Summer Paralympics 2016 / wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
information
venue	Rio de Janeiro
Competition venue	Carioca Arena 1 Rio Olympic Arena
Teams	22nd
Nations	15th
Athletes	264
date	8-17 September 2016
decisions	2
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At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro , medals were awarded in a total of two competitions in wheelchair basketball . The decisions were made on September 16 and 17, 2016.

mode

Each competition consists of a preliminary round and placement games.

Twelve teams compete in the men's tournament. In the preliminary round there are two groups with six teams each, which play everyone against everyone . The best four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals. Then the simple knockout system continues until the endgame. Ten teams play for women, which are divided into two groups in the preliminary round. Here, too, the best four teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals and then the simple knockout system continues until the final.

Qualified teams

Men

Type of qualification	date	place	Starting places	Qualified teams
Host	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen , Denmark	1	Brazil
2015 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship	7-18 October 2015	Chiba , Japan	3	Australia Iran Japan
2015 IWBF Africa Championship	October 30–8. November 2015	Algiers , Algeria	1	Algeria
2015 Parapan American Games	7-15 August 2015	Toronto , Canada	2	United States Canada
2015 IWBF European Championship	August 28–6. September 2015	Worcester , UK	5	United Kingdom Germany Turkey Netherlands Spain
Total			12

Women

Type of qualification	date	place	Starting places	Qualified teams
Host	October 2, 2009	Copenhagen , Denmark	1	Brazil
2015 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship	7-18 October 2015	Chiba , Japan	1	People's Republic of China
2015 IWBF Africa Championship	October 30–8. November 2015	Algiers , Algeria	1	Algeria
2015 Parapan American Games	7-15 August 2015	Toronto , Canada	3	United States Canada Argentina
2015 IWBF European Championship	August 28–6. September 2015	Worcester , UK	4th	United Kingdom Germany France Netherlands
Total			10

Medalist

Men

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Jake Williams, Joshua Turek , Michael Paye , Brian Bell , Matt Scott , Steve Serio , John Gilbert, Ian Lynch , Nate Hinze , Trevon Jenifer , Jared Arambula , Aaron Gouge
2	Spain	Daniel Stix , Carlos Vera, Pablo Zarzuela , Francisco Javier Sanchez , Alejandro Zarzuela , Amadou Tijane Diallo , Jordi Ruiz , Asier Garcia , David Mouriz , Jaume Llambi , Jesus Romero , Agustin Alejos
3	Great Britain	Gaz Choudhry , Simon Brown, Kyle Marsh , Terry Bywater , Simon Munn , Harry Brown, Abdi Jama , Phil Pratt , Ian Sagar , Gregg Warburton , Lee Manning , Ademola Orogbemi

Women

space	country	Sportswomen
1	United States	Gail Geng , Megan Blunk , Darlene Hunter , Natalie Schneider , Desiree Miller , Jennifer Poist , Vanessa Erskine , Rebecca Murray , Rose Hollermann , Abigail Dunkin , Christina Schwab , Mackenzie Soldan
2	Germany	Mareike Miller , Johanna Welin , Simone Kues , Anne Patzwald , Annika Zeyen , Laura Fürst , Gesche Schünemann , Maya Lindholm , Annabel Breuer , Annegrit Briessmann , Marina Mohnen , Barbara Groß
3	Netherlands	Ilse Arts , Inge Huitzing , Lucie Houwen , Jitske Visser , Roos Oosterbaan , Sanne Timmerman , Bo Kramer , Cher Korver , Barbara van Bergen , Carina de Rooij , Mariska Beijer , Evelyn van Leeuwen

Results

Men

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	Spain	5	4th	1	-	341: 265	+76	9
2	Turkey	5	4th	1	-	327: 272	+55	9
3	Australia	5	4th	1	-	342: 293	+49	9
4th	Netherlands	5	2	3	-	264: 294	−30	7th
5	Japan	5	1	4th	-	278: 300	−22	6th
6th	Canada	5	-	5	-	222: 350	−128	5

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	United States	5	5	-	-	402: 206	+196	10
2	United Kingdom	5	4th	1	-	364: 263	+101	9
3	Brazil	5	2	3	-	309: 314	−5	7th
4th	Germany	5	2	3	-	337: 314	+23	7th
5	Iran	5	2	3	-	295: 361	−66	7th
6th	Algeria	5	-	5	-	187: 436	−249	5

Final round

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Spain	70
		Germany	66
							Spain	69
							United Kingdom	63
		United Kingdom	74
		Australia	51
												Spain	52
												United States	68
		United States	70
		Netherlands	37
							United States	74
											3rd place match
							Turkey	54
		Turkey	65									United Kingdom	82
		Brazil	49									Turkey	76

Women

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	Germany	4th	3	1	-	248: 156	+92	7th
2	United Kingdom	4th	3	1	-	228: 140	+88	7th
3	Canada	4th	3	1	-	252: 181	+71	7th
4th	Brazil	4th	1	3	-	196: 241	−42	4th
5	Argentina	4th	-	4th	-	87: 296	−209	3

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	V	U	baskets	Diff.	Points
1	United States	4th	4th	-	-	288: 138	+150	8th
2	Netherlands	4th	3	1	-	300: 148	+152	7th
3	People's Republic of China	4th	2	2	-	212: 187	+25	6th
4th	France	4th	1	3	-	178: 266	−88	5
5	Algeria	4th	0	4th	-	93: 332	−139	4th

Final round

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
		Netherlands	78
		Canada	60
							Netherlands	45
							Germany	55
		Germany	76
		France	28
												Germany	45
												United States	62
		United Kingdom	57
		People's Republic of China	38
							United Kingdom	78
											3rd place match
							United States	89
		United States	66									Netherlands	76
		Brazil	35									United Kingdom	34

Medal table

Medal table for wheelchair basketball
space	country				total
1	United States	2	-	-	2
2	Germany	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
3	Great Britain	-	-	1	1
	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
4th		-	-	-	-
5		-	-	-	-

Web links

• Historical results on Paralympic.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Groups drawn for wheelchair basketball at Rio 2016. In: paralympic.org. Paralympic.org, April 21, 2016, accessed September 3, 2016 .