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Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair rugby pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueYoyogi National Stadium
Dates25–29 August 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
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The Wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was the seventh edition of Wheelchair rugby as a Paralympic sport since its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. The competition was hosted at the Yoyogi National Stadium and was held from 25 to 29 August 2021.[1][2][3]

Eight teams competed in the competition which included the debutant of Denmark at the Paralympics. The eight teams were separated into two groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two played off in the fifth and seventh place match respectively. The remaining four teams then played-off in two semi-finals with the winners going through to the gold medal play-off while the losers met in the bronze-medal match.

Great Britain won the gold medal, the first European team ever to do so, with a 54–49 victory over the United States. It was also Great Britain's first medal in the sport at the seventh attempt. Hosts Japan won bronze with victory over Australia.

Qualification

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host Country Allocation — — 1  Japan (JPN)
2018 World Championships 5–10 August 2018 Australia Sydney 1  Australia (AUS)
2019 IWRF European Championship Division A[4] 7–11 August 2019 Denmark Vejle 2  Denmark (DEN)
 Great Britain (GBR)
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima 1  United States (USA)
2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship[5] 6–9 September 2019 South Korea Gangneung 1  New Zealand (NZL)
2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament 2–9 March 2020 Canada Richmond 2  Canada (CAN)
 France (FRA)
Total 8

Schedule

G Group stage C Classification rounds ½ Semi-finals B Bronze-medal match F Final
Date
Event
 Wed
25 Aug		 Thurs
26 Aug		 Fri
27 Aug		 Sat
28 Aug		 Sun
29 Aug
Mixed team G G G C
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)		 ½ B F

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed  Great Britain
Ayaz Bhuta
Jonathan Coggan
Ryan Cowling
Nicholas Cummins
Kylie Grimes
Aaron Phipps
Jim Roberts
Stuart Robinson
Chris Ryan
Jack Smith
Jamie Stead
Gavin Walker 		 United States
Chuck Aoki
Jeff Butler
Chad Cohn
Joseph Delagrave
Lee Fredette
Ray Hennagir
Joe Jackson
Chuck Melton
Eric Newby
Kory Puderbaugh
Adam Scaturro
Josh Wheeler 		 Japan
Masayuki Haga
Yuki Hasegawa
Katsuya Hashimoto
Yukinobu Ike
Daisuke Ikezaki
Tomoaki Imai
Kae Kurahashi
Shunya Nakamachi
Seiya Norimatsu
Hitoshi Ogawa
Shinichi Shimakawa
Hidefumi Wakayama

Tournament

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 170 155 +15 6 Semi-finals
2  Australia 3 1 0 2 156 159 −3 2
3  France 3 1 0 2 151 153 −2 2 Fifth place Match
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 155 165 −10 2 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts
Australia 53–54 Denmark
Japan 53–51 France
Japan 60–51 Denmark
Australia 50–48 France
France 52–50 Denmark
Australia 53–57 Japan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 171 137 +34 6 Semi-finals
2  Great Britain 3 2 0 1 158 134 +24 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 152 144 +8 2 Fifth place Match
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 108 174 −66 0 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
United States 63–35 New Zealand
Canada 47–50 Great Britain
United States 58–54 Canada
New Zealand 37–60 Great Britain
United States 50–48 Great Britain
New Zealand 36–51 Canada

Knockout stage

Medal round bracket
 
SemifinalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
 Japan49
 
29 August
 
 Great Britain55
 
 Great Britain54
 
28 August
 
 United States49
 
 United States49
 
 
 Australia42
 
Bronze medal
 
 
29 August
 
 
 Japan60
 
 
 Australia52

Classification round

Seventh place Match

Denmark 56–53 New Zealand

Fifth place Match

France 49–57 Canada

Semi finals

United States 49–42 Australia



Japan 49–55 Great Britain


Bronze-medal match

Japan 60–52 Australia


Gold-medal match

United States 49–54 Great Britain


References

  1. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Day five preview of IWRF European Championships". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Australia turn tables on Japan to win gold at IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship". insidethegames. 8 September 2019.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics