | Pts: Murray 22 Rebs: Hollermann 13 Asts: Murray 9 |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
28 June 2014 15:00 |
50–54 | Canada | |
Scoring by quarter:12–11, 10–14, 14–14, 14–15 | ||
Pts: Mohnen 20 Rebs: Zeyen 7 Asts: Zeyen 7 | Pts: McLachlan 15, Ouellet 15 Rebs: McLachlan 19 Asts: Ouellet |
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto |
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