Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

Wheelchair basketball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueAriake Arena
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates25 August – 5 September 2021
Competitors144 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain
2016
2024

The 2020 Summer Paralympics men's tournament in Tokyo began on 25 August and was ended on the 5 September 2021. The matches were played at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza and the Ariake Arena. This was the fourteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.[1]

Twelve teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. From there it would be a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match.

Competition schedule

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G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match GM Gold medal match
Date
Event
Wed 25
Aug
Thu 26
Aug
Fri 27
Aug
Sat 28
Aug
Sun 29
Aug
Mon 30
Aug
Tue 31
Aug
Wed 1
Sep
Thu 2
Sep
Fri 3
Sep
Sat 4
Sep
Sun 5
Sep
Men G G G G G G 1/4 1/2 B GM

Qualification

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Twelve teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in Japan. The other eleven spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, three by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.[2]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country 1  Japan
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima 3  United States
 Canada
 Colombia
2019 IWBF Men's European Championship 28 August – 9 September 2019 Poland Wałbrzych 4  Germany
 Great Britain
 Spain
 Turkey
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships 29 November – 7 December 2019 Thailand Pattaya 3  Australia
 Iran
 South Korea
2020 African Zonal Championships 1–7 March 2020 South Africa Johannesburg 1  Algeria
Total 12

Squads

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Preliminary round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 375 272 +103 10 Quarter-finals
2  Japan (H) 5 4 1 312 298 +14 9
3  Turkey 5 3 2 353 327 +26 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 307 333 −26 7
5  South Korea 5 1 4 305 332 −27 6 9th/10th place playoff
6  Colombia 5 0 5 256 346 −90 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
20:30
Spain  65–53  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 15–14, 12–16, 22–13
Pts: García 18
Rebs: García 13
Asts: García 12
Pts: Gim 24
Rebs: Gim 14
Asts: Cho 8
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Matias Quintana

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
11:15
Canada  41–78  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 14–18, 10–15, 7–22
Pts: Goncin 15
Rebs: Goncin 8
Asts: Anderson, Higgins 3
Pts: García 23
Rebs: García, Zarzuela 8
Asts: García 9
Ariake Arena
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
17:00
South Korea  70–80  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–17, 15–19, 22–23
Pts: Cho 26
Rebs: Gim 11
Asts: Cho 8
Pts: Gürbulak 25
Rebs: Toprak 8
Asts: Gürbulak 13
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Tomas Pajer

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
Colombia  56–63  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 13–12, 15–15, 13–12
Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Diaz, Hernandez 8
Asts: Leep 6
Pts: Akita 24
Rebs: Chokai 17
Asts: Chokai 10
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Yap Poh Boon

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
11:15
Turkey  77–73 (OT)  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 10–17, 15–24, 22–13, Overtime: 10–6
Pts: Gürbulak 28
Rebs: Gürbulak 8
Asts: Gürbulak 13
Pts: Goncin 33
Rebs: Anderson 22
Asts: Goncin 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 180
Referees: Matias Quintana

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
14:45
Spain  74–56  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–16, 21–18, 20–6
Pts: Ortega 19
Rebs: Zarzuela 11
Asts: García 11
Pts: Diaz 18
Rebs: Hernandez 12
Asts: Leep 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Tomas Pajer

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
20:30
Japan  59–52  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–15, 12–16
Pts: Fujimoto 21
Rebs: Akita 11
Asts: Chokai 10
Pts: Cho 21
Rebs: Gim 14
Asts: Cho 6
Ariake Arena
Referees: Krunoslav Peic

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
9:00
Turkey  61–79  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 16–21, 22–21, 13–20
Pts: Gürbulak 26
Rebs: Gümüş 5
Asts: Toprak 9
Pts: Ruiz 20
Rebs: Lorenzo 13
Asts: García 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
14:45
Japan  62–56  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 6–12, 13–18, 19–14, 24–12
Pts: Kozai 24
Rebs: Chokai 8
Asts: Chokai 6
Pts: Anderson 22
Rebs: Goncin 13
Asts: Goncin 6
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
South Korea  66–54  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17
Pts: Lee C. 14
Rebs: Lee Y. 13
Asts: Oh 11
Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Sanz 8
Asts: Hernandez 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hiroki Ono

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
11:15
Colombia  38–80  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 13–22, 7–27, 10–16
Pts: Diaz 9
Rebs: Granados 5
Asts: Leep 4
Pts: Gürbulak 19
Rebs: Gümüş, Gürbulak 7
Asts: Gürbulak 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Helen Rosenberg

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
17:00
Canada  74–64  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 15–15, 17–15, 21–17
Pts: Anderson 29
Rebs: Anderson 9
Asts: Goncin 10
Pts: Cho 22
Rebs: Kim S. 9
Asts: Gim 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Ben Wood

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
Spain  79–61  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 26–12, 12–17, 19–14
Pts: García 27
Rebs: García 12
Asts: García 17
Pts: Furusawa 15
Rebs: Chokai, Fujimoto 5
Asts: Akaishi 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Mauricio Gamez

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
9:00
Colombia  52–63  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 12–20, 18–16, 15–12
Pts: Diaz 18
Rebs: Diaz 11
Asts: Hernandez, Leep, Vargas 5
Pts: Anderson 22
Rebs: Anderson 17
Asts: Anderson, Goncin 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hiroki Ono

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
14:45
Turkey  55–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–19, 17–17, 11–22
Pts: Toprak 17
Rebs: Gürbulak 9
Asts: Gürbulak 6
Pts: Kozai 22
Rebs: Chokai 14
Asts: Chokai 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Great Britain 5 4 1 332 303 +29 9 Quarter-finals
2  United States 5 4 1 338 223 +115 9
3  Australia 5 3 2 335 265 +70 8
4  Germany 5 3 2 306 284 +22 8
5  Iran 5 1 4 271 318 −47 6 9th/10th place playoff
6  Algeria 5 0 5 202 391 −189 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
9:00
United States  58–55  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 12–12, 18–14, 18–13
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Bell 8
Asts: Scott 10
Pts: Böhme 19
Rebs: Böhme 9
Asts: Böhme 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Linas Radykas

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
14:45
Australia  81–39  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–8, 20–11, 17–5, 16–15
Pts: Stibners 21
Rebs: Auprince 8
Asts: Norris 6
Pts: Sayari 22
Rebs: Sayari 9
Asts: Bagzadehfard, Sayari 3
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Gustavo Mathias

26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
14:45
Great Britain  70–43  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–9, 21–10, 16–12
Pts: Bywater, Choudhry 11
Rebs: Sagar 8
Asts: Bywater 9
Pts: Mansouri 12
Rebs: Zidi 13
Asts: Guedoun, Zidi 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Juan Urunuela

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
9:00
Algeria  37–83  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 8–21, 14–20, 6–21
Pts: Zidi 14
Rebs: Zidi 10
Asts: Guedoun 5
Pts: Latham 16
Rebs: Latham 10
Asts: McPhail 13
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 180
Referees: Erik Etzelmueller

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
14:45
Germany  71–59  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 18–15, 26–15, 14–16
Pts: Böhme 27
Rebs: Böhme 10
Asts: Böhme, Halouski 5
Pts: Choudhry 14
Rebs: Manning 10
Asts: Warburton 13
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 8
Referees: Alexandre Lapointe

27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
17:00
Iran  41–65  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 9–17, 11–14, 12–12
Pts: Sayari 17
Rebs: Sayari 14
Asts: Saadatpoormoghadam 6
Pts: Serio 12
Rebs: Serio 8
Asts: Serio 10
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hector Carmona

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
11:15
Australia  64–53  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 7–11, 20–19, 16–12
Pts: Latham 17
Rebs: Latham 11
Asts: Norris 10
Pts: Halouski 13
Rebs: Bienek 9
Asts: Halouski 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Adam Fronczak

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
14:45
Algeria  47–81  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 8–19, 15–22, 14–22
Pts: Ayache 13
Rebs: Zidi 6
Asts: Guedoun 4, Ayache 4
Pts: Sayari 30
Rebs: Bagzadehfard 9
Asts: Bagzadehfard, Sayari 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 1,032
Referees: Krunoslav Peic

28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
17:00
Great Britain  64–63  United States
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–14, 16–15, 13–19
Pts: Choudhry, Manning 12
Rebs: Manning 14
Asts: Choudhry 10
Pts: Williams 19
Rebs: Serio 7
Asts: Serio 8
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 1,032
Referees: Yekta Şansal Koç

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
9:00
Iran  57–69  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–20, 10–10, 16–19
Pts: Sayari 27
Rebs: Saadatpoormoghadam 7
Asts: Saadatpoormoghadam 6
Pts: Bywater 18
Rebs: Bywater 8
Asts: Bywater 16
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 91
Referees: Celine Villard

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
14:45
United States  66–38  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 21–11, 16–4, 12–8
Pts: Williams 24
Rebs: Serio 9
Asts: Williams 7
Pts: Latham 13
Rebs: Latham 9
Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 810
Referees: Linas Radykas

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
14:45
Germany  71–50  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–12, 16–19, 18–6
Pts: Böhme 21
Rebs: Böhme 11
Asts: Böhme 8
Pts: Badrane, Megueddem 11
Rebs: Zidi 9
Asts: Zidi 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hector Carmona

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
11:30
Germany  56–53  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–12, 18–8, 9–20
Pts: Halouski 27
Rebs: Halouski 15
Asts: Böhme 7
Pts: Sayari 16
Rebs: Sayari 15
Asts: Sayari 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Juan Urunuela

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
17:15
Australia  69–70  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 11–13, 17–25, 14–20
Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 23
Rebs: Latham 10
Asts: Norris, O'Neill-Thorne 8
Pts: Choudhry 28
Rebs: Manning 14
Asts: Choudhry 11
Ariake Arena
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier

30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
20:30
Algeria  25–86  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 4–23, 10–18, 2–21
Pts: Ayache 13
Rebs: Megueddem 6
Asts: Ayache 3
Pts: Turek 21
Rebs: Scott 9
Asts: Scott 6
Ariake Arena
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
1 September
 
 
 Spain71
 
3 September
 
 Germany68
 
 Spain52
 
1 September
 
 United States66
 
 United States52
 
5 September
 
 Turkey45
 
 United States 1st place, gold medalist(s)64
 
1 September
 
 Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)60
 
 Japan61
 
3 September
 
 Australia55
 
 Japan79
 
1 September
 
 Great Britain68 Bronze medal match
 
 Great Britain66
 
5 September
 
 Canada52
 
 Spain58
 
 
 Great Britain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)68
 

11th–12th classification match

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1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
9:00
Colombia  70–47  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 11–15, 15–7, 22–14
Pts: Hernandez 28
Rebs: Diaz 13
Asts: Hernandez 9
Pts: Ayache 20
Rebs: Ayache 9
Asts: Zidi 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

9th–10th classification match

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2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
12:30
South Korea  54–64  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–16, 12–21, 12–17
Pts: Cho 17
Rebs: Gim 9
Asts: Cho 7
Pts: Sayari 26
Rebs: Sayari 11
Asts: Kamali, Tolouei Tamardash 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Ben Wood

Quarter-finals

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1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
12:30
United States  52–45  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–8, 10–6, 17–13
Pts: Bell 18
Rebs: Serio 9
Asts: Serio 10
Pts: Gürbulak 21
Rebs: Gürbulak 12
Asts: Toprak 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
15:00
Spain  71–68  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–15, 14–14, 17–20
Pts: Ruiz 24
Rebs: García 16
Asts: García 13
Pts: Böhme 16
Rebs: Böhme 8
Asts: Halouski 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Matias Quintana

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
18:15
Great Britain  66–52  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 12–14, 16–13, 24–9
Pts: Choudhry 21
Rebs: Manning 19
Asts: Choudhry 14
Pts: Anderson 22
Rebs: Anderson 17
Asts: Anderson, Goncin 7
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 190
Referees: Juan Urunuela

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:45
Japan  61–55  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–16, 12–9, 14–16
Pts: Kozai 20
Rebs: Chokai 12
Asts: Chokai 9
Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 18
Rebs: Auprince, O'Neill-Thorne 5
Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 190
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

7th–8th classification match

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3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
12:30
Germany  68–56  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–10, 13–10, 18–15
Pts: Halouski 20
Rebs: Bienek 11
Asts: Böhme, Halouski 6
Pts: Hedges 16
Rebs: Goncin 14
Asts: Goncin 11
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

5th–6th classification match

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4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
14:45
Turkey  58–74  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 6–16, 16–20, 18–15
Pts: Toprak 12
Rebs: Gümüş 10
Asts: four players 3
Pts: Knowles 31
Rebs: Knowles, O'Neill-Thorne 6
Asts: Knowles 7
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 38
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

Semi-finals

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3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
18:15
Spain  52–66  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 8–24, 11–18, 19–9
Pts: Zarzuela 17
Rebs: García 12
Asts: García 15
Pts: Bell 20
Rebs: Bell 11
Asts: Serio 8
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 347
Referees: Alexandre Lapointe

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
20:45
Japan  79–68  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 18–13, 19–12, 27–20
Pts: Chokai 20
Rebs: Chokai 8
Asts: Chokai 8
Pts: Choudhry 26
Rebs: Manning 7
Asts: Choudhry 11
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 347
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

Bronze medal match

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5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
10:00
Spain  58–68  Great Britain 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 17–15, 10–22, 18–18
Pts: Zarzuela 17
Rebs: Zarzuela 9
Asts: García 10
Pts: Choudhry 19
Rebs: Manning 21
Asts: Warburton 8
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 62
Referees: Matias Quintana

Gold medal match

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5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
12:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  64–60  Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–9, 13–19, 19–14
Pts: Serio 28
Rebs: Bell, Williams 7
Asts: Serio 9
Pts: Kozai 18
Rebs: Chokai 18
Asts: Kozai 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 62
Referees: Juan Urunuela

Rankings

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

References

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  1. ^ "Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games". International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2021.