Group A
Source: [1]
The following is the list of squads for each of the 12 women's teams competing in the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship , held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between 20 and 28 June 2014. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. [1]
Athletes are 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 for one team cannot exceed 14. [1]
Source: [1]
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| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ivanilde Candida da Silva | 3.0 |
| 5 | Andreia Cristina Santa Rosa Farias | 1.0 |
| 6 | Monica Fernanda de Andrade Santos Silva | 4.5 |
| 7 | Lucicleia da Costa Costa | 2.5 |
| 8 | Rosalia Ramos da Silva | 1.5 |
| 9 | Perla Dos Santos Assunção | 2.0 |
| 10 | Jessica da Silva Santana | 2.5 |
| 11 | Geisa Rodrigues Viera | 4.0 |
| 12 | Lia Maria Soares Martins | 4.5 |
| 13 | Cintia Mariana Lopes Carvalho | 1.0 |
| 14 | Paola Klokler | 4.0 |
| 15 | Viliede Brito de Almeida | 4.5 |
Germany Head coach: Holger Glinicki
| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Mareike Adermann | 4.5 |
| 5 | Johanna Welin | 2.0 |
| 6 | Simone Kues | 1.0 |
| 7 | Edina Müller | 2.5 |
| 8 | Annika Zeyen | 1.5 |
| 9 | Laura Fürst | 2.0 |
| 10 | Gesche Schünemann | 4.5 |
| 11 | Maya Lindholm | 2.5 |
| 12 | Annabel Breuer | 1.5 |
| 13 | Annegret Briessmann | 1.0 |
| 14 | Marina Mohnen | 4.5 |
| 15 | Linda Dahle | 4.5 |
Canada Head coach: Bill Johnson
Assistant coaches: Michael Broughton and Michele Hynes
| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elaine Allard | 1.5 |
| 5 | Janet McLachlan | 4.5 |
| 6 | Arinn Young | 4.5 |
| 7 | Cindy Ouellet | 3.5 |
| 8 | Tamara Steeves | 1.5 |
| 9 | Maude Jacques | 2.5 |
| 10 | Katie Harnock | 2.0 |
| 11 | Darda Sales | 4.0 |
| 12 | Tracey Ferguson | 3.0 |
| 13 | Jamey Jewells | 1.0 |
| 14 | Amanda Yan | 3.0 |
| 15 | Melanie Hawtin | 1.5 |
Great Britain Head coach: Miles Thompson
Assistant coach: Matthew Foden
| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Charlotte Moore | 1.0 |
| 5 | Sophie Carrigill | 1.0 |
| 6 | Clare Griffiths | 1.5 |
| 7 | Helen Freeman | 4.0 |
| 8 | Laurie Williams | 2.5 |
| 9 | Judith Hamer | 4.0 |
| 10 | Amy Conroy | 4.0 |
| 11 | Madeleine Thompson | 4.5 |
| 12 | Helen Turner | 3.5 |
| 13 | Louise Sugden | 2.0 |
| 14 | Joy Haizelden | 2.5 |
| 15 | Fiona Tillman | 1.0 |
China Head coach: Tiehua Liu
| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Haizhen Cheng | 4.5 |
| 5 | San Yang | 4.0 |
| 6 | Xiaoyan Wang | 4.0 |
| 7 | Yongqing Fu | 4.0 |
| 8 | Man Liu | 1.0 |
| 9 | Suiling Lin | 3.0 |
| 10 | Jiameng Dai | |
| 11 | Ting Ting Xu | |
| 12 | Mingzhu DEng | 2.0 |
| 13 | Yanhua Li | 1.5 |
| 14 | Yon Long | 1.0 |
| 15 | Donghuai Zheng | 2.5 |
Japan Head coach: Kaori Tachibana
| # | Name | Class. |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Erika Yoshida | 1.0 |
| 5 | Miki Uramoto | 2.5 |
| 6 | Kyoko Miura | 4.5 |
| 7 | Megumi Mashiko | 3.0 |
| 8 | Tomoe Soeda | 3.5 |
| 9 | Mayumi Tsuchida | 4.5 |
| 10 | Mayo Hagino | 1.0 |
| 11 | Izumi Zaima | 1.0 |
| 12 | Miho Arikawa | 2.5 |
| 13 | Chihiro Kitada | 4.5 |
| 14 | Yui Kitama | 1.0 |
| 15 | Mari Amimoto | 4.5 |
Source: [1]
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