Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Basketball Arena, North Greenwich Arena
Dates	30 August – 8 September 2012
Competitors	264 (12 men and 10 women teams)
Medalists
Canada  (CAN)(men)   Germany  (GER)(women)   Australia  (AUS)(men)   Australia  (AUS)(women)   United States  (USA)(men)   Netherlands  (NED)(women)
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Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics ^[1] 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 (renamed "North Greenwich Arena" during the games due to sponsorship rules). Australia were the defending champions of the men's championship, while the United States were the defending champions of the women's championship.

Competition format

In the men's tournament, twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams, where each team met the other teams once. The four highest placed teams in each group then advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals and 4th to 8th places. The fifth-placed teams met each other over the 9th and 10th places, and the sixth-placed teams met each other over the 11th and 12th places. ^[2]

In the women's tournament, ten qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of five teams, where each team met the other teams once. The four highest placed teams in each group then advanced to a knock-out round to decide the medals and 4th to 8th places. The fifth-placed teams met each other over the 9th and 10th places. ^[3]

Athlete classification

Athletes are given an eight-level score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5. Lower scores represented a higher degree of disability. ^[4] The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Qualification

The Great Britain wheelchair basketball teams received automatic qualification as hosts. An NPC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players.

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2010 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships [5] [6] [7]	5–18 July 2010	Birmingham	7	Australia   Spain   United States   Italy   Poland   Canada   Turkey
2011 IWBF Africa Championship [8]	10–13 October 2011	Rabat	1	South Africa
2011 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship [9]	4–11 November 2011	Goyang	1	Japan
2011 Parapan American Games	13 September – 20 October 2011	Guadalajara	1	Colombia
2011 IWBF European Championship [10]	8–17 September 2011	Nazareth	1	Germany
Host nation			1	Great Britain
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2010 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships [5] [6] [7]	5–18 July 2010	Birmingham	5	United States   Germany   Canada   Australia   Netherlands
2011 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship	4–11 November 2011	Goyang	1	China
2011 Parapan American Games	13 September – 20 October 2011	Guadalajara	1	Brazil
2011 IWBF European Championship [10]	6–18 September 2011	Nazareth	1	France
International play-off			1	Mexico
Host nation			1	Great Britain
Total			10

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team details	Canada  (CAN) Dave Durepos Yvon Rouillard Bo Hedges Richard Peter Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Abdi Dini Chad Jassman Patrick Anderson Brandon Wagner Tyler Miller David Eng (captain) Coach: Jerry Tonello	Australia  (AUS) Justin Eveson Bill Latham Brett Stibners Shaun Norris Michael Hartnett Tristan Knowles Jannik Blair Tige Simmons Grant Mizens Dylan Alcott Nick Taylor Brad Ness (captain) Coach: Ben Ettridge	United States  (USA) Eric Barber Joseph Chambers Jeremy Lade Joshua Turek Trevon Jenifer William Waller (captain) Matt Scott Steve Serio Jason Nelms Ian Lynch Paul Schulte Nate Hinze Coach: Jim Glatch
Women's team details	Germany  (GER) Mareike Adermann Johanna Welin Britt Dillmann Edina Müller Annika Zeyen Maria Kühn Gesche Schünemann Maya Lindholm Annabel Breuer Annegret Briessmann Marina Mohnen (captain) Heike Friedrich Coach: Holger Glinicki	Australia  (AUS) Sarah Vinci Cobi Crispin Bridie Kean (captain) Amanda Carter Tina McKenzie Leanne del Toso Clare Nott Kylie Gauci Shelley Chaplin Sarah Stewart Katie Hill Amber Merritt Coach: John Triscari	Netherlands  (NED) Inge Huitzing Lucie Houwen Jitske Visser Roos Oosterbaan Sanne Timmerman Petra Garnier Miranda Wevers Cher Korver (captain) Saskia Pronk Barbara van Bergen Carolina de Rooij-Versloot Mariska Beijer Coach: Gertjan van der Linden

Source: Paralympic.org ^[11]

See also

• Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

References

1. Wheelchair Basketball Archived 11 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine , london2012.com.
2. Men's Wheelchair Basketball – Competition format Archived 14 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine , london2012.com.
3. Women's Wheelchair Basketball – Competition format Archived 11 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine , london2012.com.
4. Wheelchair Basketball, Australian Paralympic Committee.
5. Official site of the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships 2010 Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today , British Wheelchair Basketball.
6. 2010 World Championships Schedule & Results Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Wheelchair Basketball Canada.
7. Spitfire Challenge Wheelchair Basketball Tournament
8. "South Africa Wheelchair Basketball Earns London 2012 Spot".
9. "Australia's Wheelchair Basketball Teams Qualify for London 2012".
10. 2011 IWBF European Championship
11. "Medallists, London 2012 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair basketball". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

• Qualification Criteria - Wheelchair Basketball, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

External links

• Wheelchair Basketball Archived 2 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine , at The Official Website of London 2012
• International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)