| Wheelchair basketball – Men at the XIII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Indoor Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 7 September – 16 September | |||||||||
| Competitors | 144 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Tournament | men | women |
| September | 7 / 8 / 9 10 / 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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| Phase | Preliminary Round | Classification 9-12 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals Placement 11-12 | Classification 5-8 | Placement: 5-6, 7-8 & 9-10 Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Canada (Q) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 372 | 276 | +96 | 10 |
 Germany (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 362 | 298 | +64 | 8 |
 Iran (Q) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 359 | 344 | +15 | 8 |
 Japan (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 265 | 319 | −54 | 7 |
 South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 282 | 367 | −85 | 6 |
 Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 309 | 345 | −36 | 6 |
Note: All times are local
7 September 2008 09:00 |
| Iran | 73–62 | 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 | |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Australia (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 346 | 291 | +55 | 9 |
 United States (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 378 | 247 | +131 | 9 |
 Great Britain (Q) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 334 | 271 | +63 | 9 |
 Israel (Q) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 332 | 325 | +7 | 7 |
 Brazil | 5 | 1 | 4 | 291 | 348 | −57 | 6 |
 China | 5 | 0 | 5 | 203 | 402 | −199 | 5 |
Note: All times are local
Iran withdrew because of the possibility of a match against Israel. [2]
| Quarterfinals (13 September 2008) | Semifinals (14 September 2008) | Gold medal game (16 September 2008) | |||||||||||
| B2 | United States | 20 | |||||||||||
| A3 | Iran | 0 | |||||||||||
| B2 | United States | 62 | |||||||||||
| A1 | Canada | 69 | |||||||||||
| A1 | Canada | 55 | |||||||||||
| B4 | Israel | 47 | |||||||||||
| A1 | Canada | 60 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Australia | 72 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Australia | 72 | |||||||||||
| A4 | Japan | 52 | |||||||||||
| B1 | Australia | 67 | Bronze medal game | ||||||||||
| B3 | Great Britain | 54 | |||||||||||
| A2 | Germany | 64 | B2 | United States | 77 | ||||||||
| B3 | Great Britain | 71 | B3 | Great Britain | 85 | ||||||||
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Quarterfinals
13 September 2008 11:15 |
| Canada | 55–47 | 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 | |
13 September 2008 13:30 |
| Australia | 72–52 | 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 | |
13 September 2008 16:45 |
| Germany | 64–71 | 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 | |
Semifinals
14 September 2008 21:30 |
| United States | 62–69 (OT) | 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 | |
14 September 2008 19:00 |
| Great Britain | 54–67 | Australia |
| 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 | |
Bronze medal game
16 September 2008 17:00 |
| United States | 77–85 | 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 | |
Gold medal game
16 September 2008 19:30 |
| Canada | 60–72 | 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 | |
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 15 September 2008 | ||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||
| 16 September 2008 | ||||||
| Israel | 20 | |||||
| Israel | 54 | |||||
| 15 September 2008 | ||||||
| Germany | 63 | |||||
| Japan | 57 | |||||
| Germany | 71 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 16 September 2008 | ||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||
| Japan | 20 | |||||
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Classification
15 September 2008 11:15 |
| Germany | 71–57 | 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 | |
Fifth place
16 September 2008 |
| Israel | 54–63 | 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 | |
Seventh place
| Classification round | Ninth place | |||||
| 12 September 2008 | ||||||
| Brazil | 75 | |||||
| 16 September 2008 | ||||||
| Sweden | 56 | |||||
| Brazil | 68 | |||||
| 12 September 2008 | ||||||
| South Africa | 46 | |||||
| South Africa | 67 | |||||
| China | 60 | |||||
| Eleventh place | ||||||
| 14 September 2008 | ||||||
| Sweden | 63 | |||||
| China | 45 | |||||
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
Classification
12 September 2008 09:00 |
| Brazil | 75–56 | 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 | |
12 September 2008 11:15 |
| South Africa | 67–60 | 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 | |
Ninth place
16 September 2008 11:15 |
| Brazil | 68–46 | 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 | |
Eleventh place
14 September 2008 15:45 |
| Sweden | 63–45 | 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 | |
| Place | Team |
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 | Australia |
 | Canada |
 | Great Britain |
| 4. | United States |
| 5. | Germany |
| 6. | Israel |
| 7. | Japan |
| 8. | Iran |
| 9. | Brazil |
| 10. | South Africa |
| 11. | Sweden |
| 12. | China |
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