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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
Competitors96 (8 teams)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Australia  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Canada  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States  United States
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Greg Smith unloads a pass at the London 2012 Games

Qualification edit

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]

Qualified Means of qualification Date Venue Berths
  Great Britain Host country 1
  United States 2010 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships 21–26 September 2010   Vancouver[4] 1
  Canada 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas 18–25 September 2011   Bogotá[5] 1
  Sweden
  Belgium		 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European 1–9 October 2011   Nottwil[5] 2
  Australia 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania 2–10 November 2011   Seoul[5] 1
  Japan
  France		 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking 31 January 2012 2

Tournament edit

 
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 edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  United States (USA) 3 3 0 0 190 136 +54 6 Semifinals
  Japan (JPN) 3 2 0 1 164 159 +5 4
  Great Britain (GBR) 3 1 0 2 140 157 −17 2 Eliminated
  France (FRA) 3 0 0 3 150 192 −42 0
Source: [citation needed]
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 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Australia (AUS) 3 3 0 0 182 142 +40 6 Semifinals
  Canada (CAN) 3 2 0 1 163 166 −3 4
  Sweden (SWE) 3 1 0 2 151 155 −4 2 Eliminated
  Belgium (BEL) 3 0 0 3 135 168 −33 0
Source: [citation needed]
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 edit

 
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 edit

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 edit

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

Fifth-place match edit

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

Medal round edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Gold-medal match edit


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 edit

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

Medalists edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paralympic Games - Summer and Winter Paralympics". Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification Criteria" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2010.
  3. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby - Athletes". London 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  4. ^ "2010 WWRC - Official website of the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships – Vancouver, Canada".
  5. ^ a b c "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. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby Mixed TOURNAMENT SUMMARY" (PDF). London 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

External links edit

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