In each game two teams with four field players and eight substitutes each play. All players are quadriplegic and have disabilities in three or four of their extremities. Each player has a certain number of points that express their freedom of movement in the wheelchair and thus the degree of their disability. The classification in steps of 0.5 ranges from 0.5 (most severe impairment) to 3.5 (weakest impairment). The total number of points of all five players on a team on the field must not exceed eight points. Four quarters of eight minutes each are played. In the event of a tie, there is a three-minute extension.
Qualified teams
Wheelchair rugby is played as a mixed tournament, so there is only one competition.
The 8 teams were divided into two groups, where everyone had to face each other once. The first and second placed went to the semi-finals after the group stage, with the first placed in group A against the second in group B and the second in group A played against the first in group B. Unlike in 2012 , this time no classification round was played - the two thirds in the group played directly for 5th place, the fourth for 7th place.
Rio de Janeiro
Australia
United Kingdom of Sweden
