Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
at the XIV Paralympic Games

Venue| Basketball Arena
Dates| 5 – 9 September
Competitors| 96 (8 teams)
Medalists
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|  |  United States|  United States

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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[edit]

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

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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

## Tournament[edit]

The temporary Basketball Arena in Olympic Park, had a capacity of 10,000 spectators

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

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Phase  | Preliminary
Round  | Classification 5-8
Placement 5-6 & 7-8
Semifinals 1  | Gold-medal match
Bronze-medal match

### Group stage[edit]

#### Group A[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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United States (USA) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 190  | 136  | +54  | 6  | Semifinals
Japan (JPN) | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 164  | 159  | +5  | 4
Great Britain (GBR) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 140  | 157  | −17  | 2  | Eliminated
France (FRA) | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 150  | 192  | −42  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 8,273

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

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5 September 2012

21:15

Japan | 65 – 56|  France

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 3,642

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

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6 September 2012

19:00

Great Britain | 57 – 50|  France

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,186

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Darren Roberts (USA)

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6 September 2012

21:15

Japan | 48 – 64|  United States

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,959

Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

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7 September 2012

15:00

Great Britain | 39 – 51|  Japan

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Basketball Arena

Attendance: 8,458

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

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7 September 2012

17:15

United States | 70 – 44|  France

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Basketball Arena

Attendance: 6,259

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Dave Woods (GBR)

#### Group B[edit]

Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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Australia (AUS) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 182  | 142  | +40  | 6  | Semifinals
Canada (CAN) | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 163  | 166  | −3  | 4
Sweden (SWE) | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 151  | 155  | −4  | 2  | Eliminated
Belgium (BEL) | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 135  | 168  | −33  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 4,404

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

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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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,539

Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)

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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)

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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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 6,225

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

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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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,822

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

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7 September 2012

12:15

Canada | 53 – 52|  Sweden

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,469

Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

### Playoffs[edit]

| Classification round| | Fifth place

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| 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

#### 5-8th-place semifinals[edit]

8 September 2012

14:00

Great Britain | 54 – 49|  Belgium

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 1,567

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

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8 September 2012

14:00

Sweden | 58 – 48|  France

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,994

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Dave Woods (GBR)

#### Seventh-place match[edit]

8 September 2012

19:00

Belgium | 54 – 50|  France

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 1,734

Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

#### Fifth-place match[edit]

8 September 2012

21:15

Great Britain | 59 – 47|  Sweden

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,484

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

### Medal round[edit]

Bracket

| Semifinals| | Gold-medal match

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| 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[edit]

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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,333

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)

8 September 2012

16:15

United States | 49 – 50|  Canada

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 4,324

Referee: Alexander Schreiner (GER), Chris van de Riet (NED)

#### Bronze-medal match[edit]

9 September 2012

12:00

United States | 53 – 43|  Japan

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| Report |

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 7,852

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briére (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

#### Gold-medal match[edit]

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

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 9,048

Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

## Ranking[edit]

Place  | Team

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|  Australia
|  Canada
|  United States
4. |  Japan
5. |  Great Britain
6. |  Sweden
7. |  Belgium
8. |  France

## Medalists[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

## See also[edit]

* Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Paralympic Games - Summer and Winter Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
2. ^ a b "Qualification Criteria" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2010.
3. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
4. ^ "2010 WWRC - Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada".
5. ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
7. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY" (PDF). London 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

## External links[edit]

* Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics at Wikinews
* 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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

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