| Wheelchair rugby at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Basketball Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 5 – 9 September | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 96 (8 teams) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the Basketball Arena, London from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event [1] where 8 teams competed. [2] Though a mixed gender event the vast majority of competitors at the games were male. [3]
A NPC may enter one team. The host country directly qualified, as it had a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List on 31 January 2012. Two qualification spots went to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that were not otherwise qualified. [2]
| Qualified | Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain | Host country | 1 | ||
 United States | 2010 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships | 21–26 September 2010 |  Vancouver [4] | 1 |
| Canada | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas | 18–25 September 2011 |  Bogotá [5] | 1 |
 Sweden  Belgium | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European | 1–9 October 2011 |  Nottwil [5] | 2 |
 Australia | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania | 2–10 November 2011 |  Seoul [5] | 1 |
 Japan  France | IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking | 31 January 2012 | 2 |
The tournament took place from 5 to 9 September at the Basketball Arena in Olympic Park. [6] It consisted of an initial round-robin group stage of two groups of four teams, followed by a fifth to eighth place playoff round for the bottom two from each group. The top two teams from each group went through to the semifinals and gold and bronze-medal matches. [7]
| September | 5 / 6 / 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase | Preliminary Round | Classification 5-8 Placement 5-6 & 7-8 Semifinals 1 | Gold-medal match Bronze-medal match |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 136 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
 Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 159 | +5 | 4 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 157 | −17 | 2 | Eliminated |
 France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 192 | −42 | 0 |
| United States | 56 – 44 | Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| Aoki 14 Groulx 9 Team 7 McBride 6 Sumner 5 A. Cohn 5 Scaturro 3 Helton 2 Delagrave 2 Regier 1 C. Cohn 1 Springer 1 | Report | Phipps 16 Anthony 11 Brown 5 Morrison 5 Barrow 3 Kerr 2 Sehmi 1 Team 1 |
| Great Britain | 57 – 50 | France |
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| Japan | 48 – 64 | United States |
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| Great Britain | 39 – 51 | Japan |
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| United States | 70 – 44 | France |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 6 | Semifinals |
 Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 166 | −3 | 4 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated |
 Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | −33 | 0 |
| Sweden | 52 – 42 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Uhlmann 15 Hjert 9 Jansson 7 Sandberg 6 Kulle 5 Norlin 4 Team 4 Collin 2 | Report | Mertens 20 Verhaegen 9 Genyn 6 Vanacker 3 Team 2 Budeners 1 Meersschaut 1 |
| Australia | 64 – 52 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Batt 37 Bond 10 Team 4 Carr 3 Harrison 3 Smith 2 Newton 1 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Scott 1 | Report | Lavoie 9 Hirschfield 8 Crone 7 Madell 7 Hickling 6 Whitehead 5 Willsie 4 Dagenais 2 Chan 2 Simard 2 |
| Sweden | 47 – 60 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Uhlmann 9 Norlin 8 Kulle 7 Hjelt 7 Collin 6 Team 4 Sandberg 3 Jansson 2 Wahlberg 1 | Report | Batt 30 Bond 14 Team 4 Carr 3 Newton 2 Smith 2 Harrison 2 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 |
| Canada | 58 – 50 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Madell 18 Hickling 9 Hirschfield 9 Lavoie 5 Chan 4 Whitehead 3 Simard 3 Team 3 Willsie 2 Funk 1 | Report | Mertens 24 Genyn 10 Verhaegen 5 Budeners 4 Team 4 Vanacker 3 |
| Australia | 58 – 43 | Belgium |
|---|---|---|
| Batt 29 Carr 11 Bond 9 Smith 4 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Harrison 1 Team 1 | Report | Mertens 14 Genyn 11 Verhaegen 5 Hendrix 4 Team 4 Budeners 3 Vanacker 2 |
| Classification round | Fifth place | |||||
| 8 September 2012 - 09:30 | ||||||
| Great Britain | 54 | |||||
| 8 September 2012 - 21:15 | ||||||
| Belgium | 49 | |||||
| Great Britain | 59 | |||||
| 8 September 2012 - 11:45 | ||||||
| Sweden | 47 | |||||
| Sweden | 58 | |||||
| France | 48 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 8 September 2012 - 19:00 | ||||||
| Belgium | 54 | |||||
| France | 50 | |||||
| Great Britain | 54 – 49 | Belgium |
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| Report |
| Great Britain | 59 – 47 | Sweden |
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| Semifinals | Gold-medal match | |||||
| 8 September 2012 - 16:15 | ||||||
| United States | 49 | |||||
| 9 September 2012 - 14:15 | ||||||
| Canada | 50 | |||||
| Canada | 51 | |||||
| 8 September 2012 - 14:00 | ||||||
| Australia | 66 | |||||
| Australia | 59 | |||||
| Japan | 45 | |||||
| Bronze-medal match | ||||||
| 9 September 2012 - 12:00 | ||||||
| United States | 53 | |||||
| Japan | 43 | |||||
| Australia | 59 – 45 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Batt 27 Bond 14 Smith 6 Scott 2 Lees 2 Meakin 2 Newton 1 Carr 1 Harrison 1 Team 3 | Report | Ikezakli 24 Nakazato 7 Kanno 6 Shimakawa 4 Sato 2 Team 2 |
| United States | 49 – 50 | Canada |
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| Report |
| United States | 53 – 43 | Japan |
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| Report |
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
 | Australia |
 | Canada |
 | United States |
| 4. | Japan |
| 5. | Great Britain |
| 6. | Sweden |
| 7. | Belgium |
| 8. | France |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed team | Australia (AUS) Ben Newton | Canada (CAN) Jason Crone | United States (USA) Chance Sumner |
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