Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair rugby
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair Rugby, Tokyo 2020.svg
Wheelchair rugby pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue Yoyogi National Stadium
Dates25–29 August 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
2016
2024

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]

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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.

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Country Allocation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
2018 World Championships 5–10 August 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
2019 IWRF European Championship Division A [4] 7–11 August 2019 Flag of Denmark.svg Vejle 2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Flag of Peru.svg Lima 1Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship [5] 6–9 September 2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Gangneung 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament2–9 March 2020 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richmond 2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Total8

Schedule

GGroup stageCClassification rounds½Semi-finalsBBronze-medal matchFFinal
Date
Event
Wed
25 Aug
Thurs
26 Aug
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mixed teamGGGC
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)
½BF

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
MixedFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  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
Flag of the United States.svg  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
Flag of Japan.svg  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

Tournament

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)3300170155+156 Semi-finals
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 310215615932
3Flag of France.svg  France 310215115322 Fifth place Match
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3102155165102 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5354Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5351Flag of France.svg  France

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg60–51Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg50–48Flag of France.svg  France

France  Flag of France.svg5250Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5357Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3300171137+346 Semi-finals
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3201158134+244
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3102152144+82 Fifth place Match
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3003108174660 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
United States  Flag of the United States.svg6335Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg47–50Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

United States  Flag of the United States.svg58–54Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg37–60Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

United States  Flag of the United States.svg50–48Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg36–51Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Knockout stage

Medal round bracket
 
SemifinalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 49
 
29 August
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 55
 
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 54
 
28 August
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 42
 
Bronze medal
 
 
29 August
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 60
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 52

Classification round

Seventh place Match

Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg5653Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Fifth place Match

France  Flag of France.svg49–57Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

Semi finals

United States  Flag of the United States.svg49–42Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg49–55Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Bronze-medal match

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg60–52Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Gold-medal match

United States  Flag of the United States.svg49–54Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

References

  1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  2. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  3. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport . 30 March 2020.
  4. "Day five preview of IWRF European Championships". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. 10 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  5. "Australia turn tables on Japan to win gold at IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship". insidethegames. 8 September 2019.