Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament was won by the team representing  Canada.[1]

Wheelchair basketball – Women
at the X Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
VenueMorehouse College and Omni Coliseum
Dates1996
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (CAN)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands (NED)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA)
1992
2000

Preliminary round edit

Group A
Rank Team Pld W L PF:PA Pts   AUS USA GER BRA
1   Australia 3 2 1 132:71 5 x 31:27 34:36 67:8
2   United States 3 2 1 128:79 5 27:31 x 44:36 57:12
3   Germany 3 2 1 121:92 5 36:34 36:44 x 49:14
4   Brazil 3 0 3 34:173 3 8:67 12:57 14:49 x
Group B
Rank Team Pld W L PF:PA Pts   CAN NED JPN GBR
1   Canada 3 3 0 171:96 6 x 56:41 57:27 58:28
2   Netherlands 3 2 1 143:115 5 41:56 x 54:35 48:24
3   Japan 3 1 2 108:142 4 27:57 35:54 x 46:31
4   Great Britain 3 0 3 83:152 3 28:58 24:48 31:46 x
  Qualified for quarterfinals

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Medal Round edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  United States 37
 
 
 
  Netherlands 40
 
  Netherlands 37
 
 
 
  Canada 46
 
  Canada 36
 
 
  Australia 31
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  United States 41
 
 
  Australia 30

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Classification 5-8 edit

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Germany 41
 
 
 
  Great Britain 46
 
  Great Britain 28
 
 
 
  Japan 44
 
  Japan 41
 
 
  Brazil 15
 
Seventh place
 
 
 
 
 
  Germany 60
 
 
  Brazil 15

Source: Paralympic.org [2]

Ranking edit

Place Team
    Canada
    Netherlands
    United States
4.   Australia
5.   Japan
6.   Great Britain
7.   Germany
8.   Brazil

References edit

  1. ^ "Wheelchair basketball: Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-07.