Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
at the XIV Paralympic Games
Wheelchair rugby; at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Basketball Arena
Dates	5 – 9 September 2012
Competitors	96 (8 teams)
Medalists
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Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the Basketball Arena, London from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event^[1] where 8 teams competed.^[2] Though 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 qualified, as it had a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List on 31 January 2012. Two qualification spots went to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that were 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

Tournament

The tournament took place from 5 to 9 September at the Basketball Arena in Olympic Park.^[6] It consisted of an initial round-robin group stage of two groups of four teams, followed by a fifth to eighth place playoff round for the bottom two from each group. The top two teams from each group went through to the semifinals and gold and bronze medal matches.^[7]

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

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Playoffs

Classification round		Fifth place

8 September 2012 - 09:30

Great Britain	54
		8 September 2012 - 21:15
Belgium	49
		Great Britain	59
8 September 2012 - 11:45
		Sweden	47
Sweden	58

France	48
		Seventh place

		8 September 2012 - 19:00

		Belgium	54

		France	50

Medal round

Bracket

Semifinals		Gold medal match

8 September 2012 - 16:15

United States	49
		9 September 2012 - 14:15
Canada	50
		Canada	51
8 September 2012 - 14:00
		Australia	66
Australia	59

Japan	45
		Bronze medal match

		9 September 2012 - 12:00

		United States	53

		Japan	43

Semifinals

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Bronze Medal Match

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Gold Medal Match

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Ranking

Place	Team
	Australia
	Canada
	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

^ http://www.london2012.com/games/paralympic/wheelchair-rugby.php
^ ^a ^b "Qualification Criteria" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2010.
^ "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
^ "2010 WWRC - Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Global Rugby Calendar". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
^ Telegraph Sport (2012). "London 2012 Paralympics: wheelchair rugby guide". The Telegraph.
^ "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY" (PDF). London 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

External links

International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
"London 2012 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
"Schedule and Results - Wheelchair Rugby". The London Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[1] ttp://www.london2012.com/games/paralympic/wheelchair-rugby.php

[qual-2] "Qualification Criteria" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2010.

[3] "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

[4] "2010 WWRC - Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada".

[calendar-5] "Global Rugby Calendar". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.

[6] Telegraph Sport (2012). "London 2012 Paralympics: wheelchair rugby guide". The Telegraph.

[Tournament_Summary-7] "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY" (PDF). London 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

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