Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair rugby at the XIV Paralympic Games |
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Paralympic wheelchair rugby |
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Venue | Basketball Arena | |||||||||
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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 from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event[1] where 8 teams competed.[2] Though technically a mixed gender event the vast majority of competitors at the games were male.[3]
Contents
Qualification
A NPC may enter one team. The host country directly qualifies, as long as it has a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List, [1] closing 31 January 2012.
Also two qualification spots goes to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that are not otherwise qualified.[2]
Qualified | Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths |
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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 |
Teams
Eight teams took part in this sport. Each team could have up to 12 athletes.
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Calendar
September | 5 / 6 / 7 | 8 | 9 |
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Phase | Preliminary Round |
Classification 5-8 Placement 5-6 & 7-8 Semifinals 1 |
Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match |
Tournament[6]
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Preliminary Round
Group A
Qualified for the semifinals | |
Eliminated |
Team
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Pld | W | D | L | G | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 136 | +54 | 6 |
Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 159 | +5 | 4 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 157 | –17 | 2 |
France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 192 | –42 | 0 |
5 September 2012
14:00 |
United States | 56 – 44 | Great Britain |
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Aoki 14 Groulx 9 Team 7 McBride 6 Sumner 5 A. Cohn 5 Scaturro 3 Helton 2 Delagrave 2 Regier 1 C. Cohn 1 Springer 1 |
Report | Phipps 16 Anthony 11 Brown 5 Morrison 5 Barrow 3 Kerr 2 Sehmi 1 Team 1 |
Group B
Qualified for the semifinals | |
Eliminated |
Team
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Pld | W | D | L | G | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 6 |
Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 166 | –3 | 4 |
Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | –4 | 2 |
Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | –33 | 0 |
5 September 2012
16:15 |
Sweden | 52 – 42 | Belgium |
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Uhlmann 15 Hjert 9 Jansson 7 Sandberg 6 Kulle 5 Norlin 4 Team 4 Collin 2 |
Report | Mertens 20 Verhaegen 9 Genyn 6 Vanacker 3 Team 2 Budeners 1 Meersschaut 1 |
5 September 2012
19:00 |
Australia | 64 – 52 | Canada |
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Batt 37 Bond 10 Team 4 Carr 3 Harrison 3 Smith 2 Newton 1 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Scott 1 |
Report | Lavoie 9 Hirschfield 8 Crone 7 Madell 7 Hickling 6 Whitehead 5 Willsie 4 Dagenais 2 Chan 2 Simard 2 |
6 September 2012
14:00 |
Sweden | 47 – 60 | Australia |
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Uhlmann 9 Norlin 8 Kulle 7 Hjelt 7 Collin 6 Team 4 Sandberg 3 Jansson 2 Wahlberg 1 |
Report | Batt 30 Bond 14 Team 4 Carr 3 Newton 2 Smith 2 Harrison 2 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 |
Basketball Arena
Attendance: 5,622 Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER) |
6 September 2012
16:15 |
Canada | 58 – 50 | Belgium |
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Madell 18 Hickling 9 Hirschfield 9 Lavoie 5 Chan 4 Whitehead 3 Simard 3 Team 3 Willsie 2 Funk 1 |
Report | Mertens 24 Genyn 10 Verhaegen 5 Budeners 4 Team 4 Vanacker 3 |
7 September 2012
10:00 |
Australia | 58 – 43 | Belgium |
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Batt 29 Carr 11 Bond 9 Smith 4 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Harrison 1 Team 1 |
Report | Mertens 14 Genyn 11 Verhaegen 5 Hendrix 4 Team 4 Budeners 3 Vanacker 2 |
Classification
- Bracket
Classification round | Fifth place | ||||||
8 September 2012 - 09:30 | |||||||
Great Britain | 54 | ||||||
Belgium | 49 | ||||||
8 September 2012 - 21:15 | |||||||
Great Britain | 59 | ||||||
Sweden | 47 | ||||||
Seventh place | |||||||
8 September 2012 - 11:45 | 8 September 2012 - 19:00 | ||||||
Sweden | 58 | Belgium | 54 | ||||
France | 48 | France | 50 |
5-8th place Semifinals
Seventh place Match
Fifth place Match
Medal round
- Bracket
Semifinals | Gold medal match | ||||||
8 September 2012 - 16:15 | |||||||
United States | 49 | ||||||
Canada | 50 | ||||||
9 September 2012 - 14:15 | |||||||
Canada | 51 | ||||||
Australia | 66 | ||||||
Bronze medal match | |||||||
8 September 2012 - 14:00 | 9 September 2012 - 12:00 | ||||||
Australia | 59 | United States | 53 | ||||
Japan | 45 | Japan | 43 |
Semifinals
8 September 2012
14:00 |
Australia | 59 – 45 | Japan |
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Batt 27 Bond 14 Smith 6 Scott 2 Lees 2 Meakin 2 Newton 1 Carr 1 Harrison 1 Team 3 |
Report | Ikezakli 24 Nakazato 7 Kanno 6 Shimakawa 4 Sato 2 Team 2 |
Bronze Medal Match
Gold Medal Match
9 September 2012
14:15 |
Canada | 51 – 66 | Australia |
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Madell 11 Hickling 7 Whitehead 7 Murao 6 Chan 5 Willsie 4 Simard 3 Lavoie 2 Dagenais 1 Hirschfield 1 Team 4 |
Report | Batt 37 Bond 15 Carr 4 Smith 2 Scott 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Newton 1 Harrison 1 Team 3 |
Ranking
Place | Team |
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Australia | |
Canada | |
United States | |
4. | Japan |
5. | Great Britain |
6. | Sweden |
7. | Belgium |
8. | France |
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Mixed team | Australia (AUS) Ben Newton |
Canada (CAN) Jason Crone |
United States (USA) Chance Sumner |
References
- ↑ Wheelchair Rugby - Official website
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Qualification Criteria – WR, International Paralympic Committee, 2010.
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- ↑ 2010 WWRC, Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Global Rugby Calendar, International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF).
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
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