Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team

Japan
IWBF zone IWBF Asia+Oceania
National federation Japanese Wheelchair Basketball Federation
Paralympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals 2 Bronze
Wheelchair Basketball Asia Oceania Championship 2013

The Japan Women's National Wheelchair Basketball Team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Japan in international competitions for women as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.

Current roster

The teams current roster for the 2014 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship is:[1]

Head coach:

# Name Class.
4吉田 絵里架1.0
5浦元 美喜2.5
6三浦 恭子4.5
7増子 恵美3.0
8添田 智恵3.5
9上村 知佳3.5
10萩野 真世1.0
11古野 祥子4.5
12有川 美穂2.5
13北田 千尋4.5
14北間 優衣1.0
15網本 麻里4.5

Competitions

Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

Year Position W L
France 19947th[2]
Australia 19984th[2]
Japan 20024th[2]
Netherlands 20066th[2]
United Kingdom 20107th23
South Korea 20149th14
Total

Summer Paralympics

Japan has entered a wheelchair basketball team into the Summer Paralympics since 1984, when it won bronze defeating Canada,[3] until 2008.

Year Position W L
United States/United Kingdom 1984Bronze[3]
South Korea 19885th
Spain 19926th
United States 19965th32
Australia 2000Bronze32
Greece 20045th33
China 20084th52
United Kingdom 2012Did not Qualify
Total

References

  1. "World Wheelchair Basketball Championships AOZ Qualifying Events 2013". Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "World Championships - Results". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-07-09.
  3. 1 2 Armand Thiboutot, Philip Craven (1996). The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball: A History. Waxmann Verlag. pp. 32–33. ISBN 3830954417.
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