Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Wheelchair basketball – Men
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
VenueBeijing National Indoor Stadium
Dates7 September – 16 September
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada (CAN)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR)
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Calendar

September 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11 		12 13 14 15 16
Phase Preliminary
Round 		Classification 9-12 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Placement 11-12 		Classification 5-8 Placement:
5-6, 7-8 & 9-10
Gold Medal Match
Bronze Medal Match

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Canada (Q) 5 5 0 372 276 +96 10
 Germany (Q) 5 3 2 362 298 +64 8
 Iran (Q) 5 3 2 359 344 +15 8
 Japan (Q) 5 2 3 265 319 −54 7
 South Africa 5 1 4 282 367 −85 6
 Sweden 5 1 4 309 345 −36 6
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local

7 September 2008
09:00
[1]
Iran  73–62  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 13-10, 20-18, 23-15, 17-19
Pts: Ahmadi 24
Rebs: Gharibloo 11
Asts: Ahmadi 10		 Pts: Nortje 25
Rebs: Nortje 10
Asts: Taylor 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11500
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
7 September 2008
11:15
[2]
Japan  49–61  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 6-16, 9-17, 19-12, 15-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)
7 September 2008
20:45
[3]
Canada  62–59  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17-13, 6-13, 19-17, 20-16
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11797
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)
8 September 2008
15:30
[4]
Sweden  66–92  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12-24, 18-23, 22-21, 14-24
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)
8 September 2008
17:45
[5]
South Africa  55–80  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12-25, 12-21, 24-16, 7-18
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1376
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)
8 September 2008
18:30
[6]
Germany  56–58  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12-18, 17-14, 14-14, 13-12
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8580
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)
9 September 2008
10:00
[7]
Iran  69–50  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 9-6, 18-15, 17-14, 25-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Ian Robert Pursglove (GBR)
9 September 2008
12:15
[8]
South Africa  43–96  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8-21, 8-25, 10-26, 17-24
USTB Gymnasium, Beijing
Attendance: 1095
Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)
9 September 2008
18:30
[9]
Canada  62–52  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25-14, 19-11, 14-12, 4-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8162
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)
10 September 2008
09:00
[10]
Japan  48–75  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7-18, 18-19, 5-21, 18-17
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)
10 September 2008
11:15
[11]
Sweden  58–64  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 15-11, 14-16, 13-11, 16-26
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)
10 September 2008
13:30
[12]
Germany  73–63  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 10-15, 29-14, 22-13, 12-21
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7262
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)
11 September 2008
12:15
[13]
South Africa  58–60  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 10-11, 16-14, 15-20
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1302
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)
11 September 2008
13:30
[14]
Germany  78–72  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 20-18, 17-21, 17-18, 24-15
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 7684
Referees: Antonia Gomez Ruf (ESP)
11 September 2008
16:15
[15]
Canada  93–62  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 30-16, 22-19, 21-20, 20-7
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Cristian Ariel Salguero (ARG)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia (Q) 5 4 1 346 291 +55 9
 United States (Q) 5 4 1 378 247 +131 9
 Great Britain (Q) 5 4 1 334 271 +63 9
 Israel (Q) 5 2 3 332 325 +7 7
 Brazil 5 1 4 291 348 −57 6
 China 5 0 5 203 402 −199 5
Source: Paralympic.org [1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local

7 September 2008
13:30
[16]
United States  76–53  Israel
7 September 2008
16:15
[17]
Australia  73–72  Brazil
7 September 2008
18:30
[18]
China  34–81  Great Britain
8 September 2008
10:00
[19]
Brazil  41–87  United States
8 September 2008
12:15
[20]
Israel  80–41  China
8 September 2008
20:45
[21]
Great Britain  48–67  Australia
9 September 2008
9:00
[22]
Brazil  60–73  Israel
9 September 2008
11:30
[23]
Australia  79–44  China
9 September 2008
20:45
[24]
United States  50–54  Great Britain
10 September 2008
15:30
[25]
Australia  66–59  Israel
10 September 2008
17:45
[26]
China  38–97  United States
10 September 2008
20:45
[27]
Great Britain  69–53  Brazil
11 September 2008
10:00
[28]
Israel  67–82  Great Britain
11 September 2008
18:30
[29]
China  46–65  Brazil
11 September 2008
20:45
[30]
United States  68–61  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 18-16, 9-21, 17-4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 9780
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Medal Round

Iran withdrew because of the possibility of a match against Israel.[2]

Quarterfinals
(13 September 2008) 		Semifinals
(14 September 2008) 		Gold medal game
(16 September 2008)
         
B2  United States 20
A3  Iran 0
B2  United States 62
A1  Canada 69
A1  Canada 55
B4  Israel 47
A1  Canada 60
B1  Australia 72
B1  Australia 72
A4  Japan 52
B1  Australia 67 Bronze medal game
B3  Great Britain 54
A2  Germany 64 B2  United States 77
B3  Great Britain 71 B3  Great Britain 85

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Quarterfinals

13 September 2008
09:00
[31]
Iran DNS
United States  20–0  Iran
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -		 Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)
13 September 2008
11:15
[32]
Canada  55–47  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20-4, 7-10, 14-13, 14-20
Pts: Patrick Anderson 17
Rebs: Joey Johnson 16
Asts: David Durepos4		 Pts: Dotan Meishar 15
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 16
Asts: Avraham Lehrman 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS)
13 September 2008
13:30
[33]
Australia  72–52  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 17-15, 19-13, 15-9
Pts: Brad Ness 18
Rebs: Brad Ness 14
Asts: Shaun Norris 4		 Pts: Kazuyuki Kyoya, Tetsuya Miyajima 9
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki, Shingo Fujii 6
Asts: Hiroaki Kozai 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)
13 September 2008
16:45
[34]
Germany  64–71  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 13-17, 14-20, 20-13
Pts: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 18
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 11
Asts: Lars Christink 5		 Pts: Simon Munn 31
Rebs: Simon Munn 20
Asts: Jon Pollock 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Semifinals

14 September 2008
21:30
[35]
United States  62–69 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15-25, 8-10, 14-10, 12-4, Overtime: 20-13
Pts: Patrick Anderson 33
Rebs: Patrick Anderson 21
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6		 Pts: Joe Chambers 14
Rebs: Joe Chambers 10
Asts: Paul Schulte 6
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
14 September 2008
19:00
[36]
 Great Britain 54–67 Australia 
Scoring by quarter: 6-19, 14-17, 13-18, 21-13
Pts: Jon Pollock 18
Rebs: Simon Munn 11
Asts: Jon Pollock 3		 Pts: Justin Eveson 22
Rebs: Brad Ness 11
Asts: Justin Eveson 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

Bronze medal game

16 September 2008
17:00
[37]
United States  77–85  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14-18, 22-19, 11-24, 30-24
Pts: Joe Chambers 25
Rebs: Joe Chambers 6
Asts: Mikey Paye, Jeremy Lade 3		 Pts: Terence Bywater 32
Rebs: Simon Munn 13
Asts: Jon Pollock 5
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Gold medal game

16 September 2008
19:30
[38]
Canada  60–72  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 15-12, 15-26, 13-18
Pts: Patrick Anderson 22
Rebs: Patrick Anderson, Joey Johnson 12
Asts: Patrick Anderson 6		 Pts: Troy Sachs 19
Rebs: Troy Sachs, Justin Eveson 7
Asts: Brad Ness 8
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

Classification 5-8

 
Classification roundFifth place
 
      
 
15 September 2008
 
 
 Iran 0
 
16 September 2008
 
 Israel 20
 
 Israel 54
 
15 September 2008
 
 Germany 63
 
 Japan 57
 
 
 Germany 71
 
Third place
 
 
16 September 2008
 
 
 Iran 0
 
 
 Japan 20

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification

15 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran  0–20  Israel
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -		 Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -
15 September 2008
11:15
[39]
Germany  71–57  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16-16, 21-11, 12-16, 22-14
Pts: Dirk Passiwan 30
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 14
Asts: Lars Lehmann 8		 Pts: Reo Fujimoto 20
Rebs: Akimasa Suzuki 7
Asts: Shingo Fujii 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Fifth place

16 September 2008
[40]
Israel  54–63  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 13-14, 12-12, 12-18
Pts: Dotan Meishar 19
Rebs: Dotan Meishar 14
Asts: Roei Rozenberg, Liran Hendel 7		 Pts: Dirk Passiwan 22
Rebs: Dirk Kohler-Lenz 10
Asts: Lars Lehmann 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Seventh place

16 September 2008
Iran DNS
Iran  0–20  Japan
Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -		 Pts: -
Rebs: -
Asts: -

Classification 9-12

 
Classification roundNinth place
 
      
 
12 September 2008
 
 
 Brazil 75
 
16 September 2008
 
 Sweden 56
 
 Brazil 68
 
12 September 2008
 
 South Africa 46
 
 South Africa 67
 
 
 China 60
 
Third place
 
 
14 September 2008
 
 
 Sweden 63
 
 
 China 45

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification

12 September 2008
09:00
[41]
Brazil  75–56  Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25-11, 16-12, 16-16, 18-17
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 20
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 17
Asts: Everaldo Lima 6		 Pts: Peter Kohlstrom 20
Rebs: Joachim Gustavsson 5
Asts: Joakim Linden, Robin Meng 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)
12 September 2008
11:15
[42]
South Africa  67–60  China
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 19-15, 19-27, 16-4
Pts: Richard Nortje 22
Rebs: David Nathaniel Curle 10
Asts: David Nathaniel Curle 5		 Pts: Hai Ding 20
Rebs: Hai Ding 15
Asts: Lei Yang, Pengcheng Li 4
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 8854
Referees: Jonathon Blake Burford (USA)

Ninth place

16 September 2008
11:15
[43]
Brazil  68–46  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 18-11, 19-9, 12-9
Pts: Jose Marcos Silva 18
Rebs: Leandro Mirando 11
Asts: Everaldo Lima 3		 Pts: Richard Nortje 18
Rebs: Richard Nortje 6
Asts: Nicholas Taylor, Jeremy Nel 2
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11204
Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

Eleventh place

14 September 2008
15:45
[44]
Sweden  63–45  China
Scoring by quarter: 16-13, 17-17, 14-13, 16-2
Pts: Hussein Haidari 19
Rebs: Hussein Haidari 14
Asts: Hussein Haidari 10		 Pts: Hai Ding 14
Rebs: Hai Ding 9
Asts: Haijiang Chen 3
National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 12000
Referees: Jorg-Ulrich Otto (GER)

Ranking

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
4.  United States
5.  Germany
6.  Israel
7.  Japan
8.  Iran
9.  Brazil
10.  South Africa
11.  Sweden
12.  China

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ "Iranian wheelchair basketball team withdraws from Paralympics". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
  • "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair Basketball: Men". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-30.