The following is the list of squads for the teams competing in the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 8 and 20 June 2023. 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 cannot exceed 14. [2] [3]
AlgeriaHead coach: Ahmed Taguiche
JapanHead coach: Hiroshi Iwano Coach: Toshimitsu Morita
| NetherlandsHead coach: Gertjan van der Linden
GermanyHead coach: Dirk Passiwan
| ThailandCoach: Noppadol Wannaborworn
United StatesCoach: Desiree Miller
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AustraliaHead coach: Craig Campbell
BrazilCoach: Marcos Araujo
| CanadaHead coach: Marni Abbott-Peter
ChinaHead coach: Qi Chen
| SpainCoach: Franck Belen
Great BritainHead coach: Miguel Vaquero
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Source: [4]
AustraliaHead coach: Craig Friday Coach: Grant Mizens
| BrazilCoach: Hugo Silva Head coach: Itamar Silva
| ItalyHead coach: Carlo Di Giusto Coach: Roberto Ceriscioli
| United Arab EmiratesHead coach: Abbas Aghakoucheki Coach: Saif Mubarak
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EgyptHead coach: Adel Sherif Coach: Gamal Gadelrab
| GermanyHead coach: Nicolai Zeltinger Coach: Martin Kluck
| CanadaHead coach: Matteo Feriani Coach: Nicolas Palmer
| Great BritainHead coach: Bill Johnson Coach: Joey Johnson
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NetherlandsHead coach: Cees van Rootselaar Coach: Anton de Rooij
| ArgentinaHead coach: Mauro Varela Coach: Amando Perez
| South KoreaHead coach: Kwangyub Ko Coach: Young-Moo Kim
| FranceHead coach: Karim El Gueddari Coach: Stéphane Binot
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United StatesCoach: Robert Taylor Coach: Tony Frescas
| ThailandCoach: Pittaya Prathin Head coach: Maziyar Mirazimi
| IranHead coach: Mohammadreza Dastyar Coach: Behrouz Soltani
| IraqHead coach: Khaki Abbas Coach: Esmaeil Adel
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Source: [5]
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