Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
at the XIV Paralympic Games

Paralympic wheelchair rugby

Venue

Basketball Arena

Dates

5–9 September 2012

Competitors

96 (8 teams)

Medalists

	Australia	Australia
	Canada	Canada
	United States	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	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

Teams

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

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

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	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
United States (USA)	3	3	0	190	136	+54	6
Japan (JPN)	3	2	1	164	159	+5	4
Great Britain (GBR)	3	1	2	140	157	–17	2
France (FRA)	3	0	3	150	192	–42	0

United States v Great Britain

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)

Japan v France

5 September 2012
21:15

Japan	65 – 56	France
	Report

Basketball Arena
Attendance: 3,642
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Great Britain v France

6 September 2012
19:00

Great Britain	57 – 50	France
	Report

Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Darren Roberts (USA)

Japan v United States

6 September 2012
21:15

Japan	48 – 64	United States
	Report

Basketball Arena
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

Great Britain v Japan

7 September 2012
15:00

Great Britain	39 – 51	Japan
	Report

Basketball Arena
Attendance: 8,458
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

United States v France

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	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
Australia (AUS)	3	3	0	182	142	+40	6
Canada (CAN)	3	2	1	163	166	–3	4
Sweden (SWE)	3	1	2	151	155	–4	2
Belgium (BEL)	3	0	3	135	168	–33	0

Sweden v Belgium

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)

Australia v Canada

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)

Sweden v Australia

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)

Canada v Belgium

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)

Australia v Belgium

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)

Canada v Sweden

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

Great Britain v Belgium

8 September 2012
14:00

Great Britain	54 – 49	Belgium
	Report

Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,567
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

Sweden v France

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

Belgium v France

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

Great Britain v Sweden

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

Australia v Japan

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)

United States v Canada

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

United States v Japan

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

Canada v Australia

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
01 !	Australia
02 !	Canada
03 !	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

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

External links

International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
"London 2012 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
"Schedule and Results - Wheelchair Rugby". The London Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

Events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics (London)

Archery Athletics Boccia Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Goalball Judo Powerlifting Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis

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Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Qualification

Teams

Calendar

Tournament[6]

Preliminary Round

Group A

Group B

Classification

5-8th place Semifinals

Seventh place Match

Fifth place Match

Medal round

Semifinals

Bronze Medal Match

Gold Medal Match

Ranking

Medalists

References

External links

Tournament^[6]