Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Wheelchair basketball – Men
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
VenueBeijing National Indoor Stadium
Dates7 September – 16 September
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada (CAN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR)
2004
2012

Calendar

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September 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11
12 13 14 15 16
Phase Preliminary
Round
Classification 9-12 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Placement 11-12
Classification 5-8 Placement:
5-6, 7-8 & 9-10
Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Canada (Q) 5 5 0 372 276 +96 10
  Germany (Q) 5 3 2 362 298 +64 8
  Iran (Q) 5 3 2 359 344 +15 8
  Japan (Q) 5 2 3 265 319 −54 7
  South Africa 5 1 4 282 367 −85 6
  Sweden 5 1 4 309 345 −36 6
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local


7 September 2008
09:00
Iran   73–62   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13-10, 20-18, 23-15, 17-19
Pts: Ahmadi 24
Rebs: Gharibloo 11
Asts: Ahmadi 10
Pts: Nortje 25
Rebs: Nortje 10
Asts: Taylor 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11500
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

7 September 2008
11:15
Japan   49–61   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 6-16, 9-17, 19-12, 15-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

7 September 2008
20:45
Canada   62–59   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 6-13, 19-17, 20-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11797
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

8 September 2008
15:30
Sweden   66–92   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12-24, 18-23, 22-21, 14-24
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

8 September 2008
17:45
South Africa   55–80   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12-25, 12-21, 24-16, 7-18
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

8 September 2008
18:30
Germany   56–58   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 17-14, 14-14, 13-12
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8580
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

9 September 2008
10:00
Iran   69–50   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 9-6, 18-15, 17-14, 25-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Ian Robert Pursglove (GBR)

9 September 2008
12:15
South Africa   43–96   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8-21, 8-25, 10-26, 17-24
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)

9 September 2008
18:30
Canada   62–52   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25-14, 19-11, 14-12, 4-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8162
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)

10 September 2008
09:00
Japan   48–75   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7-18, 18-19, 5-21, 18-17
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)

10 September 2008
11:15
Sweden   58–64   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 14-16, 13-11, 16-26
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

10 September 2008
13:30
Germany   73–63   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 10-15, 29-14, 22-13, 12-21
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

11 September 2008
12:15
South Africa   58–60   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 10-11, 16-14, 15-20
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

11 September 2008
13:30
Germany   78–72   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 17-21, 17-18, 24-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7684
Referees: Antonia Gomez Ruf (ESP)

11 September 2008
16:15
Canada   93–62   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 22-19, 21-20, 20-7
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Cristian Ariel Salguero (ARG)

Group B

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Australia (Q) 5 4 1 346 291 +55 9
  United States (Q) 5 4 1 378 247 +131 9
  Great Britain (Q) 5 4 1 334 271 +63 9
  Israel (Q) 5 2 3 332 325 +7 7
  Brazil 5 1 4 291 348 −57 6
  China 5 0 5 203 402 −199 5
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local


7 September 2008
13:30
United States   76–53   Israel

7 September 2008
16:15
Australia   73–72   Brazil

7 September 2008
18:30
China   34–81   Great Britain

8 September 2008
10:00
Brazil   41–87   United States

8 September 2008
12:15
Israel   80–41   China

8 September 2008
20:45
Great Britain   48–67   Australia

9 September 2008
9:00
Brazil   60–73   Israel

9 September 2008
11:30
Australia   79–44   China

9 September 2008
20:45
United States   50–54   Great Britain

10 September 2008
15:30
Australia   66–59   Israel

10 September 2008
17:45
China   38–97   United States

10 September 2008
20:45
Great Britain   69–53   Brazil

11 September 2008
10:00
Israel   67–82   Great Britain

11 September 2008
18:30
China   46–65   Brazil

11 September 2008
20:45
United States   68–61   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 18-16, 9-21, 17-4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Medal Round

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Iran withdrew because of the possibility of a match against Israel.[2]

Quarterfinals
(13 September 2008)
Semifinals
(14 September 2008)
Gold medal game
(16 September 2008)
         
B2   United States 20
A3   Iran 0
B2   United States 62
A1   Canada 69
A1   Canada 55
B4   Israel 47
A1   Canada 60
B1   Australia 72
B1   Australia 72
A4   Japan 52
B1   Australia 67 Bronze medal game
B3   Great Britain 54
A2   Germany 64 B2   United States 77
B3   Great Britain 71 B3   Great Britain 85

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Quarterfinals


13 September 2008
09:00
[31]
Iran DNS
United States   20–0   Iran
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

13 September 2008
11:15
Canada   55–47   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20-4, 7-10, 14-13, 14-20
Pts: Patrick Anderson 17
Rebs: Joey Johnson 16
Asts: David Durepos4
Pts: Dotan Meishar 15
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 16
Asts: Avraham Lehrman 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)

13 September 2008
13:30
Australia   72–52   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 17-15, 19-13, 15-9
Pts: Brad Ness 18
Rebs: Brad Ness 14
Asts: Shaun Norris 4
Pts: Kazuyuki Kyoya, Tetsuya Miyajima 9
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki, Shingo Fujii 6
Asts: Hiroaki Kozai 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

13 September 2008
16:45
Germany   64–71   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 13-17, 14-20, 20-13
Pts: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 18
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 11
Asts: Lars Christink 5
Pts: Simon Munn 31
Rebs: Simon Munn 20
Asts: Jon Pollock 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Semifinals


14 September 2008
21:30
United States   62–69 (OT)   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15-25, 8-10, 14-10, 12-4, Overtime: 20-13
Pts: Patrick Anderson 33
Rebs: Patrick Anderson 21
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6
Pts: Joe Chambers 14
Rebs: Joe Chambers 10
Asts: Paul Schulte 6
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

14 September 2008
19:00
  Great Britain 54–67 Australia  
Scoring by quarter: 6-19, 14-17, 13-18, 21-13
Pts: Jon Pollock 18
Rebs: Simon Munn 11
Asts: Jon Pollock 3
Pts: Justin Eveson 22
Rebs: Brad Ness 11
Asts: Justin Eveson 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Bronze medal game


16 September 2008
17:00
United States   77–85   Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 22-19, 11-24, 30-24
Pts: Joe Chambers 25
Rebs: Joe Chambers 6
Asts: Mikey Paye, Jeremy Lade 3
Pts: Terence Bywater 32
Rebs: Simon Munn 13
Asts: Jon Pollock 5
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Gold medal game


16 September 2008
19:30
Canada   60–72   Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 15-12, 15-26, 13-18
Pts: Patrick Anderson 22
Rebs: Patrick Anderson, Joey Johnson 12
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6
Pts: Troy Sachs 19
Rebs: Troy Sachs, Justin Eveson 7
Asts: Brad Ness 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

Classification 5-8

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Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
15 September 2008
 
 
  Iran 0
 
16 September 2008
 
  Israel 20
 
  Israel 54
 
15 September 2008
 
  Germany 63
 
  Japan 57
 
 
  Germany 71
 
Third place
 
 
16 September 2008
 
 
  Iran 0
 
 
  Japan 20

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification


15 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran   0–20   Israel
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -

15 September 2008
11:15
Germany   71–57   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16-16, 21-11, 12-16, 22-14
Pts: Dirk Passiwan 30
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 14
Asts: Lars Lehmann 8
Pts: Reo Fujimoto 20
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki 7
Asts: Shingo Fujii 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Fifth place


16 September 2008
Israel   54–63   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 13-14, 12-12, 12-18
Pts: Dotan Meishar 19
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 14
Asts: Roei Rozenberg, Liran Hendel 7
Pts: Dirk Passiwan 22
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 10
Asts: Lars Lehmann 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Seventh place


16 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran   0–20   Japan
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -

Classification 9-12

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Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
12 September 2008
 
 
  Brazil 75
 
16 September 2008
 
  Sweden 56
 
  Brazil 68
 
12 September 2008
 
  South Africa 46
 
  South Africa 67
 
 
  China 60
 
Third place
 
 
14 September 2008
 
 
  Sweden 63
 
 
  China 45

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification


12 September 2008
09:00
Brazil   75–56   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25-11, 16-12, 16-16, 18-17
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 20
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 17
Asts: Everaldo Lima 6
Pts: Peter Kohlstrom 20
Rebs: Joachim Gustavsson 5
Asts: Joakim Linden, Robin Meng 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

12 September 2008
11:15
South Africa   67–60   China
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 19-15, 19-27, 16-4
Pts: Richard Nortje 22
Rebs: David Nathaniel Curle 10
Asts: David Nathaniel Curle 5
Pts: Hai Ding 20
Rebs: Hai Ding 15
Asts: Lei Yang, Pengcheng Li 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Ninth place


16 September 2008
11:15
Brazil   68–46   South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 18-11, 19-9, 12-9
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 18
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 11
Asts: Everaldo Lima 3
Pts: Richard Nortje 18
Rebs: Richard Nortje 6
Asts: Nicholas Taylor, Jeremy Nel 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Eleventh place


14 September 2008
15:45
Sweden   63–45   China
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 17-17, 14-13, 16-2
Pts: Hussein Haidari 19
Rebs: Hussein Haidari 14
Asts: Hussein Haidari 10
Pts: Hai Ding 14
Rebs: Hai Ding 9
Asts: Haijiang Chen 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Jorg-Ulrich Otto (GER)

Ranking

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Place Team
    Australia
    Canada
    Great Britain
4.   United States
5.   Germany
6.   Israel
7.   Japan
8.   Iran
9.   Brazil
10.   South Africa
11.   Sweden
12.   China

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ "Iranian wheelchair basketball team withdraws from Paralympics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.