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

Wheelchair basketball
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueAriake Arena
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates25 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors120 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
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The 2020 Summer Paralympics women's tournament in Tokyo began on 25 August and ended on the 4 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.

Ten teams were separated into two groups of five with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. The knockout stage started from the quarter-finals and ended with the gold medal match, aside from the classification matches.

Competition schedule

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
Women G G G G G 1/4 1/2 B GM

Qualification

Ten teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in Japan. The other nine spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, two by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.[1]

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host country — — 1  Japan
2019 Europe Zonal Championships[2] 29 June – 7 July 2019 Netherlands Rotterdam 4  Netherlands
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Spain
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Peru Lima 2  Canada[3]
 United States[4]
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[5] 29 November – 7 December 2019 Thailand Pattaya 2  Australia
 China
2020 African Zonal Championships 1–7 March 2020 South Africa Johannesburg 1  Algeria
Total 10

Squads

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's team rosters

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 4 4 0 248 204 +44 8 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 4 3 1 267 185 +82 7
3  Japan (H) 4 2 2 216 215 +1 6
4  Great Britain 4 1 3 212 218 −6 5
5  Australia 4 0 4 180 301 −121 4 9th/10th 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)
14:45
Great Britain  54–73  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 15–15, 10–19, 15–28
Pts: Thompson 11
Rebs: Love 7
Asts: Freeman 7		 Pts: Dandeneau 32
Rebs: Dandeneau 20
Asts: Dandeneau 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
17:00
Australia  47–73  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 14–18, 11–18, 8–21
Pts: Merritt 18
Rebs: Merritt 19
Asts: Merritt 4		 Pts: Kitada 16
Rebs: Amimoto 11
Asts: Amimoto 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Celine Villard
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
9:00
Germany  77–58  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 21–12, 7–14, 25–19
Pts: Miller 30
Rebs: Miller 11
Asts: Lang, Miller 8		 Pts: Merritt 27
Rebs: Merritt 10
Asts: Merritt 6
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 360
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
11:15
Japan  54–48  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 13–9, 16–8, 13–19
Pts: Fujii 14
Rebs: Fujii 10
Asts: Amimoto 6		 Pts: Freeman 14
Rebs: Freeman 7
Asts: Freeman, Williams 5
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 360
Referees: Carsten Rehling
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
9:00
Canada  61–35  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 18–6, 20–11, 10–10
Pts: Dandeneau 19
Rebs: Ouellet, Young 10
Asts: Young 6		 Pts: Fujii 10
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
20:30
Great Britain  35–53  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 10–12, 4–8, 14–15
Pts: Love 8
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Freeman 6		 Pts: Miller 21
Rebs: Miller 18
Asts: Lang 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
17:00
Germany  59–57  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–11, 15–15, 11–19
Pts: Miller 19
Rebs: Miller 15
Asts: Miller 8		 Pts: Dandeneau 23
Rebs: Dandeneau 9
Asts: Young 6
Ariake Arena
Referees: Helen Rosenberg
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
Australia  38–75  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 6–20, 12–20, 12–23, 8–12
Pts: Munro-Cook 16
Rebs: Merritt 10
Asts: Merritt, Munro-Cook 3		 Pts: Williams 18
Rebs: Freeman 10
Asts: Freeman 10
Ariake Arena
Referees: Matias Quintana
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
11:15
Japan  54–59  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 14–13, 16–15, 12–22
Pts: Fujii 16
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto, Hagino 4		 Pts: Lang 27
Rebs: Lang 17
Asts: Lang 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
Canada  76–37  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–14, 19–8, 18–4
Pts: Steeves 17
Rebs: Dandeneau 8
Asts: Dandeneau 6		 Pts: Merrit 21
Rebs: Merritt 6
Asts: Merritt 6
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Juan Urunuela

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 4 0 207 133 +74 8 Quarter-finals
2  Netherlands 4 3 1 278 145 +133 7
3  United States 4 2 2 229 165 +64 6
4  Spain 4 1 3 167 185 −18 5
5  Algeria 4 0 4 72 325 −253 4 9th/10th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
9:00
Algeria  25–74  China
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 6–23, 2–24, 4–8
Pts: Khemgani 13
Rebs: Zairi 7
Asts: Abdelali 3		 Pts: Zhang X. 20
Rebs: Lyu 6
Asts: Lin 10
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Alexandre Lapoint
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
11:15
Netherlands  68–58  United States
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–20, 16–16, 18–6
Pts: Beijer 28
Rebs: Beijer 12
Asts: Visser 12		 Pts: Zurbrugg 20
Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9
Asts: Ryan 12
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Juan Urunuela
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
17:00
United States  68–34  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 14–9, 21–11, 15–3
Pts: Hollermann 20
Rebs: Hollermann 11
Asts: Hollermann 8		 Pts: Lopez 11
Rebs: Lopez 8
Asts: Lopez 3
Ariake Arena
Referees: Maurizio Zamponi
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
China  45–38  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–15, 8–0, 19–14
Pts: Lin 17
Rebs: Zhang X. 15
Asts: Lin, Zhang X. 4		 Pts: Korver 12
Rebs: Beijer 7
Asts: Korver 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Helen Rosenberg
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
11:15
Netherlands  109–18  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 23–0, 34–12, 22–6, 30–0
Pts: Beijer 33
Rebs: Beijer 11
Asts: Kramer 11		 Pts: Khemgani 7
Rebs: Khemgani 6
Asts: Khedir, Khemgani 2
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hiroki Ono
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
17:00
Spain  29–46  China
Scoring by quarter: 6–16, 10–8, 7–12, 6–10
Pts: Alonso 9
Rebs: Montiel 8
Asts: Zudaire 4		 Pts: Lin, Huang 11
Rebs: Zhang X. 9
Asts: Lin 5
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 8
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
9:00
United States  41–42  China
Scoring by quarter: 12–2, 9–5, 6–14, 14–21
Pts: Zurbrugg 15
Rebs: Ryan 9
Asts: Hollermann 7		 Pts: Zhang X. 15
Rebs: Dai 10
Asts: Lin 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 830
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
11:15
Algeria  8–80  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 4–24, 0–23, 4–17, 0–16
Pts: Boublal 4
Rebs: Khemgani 6
Asts: Khemgani 3		 Pts: Alonso 20
Rebs: Alonso, Perez 10
Asts: Zudaire 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
9:00
Spain  24–63  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 4–10, 11–18, 2–12
Pts: Perez 5
Rebs: Lopez 7
Asts: six players 1		 Pts: Beijer 22
Rebs: Beijer, Kramer 9
Asts: Beijer 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Yap Poh Boon
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
17:00
Algeria  21–62  United States
Scoring by quarter: 0–18, 5–14, 9–18, 7–12
Pts: Boublal 10
Rebs: Abdelali 7
Asts: Khemgani 4		 Pts: Gonzalez 14
Rebs: Gonzalez 7
Asts: Ryan 7
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 810
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
31 August
 
 
 Germany57
 
2 September
 
 Spain33
 
 Germany42
 
31 August
 
 Netherlands52
 
 Netherlands82
 
4 September
 
 Japan24
 
 Netherlands50
 
31 August
 
 China31
 
 Canada48
 
2 September
 
 United States63
 
 United States36
 
31 August
 
 China41 Bronze medal match
 
 China47
 
4 September
 
 Great Britain33
 
 Germany51
 
 
 United States64
 

9th–10th classification playoff

31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
9:00
Australia  71–32  Algeria
Scoring by quarter: 27–8, 15–9, 17–7, 12–8
Pts: Merritt 27
Rebs: Merritt 8
Asts: Merritt 5		 Pts: Boublal 9
Rebs: Boublal, Zairi 6
Asts: Abdelali, Khemgani, Zairi 3
Ariake Arena
Referees: Ben Wood

Quarter-finals

31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
12:30
Canada  48–63  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 13–21, 9–12, 16–18
Pts: Young 11
Rebs: Dandeneau 13
Asts: Dandeneau, Young 6		 Pts: Hollermann 19
Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9
Asts: Ryan 13
Ariake Arena
Referees: Maurizio Zamponi
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
15:00
Germany  57–33  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 8–6, 19–5, 14–9
Pts: Lang 14
Rebs: Miller 10
Asts: Lang, Miller 7		 Pts: Perez 13
Rebs: Lopez 9
Asts: S. Ruiz 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Helen Rosenberg
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
18:15
China  47–33  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 13–9, 11–10, 9–9
Pts: Lin 13
Rebs: Lyu 14
Asts: Lin 10		 Pts: Freeman 10
Rebs: Freeman 10
Asts: Love 3
Ariake Arena
Referees: Adam Fronczak
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:45
Netherlands  82–24  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 18–6, 20–8, 16–4
Pts: Beijer 38
Rebs: Kramer 17
Asts: Kramer 9		 Pts: four players 4
Rebs: Kitada 6
Asts: Amimoto 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier

7th–8th classification playoff

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
15:00
Spain  43–62  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 13–11, 8–20, 14–9
Pts: Lopez 13
Rebs: Perez 9
Asts: Zudaire 4		 Pts: Conroy 22
Rebs: Freeman 6
Asts: Freeman 9
Ariake Arena
Referees: Yap Poh Boon

5th–6th classification playoff

3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
15:00
Canada  68–49  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 16–13, 19–14, 11–18
Pts: Lalonde 20
Rebs: Young 13
Asts: Young 8		 Pts: Kitada 20
Rebs: Kitada 8
Asts: Fujii 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

Semi-finals

2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
18:15
Germany  42–52  Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 13–10, 11–9, 6–17
Pts: Lang 18
Rebs: Lang 8
Asts: Lang 5		 Pts: Beijer 30
Rebs: Beijer 19
Asts: Visser 6
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 279
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
20:45
United States  36–41  China
Scoring by quarter: 9–6, 6–14, 8–7, 13–14
Pts: Hollermann 13
Rebs: Schneider 10
Asts: Hollermann, Ryan 5		 Pts: Zhang T. 13
Rebs: Lin, Lyu 8
Asts: Lin 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 279
Referees: Tomas Pajer

Bronze medal match

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
17:45
Germany  51–64  United States 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 12–11, 14–13, 12–20
Pts: Miller 26
Rebs: Lang 11
Asts: Miller 8		 Pts: Zurbrugg 22
Rebs: Hollermann 12
Asts: Hollermann 10
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 30
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido

Gold medal match

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04)
20:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands  50–31  China 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 12–2, 12–6, 17–11
Pts: Kramer 15
Rebs: Kramer 9
Asts: Kramer, Visser 5		 Pts: Lin 9
Rebs: Zhang X. 11
Asts: Zhang T. 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 30
Referees: Linas Radykas

Rankings

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4  Germany
5  Canada
6  Japan
7  Great Britain
8  Spain
9  Australia
10  Algeria

References

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