Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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.

Wheelchair basketball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza (preliminaries)
Ariake Arena (preliminaries, finals)
Dates25 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors264 from 12 (men's) and 10 (women's) nations
Wheelchair basketball at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

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 qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host country——1 Japan (JPN)
2019 Parapan American Games23 August – 1 September 2019Peru Lima3 United States (USA)
 Canada (CAN)
 Colombia (COL)
2019 IWBF Men's European Championship[4]28 August – 9 September 2019Poland Wałbrzych4 Germany (GER)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Spain (ESP)
 Turkey (TUR)
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[5][6]29 November – 7 December 2019Thailand Pattaya3 Australia (AUS)
 Iran (IRI)
 South Korea (KOR)
2020 African Zonal Championships[7]1–7 March 2020South Africa Johannesburg1 Algeria (ALG)
Total12

Women
Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host country——1 Japan (JPN)
2019 IWBF Women's European Championship[8]29 June – 7 July 2019Netherlands Rotterdam4 Netherlands (NED)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Germany (GER)
 Spain (ESP)
2019 Parapan American Games23 August – 1 September 2019Peru Lima2 Canada (CAN)[9]
 United States (USA)[10]
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[11]29 November – 7 December 2019Thailand Pattaya2 Australia (AUS)
 China (CHN)
2020 African Zonal Championships1–7 March 2020South Africa Johannesburg1 Algeria (ALG)
Total10

Competition schedule
GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FFinal
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
MenGGGGGG1/4½BF
WomenGGGGG1/41/2BF

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

See also

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.
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