| Wheelchair basketball – Women at the XIII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 September – 15 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 120 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| September | 7 / 8 / 9 10 / 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase | Preliminary Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Classification 5-8 Placement 9-10 | Placement 5-6 & 7-8 Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 227 | 149 | +78 | 8 |
| 2 |  Germany (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 214 | 174 | +40 | 7 |
| 3 |  Australia (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 223 | 185 | +38 | 6 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (Q) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 166 | 194 | −28 | 5 |
| 5 |  Brazil | 4 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 257 | −128 | 4 |
Note: All times are local
7 September 2008 10:00 |
| Australia | 59–30 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter:24-2, 6-11, 18-4, 11-13 | ||
| Pts: Cobi Crispin 16 Rebs: Cobi Crispin 8 Asts: Liesl Tesch 4 | Pts: Sally Wager, Clare Strange 5 Rebs: Helen Freeman 7 Asts: Helen Freeman, Clare Strange 3 | |
7 September 2008 15:30 |
| Germany | 62–32 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter:17-6, 17-6, 16-8, 12-12 | ||
| Pts: Marina Mohnen 23 Rebs: Maren Butterbrodt 10 Asts: Nicole Seifert 4 | Pts: Jucilene Moraes 11 Rebs: Cleonete Reis 11 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 7 | |
11 September 2008 09:00 |
| Brazil | 38–68 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 6-20, 13-18, 9-13, 10-17 | ||
| Pts: Jucilene Moraes 16 Rebs: Lia Soares Martins 11 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 5 | Pts: Jen Ruddell 16 Rebs: Loraine Gonzales 10 Asts: Christina Ripp 5 | |
11 September 2008 11:15 |
| Great Britain | 44–50 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-11, 14-12, 8-15, 14-12 | ||
| Pts: Clare Strange 12 Rebs: Sally Wager, Helen Turner 7 Asts: Clare Strange, Ann Wild 3 | Pts: Marina Mohnen 16 Rebs: Marina Mohnen 10 Asts: Maren Butterbrodt 3 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 221 | 181 | +40 | 8 |
| 2 |  Canada (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 244 | 169 | +75 | 7 |
| 3 |  Netherlands (Q) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 191 | 205 | −14 | 6 |
| 4 |  China (Q) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 178 | 199 | −21 | 5 |
| 5 |  Mexico | 4 | 0 | 4 | 155 | 235 | −80 | 4 |
Note: All times are local
7 September 2008 12:15 |
| Netherlands | 59–46 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter:18-11, 11-15, 12-8, 18-12 | ||
| Pts: Elsbeth van Oostrom 21 Rebs: Elsbeth van Oostrom 12 Asts: Carina Versloot 4 | Pts: D. L Vazques 21 Rebs: D. L Vazques 17 Asts: Claudia Magali Miranda 3 | |
11 September 2008 17:45 |
| China | 35–51 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 8-17, 9-12, 8-10 | ||
| Pts: Qiuping Cao 8 Rebs: Yongqing Fu 11 Asts: Mihuan Liu 3 | Pts: Elsbeth van Oostrom 23 Rebs: Inge Huitzing 11 Asts: Roos Oosterbaan 3 & Cher Korver 3 | |
| Quarterfinals (12 September 2008) | Semifinals (13 September 2008) | Gold medal game (15 September 2008) | |||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 75 | |||||||||||
| B4 | China | 31 | |||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 60 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Australia | 47 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Canada | 49 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Australia | 53 | |||||||||||
| A1 | United States | 50 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Germany | 38 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Germany | 43 | |||||||||||
| B3 | Netherlands | 28 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Germany | 60 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
| B1 | Japan | 40 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Japan | 45 | A3 | Australia | 53 | ||||||||
| A4 | Great Britain | 38 | B1 | Japan | 47 | ||||||||
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 14 September 2008 | ||||||
| China | 46 | |||||
| 15 September 2008 | ||||||
| Canada | 53 | |||||
| Canada | 61 | |||||
| 14 September 2008 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 32 | |||||
| Netherlands | 46 | |||||
| Great Britain | 39 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 15 September 2008 | ||||||
| China | 57 | |||||
| Great Britain | 38 | |||||
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Classification
Seventh place
Fifth place
14 September 2008 13:30 |
| Brazil | 44–54 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-16, 11-8, 12-18, 9-12 | ||
| Pts: Jucilene Moraes 13 Rebs: Lia Soares Martins 10 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 9 | Pts: D. L Vazquez 29 Rebs: D. L Vazquez 9 Asts: D. L Vazquez 7 | |
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
 | United States |
 | Germany |
 | Australia |
| 4. | Japan |
| 5. | Canada |
| 6. | Netherlands |
| 7. | China |
| 8. | Great Britain |
| 9. | Mexico |
| 10. | Brazil |
Wheelchair Rugby at the 2004 Summer Paralympics was staged at the Helliniko Indoor Arena from September 19 to September 25.
Serbia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country returned under the name Serbia after 96 years, previously competing under the names Yugoslavia (1920–1988), Independent Olympic Participants (1992), Yugoslavia (1996–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006).
Croatia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete.
The Russian Federation competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China, represented by the Russian Olympic Committee. Russia competed in all sports except baseball, field hockey, football, softball, and taekwondo. They ranked third in the medal table by golds (24) and overall (60). Russia also had 14 medals stripped for doping violations, the most of any nation at the 2008 Olympics.
The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008. There will be two medals awarded in this event.
Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium from 12 September to 16 September.
The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. A total of 213 U.S. competitors took part in 18 sports; the only 2 sports Americans did not compete in were soccer 5-a-side and 7-a-side. The American delegation included 16 former members of the U.S. military, including 3 veterans of the Iraq War. Among them were shot putter Scott Winkler, who was paralyzed in an accident in Iraq, and swimmer Melissa Stockwell, a former United States Army officer who lost her left leg to a roadside bomb in the war.
Australia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country sent 167 athletes in 13 sports and 122 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to an away Games. The team sent to Beijing was described as the emergence of the new generation of Australian athletes with 56 percent of the team attending their first Paralympic Games. The delegation's chef de mission was Darren Peters.
Wheelchair Rugby at the 2000 Summer Paralympics was officially a mixed sport; however, no women participated. This was the first year that the sport was an official part of the Paralympic program. It had previously been a demonstration sport at the 1996 Paralympics. Eight teams took part in the competition.
The men's singles wheelchair tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing was held from 8 September to 15 September at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition.
Wheelchair rugby at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of a mixed team event. Wheelchair rugby was being contested as a demonstration sport, and not an official part of the Paralympic program, but medals were awarded and stayed on medal table. Six teams took part in the sport; Sweden and Australia were eliminated after the preliminary round.
Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September. Competitions were held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which seated 10,000 spectators, and The O2 Arena. Australia were the defending champions of the men's championship, while the United States were the defending champions of the women's championship.
The men's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.
The men's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.
The women's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.
The men's tournament was won by the team representing Australia.
The women's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
