Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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]

Wheelchair rugby
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueBasketball Arena
Dates5 – 9 September 2012
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
Australia  Australia
Canada  Canada
United States  United States
Greg Smith unloads a pass at the London 2012 Games

Qualification

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]

QualifiedMeans of qualificationDateVenueBerths
 Great BritainHost country1
 United States2010 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships21–26 September 2010 Vancouver[4]1
 Canada2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas18–25 September 2011 Bogotá[5]1
 Sweden
 Belgium		2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European1–9 October 2011 Nottwil[5]2
 Australia2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania2–10 November 2011 Seoul[5]1
 Japan
 France		IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking31 January 20122

Tournament
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
Phase Preliminary
Round		 Classification 5-8
Placement 5-6 & 7-8
Semifinals 1		 Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match

Group stage

Group A
Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
Team
 Pld W D L G GA GD Pts
 United States (USA) 3300190136+546
 Japan (JPN) 3201164159+54
 Great Britain (GBR) 3102140157–172
 France (FRA) 3003150192–420
United States 56 – 44 Great Britain
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
Attendance: 8,273
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Chris van de Riet (NED)
Japan 65 – 56 France
Report
Attendance: 3,642
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)
Great Britain 57 – 50 France
Report
Attendance: 5,186
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Darren Roberts (USA)
Japan 48 – 64 United States
Report
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)
Great Britain 39 – 51 Japan
Report
Attendance: 8,458
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Philip Washbourn (NZL)
United States 70 – 44 France
Report
Attendance: 6,259
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Dave Woods (GBR)

Group B
Qualified for the semifinals
Eliminated
Team
 Pld W D L G GA GD Pts
 Australia (AUS) 3300182142+406
 Canada (CAN) 3201163166–34
 Sweden (SWE) 3102151155–42
 Belgium (BEL) 3003135168–330
Sweden 52 – 42 Belgium
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
Attendance: 4,404
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)
Australia 64 – 52 Canada
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
Attendance: 5,539
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)
Sweden 47 – 60 Australia
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
Attendance: 5,622
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER)
Canada 58 – 50 Belgium
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
Attendance: 6,225
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)
Australia 58 – 43 Belgium
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
Attendance: 2,822
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)
Canada 53 – 52 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 5,469
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Playoffs
 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
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
Great Britain 54 – 49 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 1,567
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)
Sweden 58 – 48 France
Report
Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Dave Woods (GBR)

Seventh place Match
Belgium 54 – 50 France
Report
Attendance: 1,734
Referee: Philip Washbourn (NZL), Dave Woods (GBR)

Fifth place Match
Great Britain 59 – 47 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 2,484
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Medal round
Bracket
 
SemifinalsGold medal match
 
      
 
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
Australia 59 – 45 Japan
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
Attendance: 5,333
Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)
United States 49 – 50 Canada
Report
Attendance: 4,324
Referee: Alexander Schreiner (GER), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Bronze Medal Match
United States 53 – 43 Japan
Report
Attendance: 7,852
Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briére (CAN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

Gold Medal Match
Canada 51 – 66 Australia
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
Attendance: 9,048
Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

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

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
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

References
  1. http://www.london2012.com/games/paralympic/wheelchair-rugby.php
  2. "Qualification Criteria" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2010.
  3. "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  4. "2010 WWRC - Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada".
  5. "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.
  7. "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY" (PDF). London 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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