Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza (preliminaries) Ariake Arena (preliminaries, finals)
Dates	25 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors	264 from 12 (men's) and 10 (women's) nations

Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held at two venues: Musashino Forest Sport Plaza for group stage rounds and Ariake Arena for group stage and finals.

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Qualifying

There are 12 qualified men's teams and 10 qualified women's teams.[3]

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Japan (JPN)
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	3	United States (USA)  Canada (CAN)  Colombia (COL)
2019 IWBF Men's European Championship[4]	28 August – 9 September 2019	Wałbrzych	4	Germany (GER)  Great Britain (GBR)  Spain (ESP)  Turkey (TUR)
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[5][6]	29 November – 7 December 2019	Pattaya	3	Australia (AUS)  Iran (IRI)  South Korea (KOR)
2020 African Zonal Championships[7]	1–7 March 2020	Johannesburg	1	Algeria (ALG)
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host country	—	—	1	Japan (JPN)
2019 IWBF Women's European Championship[8]	29 June – 7 July 2019	Rotterdam	4	Netherlands (NED)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)  Spain (ESP)
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	2	Canada (CAN)[9]  United States (USA)[10]
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[11]	29 November – 7 December 2019	Pattaya	2	Australia (AUS)  China (CHN)
2020 African Zonal Championships	1–7 March 2020	Johannesburg	1	Algeria (ALG)
Total			10

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Wed 25 Aug	Thu 26 Aug	Fri 27 Aug	Sat 28 Aug	Sun 29 Aug	Mon 30 Aug	Tue 31 Aug	Wed 1 Sep	Thu 2 Sep	Fri 3 Sep	Sat 4 Sep		Sun 5 Sep
Men	G	G	G	G	G	G		1/4		1/2			B	F
Women	G	G	G	G	G		1/4		1/2		B	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	United States (USA)	Japan (JPN)	Great Britain (GBR)
Women's details	Netherlands (NED)	China (CHN)	United States (USA)

See also

• Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
2. "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
3. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
4. "Four teams secure Tokyo 2020 berths as semi-final line up decided at IWBF Men's European Championship Division A". inside the games. 6 September 2019.
5. "2019 Asia Oceania Championships". iwbf.org. 1 March 2019.
6. "Trio qualify for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz. 5 December 2019.
7. "South Africa to host Tokyo 2020 qualifiers for Africa zone". iwbf.org. 9 December 2019.
8. "Rotterdam 2019: Four teams earn qualification for Tokyo". International Paralympic Committee. 5 July 2019.
9. "Canadian Parapan Am Team on Day 7: Canada Advances to Gold Medal Game in Women's Wheelchair Basketball". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2019.
10. "US Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Semifinal in Lima, Earning Spot at 2020 Paralympics". United States Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2019.
11. "China women make it a clean sweep at 2019 Asia Oceania Championships". iwbf.org. 9 December 2019.

External links

• Results book Archived 2021-09-06 at the Wayback Machine