Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Wheelchair basketball
at the XVII Paralympic Games
VenueBercy Arena
Dates29 August – 8 September 2024
Competitors96 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China
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Wheelchair basketball at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen
Dutch players Lindsay Frelink, Julia van der Sprong and Bo Kramer.

The 2024 Summer Paralympics women's tournament in Paris began on 29 August and ended on 8 September 2024.[1][2][3] The matches were played at the Bercy Arena.[4] This was the fifteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.[4]

Eight teams were divided into two groups of four to determine the ranking for matches in the knockout stage of the competition. From there the tournament had a knockout format which eventually led to the gold medal match.[1]

Competition schedule

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match GM Gold medal match
Date
Event
 Thu 29
Aug 		Fri 30
Aug 		Sat 31
Aug 		Sun 1
Sep 		Mon 2
Sep 		Tue 3
Sep 		Wed 4
Sep 		Thu 5
Sep 		Fri 6
Sep 		Sat 7
Sep 		Sun 8
Sep
Men G G G G G 1/4 1/2 B GM

Qualification

The top four nations earn sports for their Zones, the winners of the zonal championships will qualify for the Paralympics. Teams are invited to the repechage tournament if the team hasn't earned a quota based on their zonal place rankings via the World Championships. The host nation and the repechage host are also invited to this tournament if they haven't already qualified.[5][6]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
2023 European Para Championships 8–20 August 2023 Netherlands Rotterdam 2  Great Britain
 Netherlands
2023 Parapan American Games 17–26 November 2023 Chile Santiago 1  United States
2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships 12–20 January 2024 Thailand Bangkok 1  China
2024 IWBF Women's Repechage 17–20 April 2024 Japan Osaka 4  Germany
 Japan
 Spain
 Canada
Total 8

Squads

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  China 3 3 0 196 150 +46 6 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 3 2 1 209 173 +36 5
3  Great Britain 3 1 2 170 159 +11 4
4  Spain 3 0 3 121 214 −93 3
Source: Paris 2024
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
29 August 2024
12:45
Spain  34–69  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 8–17, 8–15, 9–17
Pts: Zudaire 12
Rebs: Zudaire 6
Asts: Zudaire 6		 Pts: Atkin 19
Rebs: Love 19
Asts: Haizelden 13
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.799
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
29 August 2024
18:15
Canada  65–70  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 18–18, 22–16, 10–17
Pts: Dandeneau 28
Rebs: Dandeneau 9
Asts: Dandeneau 7		 Pts: X. Zhang 30
Rebs: X. Zhang 7
Asts: T. Zhang 12
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.682
Referees: Celine Villard
30 August 2024
21:30
China  64–38  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 14–12, 7–15, 18–4
Pts: T. Zhang 18
Rebs: Lyu, Huang 4
Asts: Lin 9		 Pts: Zudaire 12
Rebs: Zudaire 8
Asts: Zudaire 7
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 9.265
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido
31 August 2024
10:30
Great Britain  54–63  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 13–10, 11–19, 12–22, 18–12
Pts: Conroy 15
Rebs: Williams, Love 9
Asts: Haizelden 9		 Pts: Young 26
Rebs: Young 12
Asts: Young 8
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.761
Referees: Adam Fronczak
1 September 2024
16:00
Great Britain  42–67  China
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 13–18, 9–11, 16–17
Pts: Love 15
Rebs: Love 6
Asts: Williams 5		 Pts: T. Zhang 16
Rebs: X. Zhang 10
Asts: Lin 10
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.725
Referees: Blaine Krapljanov
1 September 2024
21:30
Spain  49–81  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 12–20, 10–18, 13–22
Pts: López 12
Rebs: Zudaire 6
Asts: Ruiz 11		 Pts: Dandeneau 36
Rebs: Dandeneau 12
Asts: Dandeneau 12
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 7.329
Referees: Celine Villard

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 224 138 +86 6 Quarter-finals
2  United States 3 2 1 191 165 +26 5
3  Germany 3 1 2 159 196 −37 4
4  Japan 3 0 3 141 216 −75 3
Source: Paris 2024
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
30 August 2024
10:30
Netherlands  87–34  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–7, 22–9, 12–4, 24–14
Pts: Beijer 28
Rebs: Kramer 12
Asts: Kramer 9		 Pts: Tsuchida 14
Rebs: Kitada 11
Asts: Amimoto 8
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Referees: Milutin Jelenić
30 August 2024
16:00
Germany  44–73  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10-16, 10-25, 8-16, 16-16
Pts: Miller 21
Rebs: Passiwan 10
Asts: Miller 8		 Pts: Ryan 17
Rebs: Murray, Hollermann 6
Asts: Murray 12
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.726
Referees: Fengqin Wang
31 August 2024
18:15
Netherlands  69–56  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 17–12, 18–12, 19–16
Pts: Beijer 34
Rebs: Beijer 12
Asts: Kramer 8		 Pts: Hollermann 21
Rebs: González 10
Asts: Zurbrugg 9
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.741
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
1 September 2024
12:45
Japan  55–67  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 10–19, 21–14, 9–18
Pts: Kitada 22
Rebs: Kitada 14
Asts: Yanagimoto, Amimoto 6		 Pts: Miller 39
Rebs: Miller 18
Asts: Miller 8
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.679
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian
2 September 2024
13:45
United States  62–52  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 12–11, 18–13, 10–16
Pts: Ryan 16
Rebs: Zurbrugg 7
Asts: Murray, Zurbrugg 8		 Pts: Kitada 16
Rebs: Amimoto 12
Asts: Amimoto 7
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8.891
Referees: Linas Radykas
2 September 2024
21:30
Germany  48–68  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 7–17, 12–16, 17–18
Pts: Miller 17
Rebs: Miller 12
Asts: Miller 11		 Pts: Beijer, Kramer 19
Rebs: Beijer 13
Asts: Van der Sprong 6
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.721
Referees: Gustavo Mathias

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
4 September - 12:45
 
 
 China62
 
6 September - 16:00
 
 Japan50
 
 China47
 
4 September - 16:00
 
 United States50
 
 United States59
 
8 September - 13:45
 
 Great Britain52
 
 United States49
 
4 September - 21:30
 
 Netherlands63
 
 Canada71
 
6 September - 21:30
 
 Germany53
 
 Canada61
 
4 September - 18:15
 
 Netherlands72 Bronze medal match
 
 Netherlands61
 
8 September - 10:30
 
 Spain43
 
 China65
 
 
 Canada43
 

Quarter-finals

4 September 2024
12:45
China  62–50  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22-6, 14-15, 14-11, 12-18
Pts: X. Zhang 16
Rebs: Chen 5
Asts: Lin 8		 Pts: Amimoto 15
Rebs: Amimoto 13
Asts: Amimoto 6
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 11,430
Referees: Erik Etzelmueller
4 September 2024
16:00
United States  59–52  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 19-12, 13-17, 15-11
Pts: Gonzalez 16
Rebs: Hollermann 13
Asts: Zurbrugg, Ryan 6		 Pts: Atkin 15
Rebs: Love 18
Asts: Love 9
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,550
Referees: Blaine Krapljanov
4 September 2024
18:15
Netherlands  61–43  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 11-12, 15-11, 18-7
Pts: Beijer 34
Rebs: van der Sprong 13
Asts: Kramer 5		 Pts: Pérez 18
Rebs: Pérez 8
Asts: Zudaire 7
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,550
Referees: Fengqin Wang
4 September 2024
21:30
Canada  71–53  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 17–10, 17–14, 20–17
Pts: Dandeneau 33
Rebs: Dandeneau 16
Asts: Young 7		 Pts: Miller 18
Rebs: Miller 8
Asts: Miller 14
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.518
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido

Classification matches

Classification qualifying
5 September 2024
10:30
Great Britain  67–55  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 14–17, 20–12, 18–13
Pts: Love 17
Rebs: Love 14
Asts: Love 8		 Pts: Amimoto 19
Rebs: Amimoto 13
Asts: Yanagimoto 10
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8.704
Referees: Sébastien Gauthier
5 September 2024
12:45
Germany  51–45  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 14–15, 19–10, 6–11
Pts: Miller 23
Rebs: Passiwan 12
Asts: Miller 7		 Pts: Zudaire, Pérez 14
Rebs: Pérez 8
Asts: Zudaire, Ruiz 6
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 8.704
Referees: Darrell Hagreaves
7th–8th classification match
7 September 2024
13:45
Japan  72–55  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 18–13, 12–18, 22–11
Pts: Amimoto 22
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto, Yanagimoto 7		 Pts: Pérez 15
Rebs: Pérez 10
Asts: Zudaire 10
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.419
Referees: Cristian Colombatti
5th–6th classification match
7 September 2024
19:15
Great Britain  48–31  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11–8, 9–6, 11–16, 17–9
Pts: Love 12
Rebs: Love 12
Asts: Love 7		 Pts: Miller 13
Rebs: Miller, Passiwan 8
Asts: Miller 6
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,611
Referees: Adam Fronczak

Semi-finals

6 September 2024
16:00
China  47–50  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 12–11, 10–17, 11–10
Pts: Lin 15
Rebs: X. Zhang, Lyu 8
Asts: Lin 10		 Pts: Hollermann 20
Rebs: Murray 9
Asts: Hollermann, Zurbrugg 6
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.527
Referees: Drazen Strok
6 September 2024
21:30
Netherlands  72–61  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 17-23, 20-14, 19-12
Pts: Kramer 25
Rebs: Beijer 12
Asts: Kramer 9		 Pts: Young 29
Rebs: Dandeneau 13
Asts: Dandeneau 10
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.514
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido

Bronze medal match

8 September 2024
10:30
China  65–43  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 16–6, 16–8, 14–18
Pts: T. Zhang 16
Rebs: X. Zhang 7
Asts: Lin 12		 Pts: Young 12
Rebs: Dandeneau 9
Asts: Dandeneau, Young 5
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.576
Referees: Yekta Koç

Gold medal match

8 September 2024
13:45
 Netherlands 63–49 United States 
Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 23–12, 17–13, 15–12
Pts: Kramer 23
Rebs: Kramer 12
Asts: De Rooij 7		 Pts: Hollermann 17
Rebs: Hollermann 8
Asts: Zurbrugg 7
 
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12.629
Referees: Céline Villard

Rankings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China
4  Canada
5  Great Britain
6  Germany
7  Japan
8  Spain

References

  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024: Competition schedule for wheelchair basketball announced". paralympic.org. 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Competition Schedule for Wheelchair Basketball at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Revealed". iwbf.org. 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Paris 2024 - Wheelchair Basketball Competition Schedule" (PDF). iwbf.org. 21 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Qualification process for Paris 2024" (PDF). International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 28 April 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2023.