Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

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Men's wheelchair basketball
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueBasketball Arena,
North Greenwich Arena
Dates30 August – 8 September 2012
Competitors12 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (CAN) (3rd title)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia (AUS)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA)
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The men's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held from 30 August to 8 September. Competitions were held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which seated 10,000 spectators, and North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena renamed to through the Games because of a no-commercialisation policy on arena names).

44 matches were played, 30 in the preliminary round, and 14 in the classification and medal rounds.

Canada beat defending champions Australia in the final, while United States beat Great Britain in the match for the bronze medal.

Calendar

August
September
30 –
3

4

5

6

7

8
Stage Group stage None Quarter-finals
Match 9/10
Semi-finals Semi-finals 5–8 Final
Bronze
Match 5/6
Match 7/8

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Australia 5 5 0 372 259 +113 10 Quarter-finals
 Turkey 5 3 2 331 302 +29 8[a]
 United States 5 3 2 330 259 +71 8[a]
 Spain 5 3 2 322 292 +30 8[a]
 Italy 5 1 4 260 309 −49 6 Eliminated
 South Africa 5 0 5 204 398 −194 5
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Table points, 2) Head-to-head score differential
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head score differential: TUR: +6; USA: −1; ESP: −5
30 August 2012
10:45
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United States  50–59  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 20–11, 5–17
Pts: Chambers 17
Rebs: Chambers 9
Asts: Lade 4
Pts: Gezinci 15
Rebs: Gezinci 17
Asts: Gürbulak 15
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Chris Gregory (GBR)

30 August 2012
10:45
Report
Spain  67–40  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–14, 14–8, 14–6
Pts: De Paz Pazo 18
Rebs: Garcia Moreno 11
Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5
Pts: Raimondi, Cavagnini 8
Rebs: Cavagnini 7
Asts: Raimondi, Moukhariq 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)

30 August 2012
20:45
Report
Australia  93–39  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9
Pts: Eveson 21
Rebs: Eveson 7
Asts: Eveson, Norris 5
Pts: Nortje 14
Rebs: Nortje 10
Asts: three players 2
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

31 August 2012
15:15
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Italy  51–77  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 20–24, 13–20, 8–20
Pts: Moukhariq 13
Rebs: Cavagnini 9
Asts: Raimondi 5
Pts: Nelms 24
Rebs: Hinze 7
Asts: Serio 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)

31 August 2012
15:15
Report
South Africa  50–74  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14
Pts: Jellows, Nortje 11
Rebs: Nortje 9
Asts: Papenfus 5
Pts: Zarzuela Beltrán 24
Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6
Asts: Muiño Gámez 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Karen Molina (COL)

31 August 2012
18:30
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Turkey  64–71  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–22, 16–16, 13–16
Pts: Gürbulak 20
Rebs: Gezinci 12
Asts: Dalay 7
Pts: Eveson, Knowles 17
Rebs: Ness 11
Asts: Norris 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

1 September 2012
10:45
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Turkey  65–60  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 14–21, 11–10, 19–22
Pts: Gürbulak 17
Rebs: Gürbulak 14
Asts: Gürbulak 11
Pts: Cavagnini 25
Rebs: Cavagnini 15
Asts: Moukhariq 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Gustavo Mathias (BRA)

1 September 2012
13:00
Report
United States  91–29  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 30–10, 25–4, 17–8, 19–7
Pts: Scott 21
Rebs: Hinze 11
Asts: Lade 5
Pts: Nortje 11
Rebs: Nortje 7
Asts: Papenfus 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mauro Retiz (MEX)

1 September 2012
20:45
Report
Australia  75–59  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9
Pts: Norris 25
Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8
Asts: Eveson 7
Pts: García Pereiro 23
Rebs: García Pereiro 6
Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

2 September 2012
13:00
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South Africa  32–61  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 2–12, 13–12, 5–24
Pts: Nortje 15
Rebs: Mbande 7
Asts: Mbande 3
Pts: Cavagnini 33
Rebs: Cavagnini 17
Asts: Moukhariq 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Eisuke Kanno (JPN)

2 September 2012
19:00
Report
Australia  65–49  United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 14–8, 18–13, 20–16
Pts: Norris 16
Rebs: Eveson 16
Asts: Eveson 9
Pts: Turek, Nelms 8
Rebs: Jenifer, Scott 7
Asts: Serio 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

2 September 2012
20:45
Report
Spain  67–64  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–16, 21–13, 19–21
Pts: De Paz Pazo 19
Rebs: De Paz Pazo, Zarzuela Beltrán 7
Asts: de Paz Pazo 8
Pts: Gürbulak 18
Rebs: Gürbulak 9
Asts: Gürbulak 4
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)

3 September 2012
15:15
Report
Italy  48–68  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–18, 17–24, 10–11
Pts: Cavagnini 16
Rebs: Pellegrini 12
Asts: Moukhariq 5
Pts: Stibners 17
Rebs: Eveson, Latham 6
Asts: Norris 5
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

3 September 2012
19:00
Report
Turkey  79–54  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–18, 20–12, 25–14
Pts: Gezinci 21
Rebs: Gezinci 9
Asts: Gümüş 5
Pts: Nortje 24
Rebs: Nortje 9
Asts: Papenfus 9
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

3 September 2012
21:15
Report
United States  63–55  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–10, 16–15, 13–16
Pts: Nelms 21
Rebs: Jenifer 9
Asts: three players 5
Pts: Muiño Gámez 15
Rebs: Romero Martín 7
Asts: De Paz Pazo 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
 Canada 5 5 0 362 280 +82 10 Quarter-finals
 Germany 5 4 1 339 303 +36 9
 Great Britain 5 3 2 365 301 +64 8
 Poland 5 2 3 327 341 −14 7
 Japan 5 1 4 273 330 −57 6 Eliminated
 Colombia 5 0 5 223 334 −111 5
Source: [citation needed]
30 August 2012
13:00
Report
Japan  53–68  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15
Pts: Fujimoto 16
Rebs: Fujimoto 11
Asts: Kozai 5
Pts: Anderson 32
Rebs: Anderson 13
Asts: Peter, Anderson 3
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)

30 August 2012
15:15
Report
Colombia  45–63  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 18–14, 8–14, 8–19
Pts: Sanz Londono 21
Rebs: Sanz Londono 8
Asts: Ipema 4
Pts: Filipski, Balcerowski 18
Rebs: Luszynski 12
Asts: Luszynski 12
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

30 August 2012
19:00
Report
Great Britain  72–77 (OT)  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 17–13, 23–13, 16–19Overtime: 6–11
Pts: Munn 21
Rebs: Munn 14
Asts: Bywater 9
Pts: Passiwan 26
Rebs: Bienek 11
Asts: Bienek 12
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

31 August 2012
10:45
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Germany  59–46  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 21–8, 9–15, 12–17
Pts: Wolk 13
Rebs: Passiwan 8
Asts: Passiwan 8
Pts: Hawkins 16
Rebs: Hawkins 19
Asts: Sanz Londono 7
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

31 August 2012
10:45
Report
Poland  78–53  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–10, 21–19, 14–14
Pts: Filipski 24
Rebs: Luszynski 17
Asts: Filipski 10
Pts: Fujimoto 18
Rebs: Fujimoto 9
Asts: Kozai 4
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)

31 August 2012
21:15
Report
Canada  70–54  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 14–18, 18–7, 18–18
Pts: Anderson 29
Rebs: Anderson 10
Asts: Anderson 14
Pts: Choudhry 11
Rebs: Highcock 7
Asts: Orogbemi 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

1 September 2012
15:15
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Japan  49–64  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 7–13, 13–11, 11–26
Pts: Fujimoto 13
Rebs: Kozai 8
Asts: Kozai 7
Pts: Köhler 16
Rebs: Böhme 12
Asts: Bienek 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)

1 September 2012
19:00
Report
Great Britain  81–41  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 21–8, 18–11, 17–9
Pts: Bywater 21
Rebs: Sagar 11
Asts: Bywater 8
Pts: Sanz Londoño 14
Rebs: Hawkins 12
Asts: Leep Ipema, Chaparro 3
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Shu Fei Hsieh (TPE)

1 September 2012
21:15
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Canada  83–65  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 23–17, 18–12, 26–18
Pts: Anderson 34
Rebs: Anderson 9
Asts: Anderson 12
Pts: Filipski 20
Rebs: Łuszyński 7
Asts: Filipski, Łuszyński 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Phil Haines (AUS)

2 September 2012
10:45
Report
Colombia  49–63  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 11–13, 8–13, 16–15
Pts: Sanz Londoño 14
Rebs: Hawkins 17
Asts: Sanz Londoño, Chaparro 5
Pts: Fujimoto 27
Rebs: Fujimoto 14
Asts: Fujii, Kozai 7
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

2 September 2012
15:15
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Germany  66–73  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 10–19, 19–17, 19–20
Pts: Passiwan 29
Rebs: Passiwan 8
Asts: Passiwan 8
Pts: Anderson 25
Rebs: Anderson 15
Asts: Anderson 12
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

2 September 2012
18:30
Report
Poland  58–87  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 14–23, 19–25, 15–17
Pts: Balcerowski 11
Rebs: Filipski 7
Asts: Filipski 5
Pts: Bywater 22
Rebs: Sagar 8
Asts: Hall 6
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)

3 September 2012
10:45
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Canada  68–42  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 21–16, 13–4, 13–14
Pts: Durepos 18
Rebs: Johnson 6
Asts: Hedges 6
Pts: Hawkins 12
Rebs: Londoño 9
Asts: Chaparro 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

3 September 2012
15:15
Report
Japan  55–71  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 10–21, 13–14, 18–11
Pts: Fujimoto 20
Rebs: Kozai, Fujimoto 5
Asts: Kozai 7
Pts: Bywater 19
Rebs: Munn 9
Asts: Bywater, Pollock 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

3 September 2012
20:45
Report
Germany  73–63  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–22, 15–14, 29–12
Pts: Haller 17
Rebs: Bienek 10
Asts: Passiwan, Bienek 6
Pts: Filipski 27
Rebs: Luszynski 10
Asts: Luszynski 8
Basketball Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Second round

11th/12th place match

5 September 2012
8:30
Report
South Africa  36–83  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 4–22, 14–24
Pts: Nortje 14
Rebs: Nortje 7
Asts: Nortje 4
Pts: Sanz Londoño 30
Rebs: Hawkins 16
Asts: Sanz Londoño 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

9th/10th place match

5 September 2012
10:45
Report
Italy  60–64  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–18, 14–15, 15–11
Pts: Cavagnini 31
Rebs: Cavagnini 6
Asts: Raimondi 5
Pts: Masubuchi 14
Rebs: Fujimoto 10
Asts: Fujimoto 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

Quarter-finals

5 September 2012
13:00
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Germany  46–57  United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–11, 9–12, 9–20
Pts: Bienek 18
Rebs: Bienek 13
Asts: three players 3
Pts: three players 10
Rebs: Turek 8
Asts: Schulte 6
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

5 September 2012
15:15
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Turkey  70–75  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–16, 15–22, 25–21
Pts: Gürbulak 28
Rebs: Ercan 10
Asts: Gürbulak 9
Pts: Bywater 23
Rebs: Pollock 9
Asts: Bywater 13
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

5 September 2012
19:00
Report
Canada  77–51  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10
Pts: Anderson 16
Rebs: Anderson 14
Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6
Pts: García Moreno 16
Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6
Asts: García Moreno 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

5 September 2012
21:15
Report
Australia  76–53  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–17, 21–18, 16–7
Pts: Ness 26
Rebs: Norris, Ness 5
Asts: Eveson 6
Pts: Filipski 26
Rebs: Filipski 10
Asts: Filipski 8
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

Classification round

 
5th–8th place semi-finals5th/6th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Poland66
 
 
 
 Germany81
 
 Germany48
 
 
 
 Spain67
 
 Turkey78
 
 
 Spain86
 
7th/8th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 Poland74
 
 
 Turkey76

5th–8th place semi-finals

7 September 2012
13:00
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Poland  66–81  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 16–24, 15–20, 18–19
Pts: Filipski 31
Rebs: Balcerowski 9
Asts: Luszynski 9
Pts: Passiwan 30
Rebs: Passiwan 10
Asts: Haller 8
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

7 September 2012
15:15
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Turkey  78–86 (OT)  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–22, 12–12, 19–16, Overtime: 10–18
Pts: Gürbulak, Gümüş 24
Rebs: Gümüş 9
Asts: Gürbulak 9
Pts: De Paz Pazo 24
Rebs: De Paz Pazo 12
Asts: García Pereiro 10
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

7th/8th place match

8 September 2012
13:00
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Poland  74–76  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–22, 20–21, 19–21
Pts: Filipski 28
Rebs: Mosler 11
Asts: Filipski 15
Pts: Gümüş 30
Rebs: Gümüş 9
Asts: Gürbulak 13
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)

5th/6th place match

8 September 2012
15:15
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Germany  48–67  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 14–16, 12–18, 13–23
Pts: Bienek 14
Rebs: Bienek 5
Asts: Wolk 10
Pts: De Paz Pazo 17
Rebs: De Paz Pazo 6
Asts: De Paz Pazo 9
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

Medal round

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Australia76
 
 
 
 Poland53
 
 Australia72
 
 
 
 United States63
 
 Germany46
 
 
 
 United States57
 
 Australia58
 
 
 
 Canada64
 
 Turkey70
 
 
 
 Great Britain75
 
 Great Britain52
 
 
 
 Canada69 Third place
 
 Canada77
 
 
 
 Spain51
 
 United States61
 
 
 Great Britain46
 

Semi-finals

6 September 2012
19:00
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Australia  72–63  United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 17–14, 20–18
Pts: Eveson 21
Rebs: Eveson 10
Asts: Norris 8
Pts: Chambers 12
Rebs: Lade, Waller 4
Asts: Serio, Schulte 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Cris Salguero (ARG)

6 September 2012
21:15
Report
Great Britain  52–69  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 11–12, 10–24, 15–12
Pts: Orogbemi 14
Rebs: Bywater, Sagar 5
Asts: Pollock 5
Pts: Anderson 17
Rebs: Johnson 14
Asts: Anderson 11
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

Bronze medal match

8 September 2012
19:00
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United States  61–46  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 12–10, 10–13, 22–13
Pts: Serio 20
Rebs: Scott 8
Asts: Serio 8
Pts: Bywater 14
Rebs: Bywater 12
Asts: Orogbemi 5
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

Gold medal match

8 September 2012
21:15
Report
Australia  58–64  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18
Pts: Norris 19
Rebs: Eveson 8
Asts: Eveson 5
Pts: Anderson 34
Rebs: Anderson 10
Asts: Anderson 8
North Greenwich Arena, London
Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Ranking

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4.  Great Britain
5.  Spain
6.  Germany
7.  Turkey
8.  Poland
9.  Japan
10.  Italy
11.  Colombia
12.  South Africa

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2012-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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