Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team

Australia
IWBF zone	Asia Oceania
National federation	Basketball Australia
Coach	Ben Ettridge
Nickname(s)	Rollers
Paralympic Games
Appearances	13
Medals	Gold: 1996, 2008; Silver: 2004, 2012
World Championships
Appearances	12
Medals	Gold: 2010 , 2014; Bronze: 2006
Uniforms
Light	Dark

The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers. Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.

Australia has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games except 1964.^[1]^[2]^[3] Kevin Coombs was Australia's the first captain of the men's wheelchair basketball team.

The Rollers qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics by winning the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifying Tournament. .^[4]

Major Tournament Record

Performance in Paralympic Games

1960 – ?
1964 – did not compete
1968 – 9th
1972 – 5th
1976 – 10th
1980 – 13th
1984 – 11th^[5]
1988 – 10th
1992 – 8th
1996 – Gold
2000 – 5th
2004 – Silver
2008 – Gold
2012 – Silver

Performance in World Championships

1973 -
1975 -
1979 -
1983 -
1986 -
1990 - 6th ^[6]
1994 -
1998 - 4th
2002 - 4th
2006 - Bronze
2010 - Gold
2014 - Gold

Past Paralympic Games Rosters

File:55 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Basketball Orfeo Cecconato.jpg

Australian wheelchair basketballer Orfeo Cecconato takes on a Great Britain defender in the final of the men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

1960 Summer Paralympics

Team Members - Men - John Turich (captain), Roger Cockerill,^[7] Kevin Coombs,^[8] Chris O'Brien,^[8] Kevin Cunningham,^[8] Gary Hooper,^[8] Bill Mather-Brown,^[8] Bruno Moretti,^[8] Frank Ponta^[9]

Results included: Israel d Australia 22-5 ; Australia d Belgium 26-0 ; United States d Australia 32-10. Results may be incomplete.^[7]

1964 Summer Paralympics

Australia did not field a team at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.^[10]

1968 Summer Paralympics

Finished 9th among 13 teams.

Team Members – Kevin Bawden, Peter Burt, Brian Chambers, Kevin Cunningham, Kevin Coombs, Bill Mather-Brown, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Bruno Moretti, Frank Ponta, Noel Simmons, Dom Watts

1972 Summer Paralympics

Finished 8th among 9 teams.
In the preliminary rounds, Australian results were: United States 85 v Australia 29 ; Israel 101 v Australia 36 ; France 74 v Australia 53 . Australia finished 8th in the tournament.^[11]

Team Members - Brian Chambers, Kevin Coombs, Terry Giddy, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Hugh Patterson, Frank Ponta, Victor Salvemini
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1976 Summer Paralympics

'Finished 10th among 21 teams
Australian results: Sweden 79 v Australia 51, Belgium 43 v Australia 30, United States 93 v Australia 34, Australia 57 v Japan 42. Australia did not qualify for the finals.^[11]

Team Members - Kevin Bawden, John Kidd, Stan Kosmala, Ray Letheby, John Martin, Robert McIntyre, Richard Oliver, Frank Ponta, Eric Russell, Victor Salvamini Coach - Les Mathews .^[11]

1980 Summer Paralympics

Finished 13th among 17 teams

Team Members - Rene Ahrens, Robert Augustine, Kevin Bishop, Peter Burt, Kevin Coombs, Len Ettridge, Erich Hubel, Robert McIntyre, Brian McNicholl, Kevin Munro, Richard Oliver, Fred Pointer

1984 Summer Paralympics

Finished 11th among 18 teams

Team Members - Michael Callahan, Kevin Coombs, David Gould, Erich Hubel, Ch. Ikstrum, Michael McFaun, Nick Morozoff, Richard Oliver, P. Peterson, M. Pope ; Coach - Bruno Moretti ^[11]

1988 Summer Paralympics

Finished 10th among 17 teams

Team Members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Michael Haughey, Gerry Hewson, Erich Hubel, Michael McFawn, Richard Oliver, Christopher Sparks, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker

1992 Summer Paralympics

Finished 9th among 12 teams

Team Members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Michael Callahan, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Gerry Hewson, Errol Hyde, Timothy Maloney, Richard Oliver, Troy Sachs, Stephen Trestrail, Michael Walker ; Coach – Michael Tucker Official – Graham Gould (escort)

1996 Summer Paralympics

Finished 1st among 12 teams.
The team beat Great Britain for the Gold Medal with a final score of 78:63.^[12]^[13]

Team Members - ^[14] Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, Orfeo Cecconato, Ben Cox, Stuart Ewin, David Gould, Gerard Hewson, Timothy Maloney, Nicholas Morris, Richard Oliver, David Selby, Troy Sachs ; Coaches ^[14] Mark Walker (Head Coach), Evan Bennett (Assistant Coach) Graham Gould (Mechanic/Operations)

Detailed Results - Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Men

2000 Summer Paralympics

Finished 5th among 12 teams

Team Members – Troy Andrews, Sandy Blythe, David Gould, Shaun Groenewegen, Gerry Hewson, Adrian King, Michael McFawn, Nick Morris, Brad Ness, Shane Porter, Brook Quinn, Troy Sachs Coaches – Bob Turner (Head), Michael Walker, Richard Oliver Officials – Fred Heidt (Manager), John Camens, Graham Gould

Detailed Results - Wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics – Men

2004 Summer Paralympics

Finished 2nd among 12 teams.
The Australian's were beaten by Canada 53:70 in the Gold Medal match.

Team Members - David Selby, Grant Mizens, Campbell Message, Brendan Dowler, Brad Ness, Adrian King, Daryl Taylor, Andrew Flavel, Shaun Norris, Tristan Knowles, Troy Sachs, Justin Eveson ; Coaches - Bernard Treseder (Head), Alan Cox (Assistant), Craig Friday (Assistant Technical) ; Officials - Kelvin Browner (Manager) ^[15]^[16]

Detailed Results - Wheelchair basketball at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men

2008 Summer Paralympics

Finished 1st among 12 teams.
The team beat Canada 72:60 in the Final

Team Members - Justin Eveson, Tige Simmons, Grant Mizens, Michael Hartnett, Brendan Dowler, Dylan Alcott, Adrian King, Brett Stibners, Tristan Knowles, Troy Sachs, Shaun Norris, Brad Ness ; Coaches- - Ben Ettridge, Craig Friday (Assistant) ; Officials - Kevin Browner (Section Manager), Ian Lowther (Physiotherapist) ^[17]^[18]

Detailed Results - Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men

2012 Summer Paralympics

Finished 2nd among 12 teams.
The team was defeated by Canada 58:64 in the Gold Medal match.

Team members - Justin Eveson (4.5), Bill Latham (4.0), Brett Stibners (4.0), Shaun Norris (3.0), Michael Hartnett (1.0), Tristan Knowles (4.0), Jannik Blair (1.0), Tige Simmons (1.0), *Grant Mizens (2.0), Dylan Alcott (1.0), Nick Taylor (2.0), Brad Ness (4.5) ; Coaches - Ben Ettridge (Head Coach), Matteo Feriani (Assistant Coach), Tom Kyle (Assistant Coach)^[19]

Detailed Results - Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

2016 Summer Paralympics

Rollers have qualified for the Games.

Past World Championships Games Rosters

2006 World Championships

Finished 3rd among

Team Members - Justin Eveson, Brett Stibners, Tristan Knowles, Shaun Norris, Andrew Flavell, Darryl Taylor, Adrian King, Tige Simmons, Jace Claree, Shaun Groenewegen, Brendan Dowler, Brad Ness ; Coaches - Murray Treseder (Head Coach), Mal Keene (Assistant Coach) ; Officials - Kelvin Browner (Manager), Ian Lowther (Physiotherapist).^[20]

2010 World Championships

Finished 1st

Team Members -Justin Eveson (4.5), Bill Latham (4.0), Brett Stibners (4.0), Shaun Norris (3.0), Michael Hartnett (1.0), Tristan Knowles (4.0), John McPhall (3.0), Tige Simmons (1.0), Grant Mizens (2.0), Dylan Alcott (1.0), Jeremy Doyle (1.0), Brad Ness (4.5) ; Coaches - Ben Ettridge (Head Coach), Craig Friday (Assistant Coach), Tom Kyle (Assistant Coach) ; Officials - Leigh Gooding (Manager), Jesse Adams (Physiotherapist), Jo Vaile (Physiologist) ^[21]

2014 World Championships

Finished 1st

Team Members - Joshua Allison, Jannik Blair, Adam Deans, Justin Eveson, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Brad Ness, Shaun Norris, Tom O’Neill-Thorne, Luke Pople , Nick Taylor; Coaches - Ben Ettridge (Head Coach), Craig Friday (Assistant Coach), Luke Brennan (Assistant Coacch) ; Officials - Leigh Gooding (Team Manager), Jesse Adams (Physiotherapist), Jo Vaile (Recover Specialist)^[22]

References

↑ Kevin Coombs, Basketball Australia
↑ Kevin Coombs, Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
↑ Easy Win In Basketball At Paralympics ., The Age, 21 September 1960, Google News Archive
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IPC Historical Results Database – General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier paralympic games (1960–1984), such as relay and team members.[2] (Per 5 March 2011)
Paralympics – Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)

External links

Rollers, at Basketball Australia

[1] Kevin Coombs, Basketball Australia

[2] Kevin Coombs, Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

[3] Easy Win In Basketball At Paralympics ., The Age, 21 September 1960, Google News Archive

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v t e Basketball in Australia
Basketball Australia
National teams	Men's (Boomers) M U-21 M U-19 M U-17 M 3x3 Women's (Opals) W U-21 W U-19 W U-17 W 3x3 Men's Wheelchair Basketball (Rollers) Women's Wheelchair Basketball (Gliders)
Competitions	NBL WNBL Big V Premier League QBL SBL SEABL Waratah League 3x3 Nationals Australian Schools Basketball Championships