2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship squads

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The following is the list of squads for the teams competing in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship (Rollstuhlbasketball Weltmeisterschaft 2018), held in Hamburg, Germany, between 16 and 26 August 2018. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament. [1]

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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 cannot exceed 14. [2]

Women

Pool A

Source: [1]

Pool B

Men

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Source: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sport - ZaDonk". Rollstuhlbasketball Weltmeisterschaft 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  2. "2014 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Wheelchair Basketball Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.