The 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Suphanburi Indoor Stadium in Thailand, from 23 to 27 May 2019. It was the third wheelchair basketball world championship for women in the under-25 age category. Eight nations competed: Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Thailand, South Africa, Turkey and the United States. The event took the form of a round-robin tournament, with each team playing all the other teams once. The eight teams then went into quarter-finals, while the bottom two played each other for world ranking. The winners of the semi-finals faced each other in the final, while the losers played for bronze. The competition was won by the United States, with Australia taking silver and Great Britain claiming bronze.
The 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was the third wheelchair basketball world championship for women in the under-25 age category. The event is held every four years; it was previously held in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, in 2011, and in Beijing, China, in 2015.[1] Thailand was chosen as the host in November 2018.[2]
Eight nations competed: Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Thailand, South Africa, Turkey and the United States. The teams were divided into two pools. A draw ceremony was conducted in Bangkok on 1 April 2019, presided over by Ulf Mehrens, the President of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF), and Chutinant Bhirombhakdi, the President of the Paralympic Committee of Thailand. Great Britain, Japan, South Africa and Thailand were assigned to Pool A, and Australia, Germany, Turkey and the United States to Pool B.[3] The competition format called for the teams to play each team in their pool. Based on the rankings, they then played a finals series.[4] Because there was only eight teams, all advanced to the quarter-finals.[5] The schedule was released in April 2019.[6]
Venue
The event was held at the Suphanburi Indoor Stadium, a 4,000-seat stadium in the heart of Suphanburi.[7]
Head Coach: Stephen Charlton Assistant Coach: Sarah Graham Assistant/Technical: Dave Hegerty Physiotherapist: Bonnie Kerr Team Manager: Jane Kyle Physiologist: Steph Shell
Head Coach: Nthombizile Nthombeni Assistant Coach: James Mthethwa Team Manager: Gerhard Smith Sport Massage: Kate Douglas Second Assistant Coach: Wiseman Dlamini Chef De Mission: Charles Saunders
#
Name
Class.
4
Aviwe Ngoni
1.0
5
Samkelisiwe Mbatha
2.0
6
Tshwanelo Moabi
1.0
7
Lungile Ndlela
2.5
8
Emihle Mbotho
3.5
9
Nolitha Kibido
3.5
10
Ongezwa Hagu
4.0
11
Nokuthula Yonke
3.5
12
Asive Gilifile
4.0
13
Nokwanda Hlongwane
4.5
14
Duduzile Mceleni
4.5
15
Simphiwe Manqele
4.5
Source: "South Africa". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
Head Coach: Daniel Price Assistant Coach: Simon Fisher Team Manager: Rosie Williams Physiotherapist: Laura Heathcote Performance Analyst: Nathan Payne Doctor: Andrew Hogg Mechanic: Tanakom Sheepsomsong Performance Director: Jayne Ellis
Head Coach: Murat Saltan Assistant Coach: Abdullah Bayram Team-Manager: Önder Yurdagül Physiotherapist: Ayça Uyan Mechanic: Servet Ergün Companion: Seyhan Candan
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Name
Class.
5
Hatice Atay
3.5
6
Sera Uzun
2.5
7
Öznur Koç
4.0
8
Meryem Tan
4.0
9
Hilal Eker
4.5
10
Ecem Nur Adiguzel
1.0
11
Ebru Çam
1.0
13
Begüm Pusat
2.5
14
Rabia Akyürek
2.0
15
Hacire Doğan
1.0
Source: "Turkey". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
Head Coach: Lawerance "Trooper" Johnson Assistant Coach: Melanie Brionez Assistant Coach: Mieko Chambers Team Manager: Trice Ham Athletic Trainer: Karla Francioni
Source: "United States". 2019 Women's U25 World Championships. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
The South African team was named on 8 May. The team included many players who were new to the sport, and some had never traveled on a plane before. The team officials were under no illusions about the difficulty of winning games, but saw the tournament as an opportunity to build their wheelchair basketball program, with an eye to qualifying for the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.[8] Similarly, the Australian U25 team, known as the Devils, was unashamedly a development team, with only one of its eleven players being a member of the senior team, the Gliders: Annabelle Lindsay, who had played in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg in 2018. Most of the youthful side would be eligible to play in the next U25 championship, and three would be eligible to play in the next three.[9] In contrast, Team Great Britain regarded itself as a serious contender, having won in Beijing in 2015, and the U24 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 2016 and 2018. The team included five members of the senior team: Joy Haizelden, Maddie Thompson, Kayla Bell, Siobhan Fitzpatrick and Charlotte Moore.[10]
The first day opened well for South Africa, which scored its first ever win in the competition, with a 16-35 win over the host nation. Team GB got off to a shaky start against Japan, but claimed a 47-30 win. The Devils performed well against Germany, with Lindsay racking up 27 points and 12 rebounds in a 55-37 win. On the final game of the day, the USA was too good for Turkey.[11] On the second day, Japan notched up its first win, against South Africa;[12] the USA had little trouble with Germany;[13] the Devils held Turkey to a scoreless 11-0 first quarter before going on to post a second win;[14] and Team GB coasted to an easy win against Thailand.[15] On the third day, Germany defeated Turkey 46-24 to secure the third spot in Pool B,[16] and Japan defeated Thailand to grab second place in Pool A.[17] With another easy victory, this time 80-12 over South Africa, Team GB claimed the top spot in Pool A.[18] The final game of the round was a fight for the top spot in Pool B between the Devils and the USA. The USA concentrated on shutting down Lindsay, who had been averaging 35 points per game. This time she scored only 10 points, but Teisha Shadwell also proved a threat, and ended the game with a double-double of 11 points and 12 rebounds. When the USA rotated its players, the Devils began to gain the upper hand, winning the third quarter by two points. In the end, the USA won 56-31, and, undefeated, secured the top place in Pool B.[19]
In the quarter-finals, Japan staged a thrilling 18-8 final quarter fight back to defeat Germany 42-37. In a hard-fought match, Japan's pressure held Germany to a dismal 19 percent scoring efficiency, while Amane Yanagimoto racked up 21 points, and Kotone Usui had a double-double with 10 points and 17 rebounds. It was Japan's first ever quarter-final win, and ensured its highest ever ranking.[20] For the Devils it would be their third semi-final appearance, with their place locked in with a 72-12 demolition of South Africa. Lindsay posted a double-double of 32 points and 24 rebounds, Georgia Bishop-Cash and Jess Cronje also posted double-doubles, and most of the rest of the team made the scoreboard.[21] A brave Thailand held the USA to just 31 points at half time, its lowest half-time score of the tournament, but could not stop them, and the USA went into the semi-finals undaunted, posting a final score of 65-10.[22] In the last quarter-final, Team GB defeated Turkey 70-15, with four players scoring in the double digits.[23]
In the crossover games, Germany bounced back from its defeat by Japan to defeat Thailand 52-14,[24] and Turkey celebrated its first ever win, a 48-25 victory over South Africa.[25] In the first semi-final, the USA beat Japan 78-24.[26] In the second, the Devils came up against the undefeated Team GB. Both sides subjected the other to intense defensive pressure, with Team GB forcing the Devils into a series of eight second violations. Maddie Thompson was pulled off after she racked up three personal fouls, and the British defence struggled with height of Lindsay and Shadwell. A three-pointbuzzer beater from Joy Haizelden left Team GB just two points down at half time, but the Devils pushed their lead out to four points by three quarter time. Team GB's press forced multiple turnovers, but the Devils' pressure caused Team GB to miss many shots, and they ended with an average shooting accuracy of just 22 percent. In the end, Team GB's undefeated run ended, and the Devils were into the final with a 42-36 win.[27]
South Africa won the 7th/8th place game against Thailand,[28] Germany defeated Turkey in the 5th/6th place game,[29] and Team GB rallied after its defeat by the Devils to claim the bronze medal with a win over Japan.[30] In the anticlimactic final game, Lindsay lined up against five of her team mates from the University of Texas at ArlingtonLady Movin' Mavs wheelchair basketball team: Nina Welfle, Rose Hollermann, Abby Dunkin, Josie Aslakson and Elizabeth Becker.[31] The USA were too good, posting a 62-25 win. It was the USA's second win, and the Devil's third silver in a row.[32]
MVP and All Stars
The 2019 Women’s U25 World Championship All-Star Five was announced at the closing banquet on the final night of the tournament at the Songphanburi Hotel, in Suphanburi. The All-Star Five is made up of the best 1 point player, 2 point player, 3 point player and 4 point player, plus the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament, as voted by their fellow competitors.[33]
Turkey competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.
Georgia Inglis is a 2.5 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the Osaka Cup in Japan in February 2013, and at the Asia-Oceania Zone Qualifiers in Bangkok in November 2013. She played with the Perth Western Stars team that won the Women's National Wheelchair basketball League (WNWBL) championship title in 2013.
Georgia Bishop-Cash is a swimmer and 4.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian U25 team at the 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Beijing, winning silver. She was part of the Minecraft Comets team that won the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) championship title in 2014 and 2018, and were named the Queensland Sporting Wheelies Team of the Year for 2014. In May 2019, she was part of the Devils team that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.
The 2015 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the China Disability Sports Training Centre in Beijing from 30 June to 6 July 2015. Six nations competed: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain and Japan. The event took the form of a Round-robin tournament, with each team playing all the other teams once. The top four teams then went into semi-finals, while the bottom two played each other for world ranking. The winners of the semi-finals faced each other in the final, while the losers played for bronze. The championship was won by Team Great Britain. Australia came second and China third.
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Amy Conroy is a 4.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in a Rio de Janeiro, co captained the team to win Gold in the under 25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Beijing and won a silver medal at the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg.
Joy Haizelden is a 2.5 point British wheelchair basketball player who was the youngest player to represent Great Britain at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto.
Charlotte Moore is a wheelchair racer who has won four Virgin London wheelchair mini-marathons, a wheelchair tennis player and a 1.0 point wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto and the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Hamburg.
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The 2011 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship was held at the Walker Complex at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, from 15 to 21 July 2011. It was the first ever wheelchair basketball world championship for women in the under-25 age category. The event was run by Wheelchair Basketball Canada in partnership with Brock University. Eight nations competed: Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, South Africa and the United States. The event took the form of a round-robin tournament, with each team playing all the other teams once. The top eight teams then went into quarter-finals, while the bottom two played each other for world ranking. The winners of the semi-finals faced each other in the final, while the losers played for bronze. The championship was won by the United States; Australia came second and Great Britain third.
Isabel Martin is a 1.0 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team at the Osaka Cup in February 2016. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian U25 team that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand. She represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai.
Annabelle Lindsay is a 4.5 point Australian wheelchair basketball player. She made her international debut with the Australian women's national wheelchair basketball team at the Osaka Cup in February 2017. In May 2019, she was part of the U25 National team that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.
Teisha Shadwell is an Australian 4.5 point wheelchair basketball player. In May 2019, she was part of the Australian Devils U25 team that won silver at the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.
Abigail Dunkin is an American 3.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won gold at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada, the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship in Suphanburi, Thailand.
Rose Hollermann is an American 3.5 point wheelchair basketball player who won gold at the 2011, and 2019 Women's U25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship, the 2011, 2015 and 2023 Parapan American Games, and the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also won bronze at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.
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