Wheelchair rugby at the XVI Paralympic Games | |
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Venue | Yoyogi National Stadium |
Dates | 25–29 August 2021 |
Competitors | 96 from 8 nations |
The Wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was the seventh edition of Wheelchair rugby as a Paralympic sport since its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. The competition was hosted at the Yoyogi National Stadium and was held from 25 to 29 August 2021. [1] [2] [3]
Eight teams competed in the competition which included the debutant of Denmark at the Paralympics. The eight teams were separated into two groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two played off in the fifth and seventh place match respectively. The remaining four teams then played-off in two semi-finals with the winners going through to the gold medal play-off while the losers met in the bronze-medal match.
Great Britain won the gold medal, the first European team ever to do so, with a 54–49 victory over the United States. It was also Great Britain's first medal in the sport at the seventh attempt. Hosts Japan won bronze with victory over Australia.
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host Country Allocation | — | — | 1 | Japan (JPN) |
2018 World Championships | 5–10 August 2018 | Sydney | 1 | Australia (AUS) |
2019 IWRF European Championship Division A [4] | 7–11 August 2019 | Vejle | 2 | Denmark (DEN) Great Britain (GBR) |
2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | 1 | United States (USA) |
2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship [5] | 6–9 September 2019 | Gangneung | 1 | New Zealand (NZL) |
2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament | 2–9 March 2020 | Richmond | 2 | Canada (CAN) France (FRA) |
Total | 8 |
G | Group stage | C | Classification rounds | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze-medal match | F | Final |
Date Event | Wed 25 Aug | Thurs 26 Aug | Fri 27 Aug | Sat 28 Aug | Sun 29 Aug | ||
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Mixed team | G | G | G | C (5th/6th) (7th/8th) | ½ | B | F |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed | Great Britain Ayaz Bhuta Jonathan Coggan Ryan Cowling Nicholas Cummins Kylie Grimes Aaron Phipps Jim Roberts Stuart Robinson Chris Ryan Jack Smith Jamie Stead Gavin Walker | United States Chuck Aoki Jeff Butler Chad Cohn Joseph Delagrave Lee Fredette Ray Hennagir Joe Jackson Chuck Melton Eric Newby Kory Puderbaugh Adam Scaturro Josh Wheeler | Japan Masayuki Haga Yuki Hasegawa Katsuya Hashimoto Yukinobu Ike Daisuke Ikezaki Tomoaki Imai Kae Kurahashi Shunya Nakamachi Seiya Norimatsu Hitoshi Ogawa Shinichi Shimakawa Hidefumi Wakayama |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 155 | +15 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 156 | 159 | −3 | 2 | |
3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 153 | −2 | 2 | Fifth place Match |
4 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 165 | −10 | 2 | Seventh place Match |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 137 | +34 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 158 | 134 | +24 | 4 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 152 | 144 | +8 | 2 | Fifth place Match |
4 | New Zealand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 174 | −66 | 0 | Seventh place Match |
Semifinals | Gold-medal match | |||||
28 August | ||||||
Japan | 49 | |||||
29 August | ||||||
Great Britain | 55 | |||||
Great Britain | 54 | |||||
28 August | ||||||
United States | 49 | |||||
United States | 49 | |||||
Australia | 42 | |||||
Bronze medal | ||||||
29 August | ||||||
Japan | 60 | |||||
Australia | 52 |
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