Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
at the XIV Paralympic Games

Paralympic wheelchair rugby
VenueBasketball Arena
Dates5–9 September 2012
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
   Australia
   Canada
   United States

Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the Basketball Arena from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event[1] where 8 teams competed.[2] Though technically a mixed gender event the vast majority of competitors at the games were male.[3]

Qualification

A NPC may enter one team. The host country directly qualifies, as long as it has a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List, closing 31 January 2012.

Also two qualification spots goes to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that are 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 Canada Vancouver[4] 1
 Canada 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas 18–25 September 2011 Colombia Bogotá[5] 1
 Sweden
 Belgium
2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European 1–9 October 2011 Switzerland Nottwil[5] 2
 Australia 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania 2–10 November 2011 South Korea Seoul[5] 1
 Japan
 France
IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking 31 January 2012 2

Teams

Eight teams took part in this sport. Each team could have up to 12 athletes.

Calendar

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

Tournament[6]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Preliminary Round

Group A

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
Team
Pld W D L G GA GD Pts
 United States (USA) 3300190136+546
 Japan (JPN) 3201164159+54
 Great Britain (GBR) 3102140157–172
 France (FRA) 3003150192–420

5 September 2012
14:00

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 8,273
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

5 September 2012
21:15

Japan  65 – 56 France
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 3,642
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

6 September 2012
19:00

Great Britain  57 – 50 France
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Darren Roberts (USA)

6 September 2012
21:15

Japan  48 – 64 United States
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

7 September 2012
15:00

Great Britain  39 – 51 Japan
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 8,458
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

7 September 2012
17:15

United States  70 – 44 France
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 6,259
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Dave Woods (GBR)

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
Team
Pld W D L G GA GD Pts
 Australia (AUS) 3300182142+406
 Canada (CAN) 3201163166–34
 Sweden (SWE) 3102151155–42
 Belgium (BEL) 3003135168–330

5 September 2012
16:15

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

5 September 2012
19:00

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)

6 September 2012
14:00

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,622
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

6 September 2012
16:15

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

7 September 2012
10:00

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

7 September 2012
12:15

Canada  53 – 52 Sweden
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,469
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Classification

Bracket
Classification round Fifth place
8 September 2012 - 09:30
  Great Britain  54  
  Belgium  49  
 
8 September 2012 - 21:15
      Great Britain  59
    Sweden  47
Seventh place
8 September 2012 - 11:45 8 September 2012 - 19:00
  Sweden  58   Belgium  54
  France  48     France  50

5-8th place Semifinals

8 September 2012
14:00

Great Britain  54 – 49 Belgium
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,567
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

8 September 2012
14:00

Sweden  58 – 48 France
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Dave Woods (GBR)

Seventh place Match

8 September 2012
19:00

Belgium  54 – 50 France
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,734
Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

Fifth place Match

8 September 2012
21:15

Great Britain  59 – 47 Sweden
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,484
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Medal round

Bracket
Semifinals Gold medal match
8 September 2012 - 16:15
  United States  49  
  Canada  50  
 
9 September 2012 - 14:15
      Canada  51
    Australia  66
Bronze medal match
8 September 2012 - 14:00 9 September 2012 - 12:00
  Australia  59   United States  53
  Japan  45     Japan  43

Semifinals

8 September 2012
14:00

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
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,333
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)

8 September 2012
16:15

United States  49 – 50 Canada
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 4,324
Referee: Alexander Schreiner (GER), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Bronze Medal Match

9 September 2012
12:00

United States  53 – 43 Japan
Report
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 7,852
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briére (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

Gold Medal Match

9 September 2012
14:15

Canada  51 – 66 Australia
Madell 11
Hickling 7
Whitehead 7
Murao 6
Chan 5
Willsie 4
Simard 3
Lavoie 2
Dagenais 1
Hirschfield 1
Team 4
Report Batt 37
Bond 15
Carr 4
Smith 2
Scott 1
Lees 1
Meakin 1
Newton 1
Harrison 1
Team 3
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 9,048
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Ranking

Place Team
1st Australia
2nd Canada
3rd United States
4. Japan
5. Great Britain
6. Sweden
7. Belgium
8. France

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team  Australia (AUS)

Ben Newton
Nazim Erdem
Ryley Batt
Josh Hose
Jason Lees
Cody Meakin
Greg Smith
Chris Bond
Ryan Scott (captain)
Cameron Carr
Andrew Harrison
Coach: Brad Dubberley

 Canada (CAN)

Jason Crone
Patrice Dagenais
Garett Hickling
Ian Chan
Mike Whitehead
Trevor Hirschfield
Fabien Lavoie
Travis Murao
Jared Funk
David Willsie (captain)
Patrice Simard
Zak Madell
Coach: Kevin Orr

 United States (USA)

Chance Sumner
Seth McBride
Adam Scaturro
Chuck Aoki
Jason Regier
Scott Hogsett
Nick Springer
Will Groulx (captain)
Andy Cohn
Chad Cohn
Derrick Helton
Joe Delagrave
Coach: James Gumbert

References

  1. Wheelchair Rugby - Official website
  2. 2.0 2.1 Qualification Criteria – WR, International Paralympic Committee, 2010.
  3. "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2012.
  4. 2010 WWRC, Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Global Rugby Calendar, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF).
  6. "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY". London 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.

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