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Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The Wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was the seventh edition of Wheelchair rugby as a Paralympic sport since its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. The competition was hosted at the Yoyogi National Stadium and was held from 25 to 29 August 2021.[1][2][3]

Wheelchair rugby
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair rugby pictogram of the
2020 Summer Paralympics
VenueYoyogi National Stadium
Dates25–29 August 2021
Competitors96 from 8 nations
←2016
2024→

Eight teams competed in the competition which included the debutant of Denmark at the Paralympics. The eight teams were separated into two groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two played off in the fifth and seventh place match respectively. The remaining four teams then played-off in two semi-finals with the winners going through to the gold medal play-off while the losers met in the bronze-medal match.

Great Britain won the gold medal, the first European team ever to do so, with a 54–49 victory over the United States. It was also Great Britain's first medal in the sport at the seventh attempt. Hosts Japan won bronze with victory over Australia.

Qualification

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Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host Country Allocation — — 1   Japan (JPN)
2018 World Championships 5–10 August 2018   Sydney 1   Australia (AUS)
2019 IWRF European Championship Division A[4] 7–11 August 2019   Vejle 2   Denmark (DEN)
  Great Britain (GBR)
2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019   Lima 1   United States (USA)
2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship[5] 6–9 September 2019   Gangneung 1   New Zealand (NZL)
2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament 2–9 March 2020   Richmond 2   Canada (CAN)
  France (FRA)
Total 8

Schedule

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G Group stage C Classification rounds ½ Semi-finals B Bronze-medal match F Final
Date
Event
 Wed
25 Aug		 Thurs
26 Aug		 Fri
27 Aug		 Sat
28 Aug		 Sun
29 Aug
Mixed team G G G C
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)		 ½ B F

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed   Great Britain
Ayaz Bhuta
Jonathan Coggan
Ryan Cowling
Nicholas Cummins
Kylie Grimes
Aaron Phipps
Jim Roberts
Stuart Robinson
Chris Ryan
Jack Smith
Jamie Stead
Gavin Walker 		  United States
Chuck Aoki
Jeff Butler
Chad Cohn
Joseph Delagrave
Lee Fredette
Ray Hennagir
Joe Jackson
Chuck Melton
Eric Newby
Kory Puderbaugh
Adam Scaturro
Josh Wheeler 		  Japan
Masayuki Haga
Yuki Hasegawa
Katsuya Hashimoto
Yukinobu Ike
Daisuke Ikezaki
Tomoaki Imai
Kae Kurahashi
Shunya Nakamachi
Seiya Norimatsu
Hitoshi Ogawa
Shinichi Shimakawa
Hidefumi Wakayama

Tournament

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 170 155 15 6 Semi-finals
2   Australia 3 1 0 2 156 159 −3 2
3   France 3 1 0 2 151 153 −2 2 Fifth place Match
4   Denmark 3 1 0 2 155 165 −10 2 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts
Australia  53–54  Denmark
Japan  53–51  France
Japan  60–51  Denmark
Australia  50–48  France
France  52–50  Denmark
Australia  53–57  Japan

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 0 171 137 34 6 Semi-finals
2   Great Britain 3 2 0 1 158 134 24 4
3   Canada 3 1 0 2 152 144 8 2 Fifth place Match
4   New Zealand 3 0 0 3 108 174 −66 0 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
United States  63–35  New Zealand
Canada  47–50  Great Britain
United States  58–54  Canada
New Zealand  37–60  Great Britain
United States  50–48  Great Britain
New Zealand  36–51  Canada

Knockout stage

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Medal round bracket
 
SemifinalsGold-medal match
 
      
 
28 August
 
 
  Japan49
 
29 August
 
  Great Britain55
 
  Great Britain54
 
28 August
 
  United States49
 
  United States49
 
 
  Australia42
 
Bronze medal
 
 
29 August
 
 
  Japan60
 
 
  Australia52

Classification round

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Seventh place Match

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Denmark  56–53  New Zealand

Fifth place Match

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France  49–57  Canada

Semi finals

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United States  49–42  Australia



Japan  49–55  Great Britain


Bronze-medal match

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Japan  60–52  Australia


Gold-medal match

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United States  49–54  Great Britain


References

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  1. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 13 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Day five preview of IWRF European Championships". International Wheelchair Rugby Federation. 10 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Australia turn tables on Japan to win gold at IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship". insidethegames. 8 September 2019.
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