Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Venue	Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Dates	7 September - 16 September
Medalists
Australia (AUS) (men)  United States (USA) (women)    Canada (CAN) (men)  Germany (GER) (women)    Great Britain (GBR) (men)  Australia (AUS) (women)

Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Tournament	men		women

Wheelchair basketball match between South Africa and Iran

The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008. There will be two medals awarded in this event.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Australia (AUS) Dylan Alcott Brendan Dowler Justin Eveson Michael Hartnett Adrian King Tristan Knowles Grant Mizens Brad Ness (captain) Shaun Norris Troy Sachs Tige Simmons Brett Stibners Coach: Ben Ettridge	Canada (CAN) Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff (captain) Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg Coach: Mike Frogley	Great Britain (GBR) Joseph Bestwick Andrew Blake Simon Brown Matthew Byrne Terence Bywater Peter Finbow Jonathan Hall Kevin Hayes Abdillah Jama Simon Munn Ade Orogbemi Jon Pollock (captain) Coach: Sinclair Richford Thomas
Women's team	United States (USA) Sarah Castle Patty Cisneros (captain) Loraine Gonzales Carlee Hoffman Emily Hoskins Mary Allison Milford Becca Murray Alana Nichols Christina Ripp Jen Ruddell Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Coach: Ronald Lykins	Germany (GER) Alke Behrens Maren Butterbrodt Annette Kahl (captain) Britta Kautz Simone Kues Birgit Meitner Marina Mohnen Edina Anita Muller Nora Schratz Gesche Schunemann Nicole Seifert Annika Zeyen Coach: Holger Ingo Glinicki	Australia (AUS) Clare Burzynski Shelley Chaplin Cobi Crispin Melanie Domaschenz Kylie Gauci Melanie Hall Katie Hill Bridie Kean Tina McKenzie Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Sarah Stewart Liesl Tesch (captain) Coach: Gerry Hewson

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification

Classification is an important element that will ensure athletes can compete in a fair situation.

A certain committee will give athletes who can take part in this sport an eight-level-score specific to basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a larger disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Teams

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters

There will be 12 male teams and 10 female teams taking part in this sport.

Men's

Team	Qualification
South Africa (RSA)	IWBF Africa Qualify Tournament
Australia (AUS)	IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament
Iran (IRI)
Japan (JPN)
Brazil (BRA)	2007 Para-Panamerican Games
Canada (CAN)
United States (USA)
Germany (GER)	IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament
Great Britain (GBR)
Sweden (SWE)
Israel (ISR)
China (CHN)	Host nation

Women's

Team	Qualification
Australia (AUS)	IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament
Japan (JPN)
Brazil (BRA)	2007 Para-Panamerican Games
Canada (CAN)
United States (USA)
Mexico (MEX)
Germany (GER)	IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament
Great Britain (GBR)
Netherlands (NED)
China (CHN)	Host nation

Competition Format

Both men's and women's use the same format, team divided into 2 groups, 6 each for men's and 5 each for women's, with a single round robin tournament, then first four of each group compete for 1st-8th place with knock-out format, while last one for women's and last two for men's compete for 9th-10th or 9th-12th place.

See also

• Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics