Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Men's wheelchair basketball at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	Basketball Arena, North Greenwich Arena
Dates	30 August – 8 September 2012
Competitors	12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
Canada (CAN) (3rd title)  Australia (AUS)  United States (USA)

The men's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held from 30 August to 8 September. Competitions were held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which seated 10,000 spectators, and North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena renamed to through the Games because of a no-commercialisation policy on arena names).

44 matches were played, 30 in the preliminary round, and 14 in the classification and medal rounds.

Canada beat defending champions Australia in the final, while United States beat Great Britain in the match for the bronze medal.

Calendar

August September	30 – 3	4	5	6	7	8
Stage	Group stage	None	Quarter-finals Match 9/10	Semi-finals	Semi-finals 5–8	Final Bronze Match 5/6 Match 7/8

Group stage

Group A

  Qualified for quarter-finals

  Eliminated

Group B

  Qualified for quarter-finals

  Eliminated

Classification round

	5th–8th place semi-finals				5th/6th place match
	Poland	66
	Germany	81
					Germany	48
					Spain	67
	Turkey	78
	Spain	86
					7th/8th place match
					Poland	74
					Turkey	76

Medal round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Australia	76
	Poland	53
					Australia	72
					United States	63
	Germany	46
	United States	57
									Australia	58
									Canada	64
	Turkey	70
	Great Britain	75
					Great Britain	52
					Canada	69			Third place
	Canada	77
	Spain	51
									United States	61
									Great Britain	46

Ranking

Place	Team
	Canada
	Australia
	United States
4.	Great Britain
5.	Spain
6.	Germany
7.	Turkey
8.	Poland
9.	Japan
10.	Italy
11.	Colombia
12.	South Africa

See also

• Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women

References

• "London 2012 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair Basketball: Men". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
• "Schedule and Results - Wheelchair Basketball". The London Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXX Olympiad. 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)