Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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Wheelchair basketball – Men
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Venue Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Dates7 September – 16 September
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
2004
2012

Calendar

September7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11
1213141516
PhasePreliminary
Round
Classification 9-12QuarterfinalsSemifinals
Placement 11-12
Classification 5-8Placement:
5-6, 7-8 & 9-10
Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Q)550372276+9610
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Q)532362298+648
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (Q)532359344+158
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (Q)523265319547
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 514282367856
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 514309345366
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local


7 September 2008
09:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg7362Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Scoring by quarter:13-10, 20-18, 23-15, 17-19
Pts: Ahmadi 24
Rebs: Gharibloo 11
Asts: Ahmadi 10
Pts: Nortje 25
Rebs: Nortje 10
Asts: Taylor 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11500
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

7 September 2008
11:15
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4961Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 6-16, 9-17, 19-12, 15-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

7 September 2008
20:45
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6259Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter:17-13, 6-13, 19-17, 20-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11797
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

8 September 2008
15:30
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg6692Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12-24, 18-23, 22-21, 14-24
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

8 September 2008
17:45
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5580Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12-25, 12-21, 24-16, 7-18
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

8 September 2008
18:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg5658Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 17-14, 14-14, 13-12
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8580
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

9 September 2008
10:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg6950Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:9-6, 18-15, 17-14, 25-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Ian Robert Pursglove (GBR)

9 September 2008
12:15
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg4396Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8-21, 8-25, 10-26, 17-24
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)

9 September 2008
18:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6252Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25-14, 19-11, 14-12, 4-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8162
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)

10 September 2008
09:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg4875Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7-18, 18-19, 5-21, 18-17
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)

10 September 2008
11:15
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg5864Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Scoring by quarter:15-11, 14-16, 13-11, 16-26
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

10 September 2008
13:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7363Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 10-15, 29-14, 22-13, 12-21
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

11 September 2008
12:15
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg5860Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:17-15, 10-11, 16-14, 15-20
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

11 September 2008
13:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7872Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Scoring by quarter:20-18, 17-21, 17-18, 24-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7684
Referees: Antonia Gomez Ruf (ESP)

11 September 2008
16:15
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg9362Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter:30-16, 22-19, 21-20, 20-7
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Cristian Ariel Salguero (ARG)

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (Q)541346291+559
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (Q)541378247+1319
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (Q)541334271+639
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (Q)523332325+77
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 514291348576
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5052034021995
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local


7 September 2008
13:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7653Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

7 September 2008
16:15
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7372Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

7 September 2008
18:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3481Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

8 September 2008
10:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg4187Flag of the United States.svg  United States

8 September 2008
12:15
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg8041Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

8 September 2008
20:45
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg4867Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

9 September 2008
9:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6073Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

9 September 2008
11:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7944Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

9 September 2008
20:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg5054Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

10 September 2008
15:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg6659Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

10 September 2008
17:45
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3897Flag of the United States.svg  United States

10 September 2008
20:45
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg6953Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

11 September 2008
10:00
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg6782Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

11 September 2008
18:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg4665Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

11 September 2008
20:45
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6861Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter:24-20, 18-16, 9-21, 17-4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Medal Round

Iran withdrew because of the possibility of a match against Israel. [2]

Contents

 Quarterfinals
(13 September 2008)
Semifinals
(14 September 2008)
Gold medal game
(16 September 2008)
              
 B2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 20 
A3Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0 
 B2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62 
 A1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 69 
A1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55
 B4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 47 
  A1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 60
 B1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 72
 B1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 72 
A4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 52 
 B1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 67Bronze medal game
 B3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54 
A2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 64B2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 77
 B3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 71 B3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 85

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Quarterfinals


13 September 2008
09:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg200Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

13 September 2008
11:15
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg5547Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Scoring by quarter:20-4, 7-10, 14-13, 14-20
Pts: Patrick Anderson 17
Rebs: Joey Johnson 16
Asts: David Durepos4
Pts: Dotan Meishar 15
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 16
Asts: Avraham Lehrman 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)

13 September 2008
13:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg7252Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:21-15, 17-15, 19-13, 15-9
Pts: Brad Ness 18
Rebs: Brad Ness 14
Asts: Shaun Norris 4
Pts: Kazuyuki Kyoya, Tetsuya Miyajima 9
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki, Shingo Fujii 6
Asts: Hiroaki Kozai 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

13 September 2008
16:45
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg6471Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 13-17, 14-20, 20-13
Pts: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 18
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 11
Asts: Lars Christink 5
Pts: Simon Munn 31
Rebs: Simon Munn 20
Asts: Jon Pollock 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Semifinals


14 September 2008
21:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6269 (OT)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15-25, 8-10, 14-10, 12-4,  Overtime:20-13
Pts: Patrick Anderson 33
Rebs: Patrick Anderson 21
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6
Pts: Joe Chambers 14
Rebs: Joe Chambers 10
Asts: Paul Schulte 6
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

14 September 2008
19:00
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5467 Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Scoring by quarter: 6-19, 14-17, 13-18, 21-13
Pts: Jon Pollock 18
Rebs: Simon Munn 11
Asts: Jon Pollock 3
Pts: Justin Eveson 22
Rebs: Brad Ness 11
Asts: Justin Eveson 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Bronze medal game


16 September 2008
17:00
United States  Flag of the United States.svg7785Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 22-19, 11-24, 30-24
Pts: Joe Chambers 25
Rebs: Joe Chambers 6
Asts: Mikey Paye, Jeremy Lade 3
Pts: Terence Bywater 32
Rebs: Simon Munn 13
Asts: Jon Pollock 5
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Gold medal game


16 September 2008
19:30
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg6072Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter:17-16, 15-12, 15-26, 13-18
Pts: Patrick Anderson 22
Rebs: Patrick Anderson, Joey Johnson 12
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6
Pts: Troy Sachs 19
Rebs: Troy Sachs, Justin Eveson 7
Asts: Brad Ness 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

Classification 5-8

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
15 September 2008
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0
 
16 September 2008
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 20
 
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54
 
15 September 2008
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 57
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 71
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 September 2008
 
 
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 20

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification


15 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg020Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -

15 September 2008
11:15
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7157Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16-16, 21-11, 12-16, 22-14
Pts: Dirk Passiwan 30
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 14
Asts: Lars Lehmann 8
Pts: Reo Fujimoto 20
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki 7
Asts: Shingo Fujii 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Fifth place


16 September 2008
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg5463Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 13-14, 12-12, 12-18
Pts: Dotan Meishar 19
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 14
Asts: Roei Rozenberg, Liran Hendel 7
Pts: Dirk Passiwan 22
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 10
Asts: Lars Lehmann 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Seventh place


16 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg020Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -

Classification 9-12

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
12 September 2008
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 75
 
16 September 2008
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 68
 
12 September 2008
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 46
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 67
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 60
 
Eleventh place
 
 
14 September 2008
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 63
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification


12 September 2008
09:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7556Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Scoring by quarter:25-11, 16-12, 16-16, 18-17
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 20
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 17
Asts: Everaldo Lima 6
Pts: Peter Kohlstrom 20
Rebs: Joachim Gustavsson 5
Asts: Joakim Linden, Robin Meng 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

12 September 2008
11:15
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg6760Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 19-15, 19-27, 16-4
Pts: Richard Nortje 22
Rebs: David Nathaniel Curle 10
Asts: David Nathaniel Curle 5
Pts: Hai Ding 20
Rebs: Hai Ding 15
Asts: Lei Yang, Pengcheng Li 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Ninth place


16 September 2008
11:15
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6846Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Scoring by quarter:19-17, 18-11, 19-9, 12-9
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 18
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 11
Asts: Everaldo Lima 3
Pts: Richard Nortje 18
Rebs: Richard Nortje 6
Asts: Nicholas Taylor, Jeremy Nel 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Eleventh place


14 September 2008
15:45
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg6345Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:16-13, 17-17, 14-13, 16-2
Pts: Hussein Haidari 19
Rebs: Hussein Haidari 14
Asts: Hussein Haidari 10
Pts: Hai Ding 14
Rebs: Hai Ding 9
Asts: Haijiang Chen 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Jorg-Ulrich Otto (GER)

Ranking

PlaceTeam
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
4.Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5.Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
6.Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
7.Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
8.Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
9.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
10.Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
11.Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
12.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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