The 2024 Summer Paralympics men's tournament in Paris began on 29 August and ended on 7 September 2024.[1][2][3] The matches were played at the Bercy Arena.[4] This was the fifteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.[4]
| Wheelchair basketball at the XVII Paralympic Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Bercy Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 29 August – 7 September 2024 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 96 from 8 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Eight teams were separated into two groups of four to determine the ranking for matches in the knockout stage of the competition. From there it was a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match.[1]
Competition schedule
edit| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | GM | Gold medal match |
Date Event
|
Thu 29 Aug |
Fri 30 Aug |
Sat 31 Aug |
Sun 1 Sep |
Mon 2 Sep |
Tue 3 Sep |
Wed 4 Sep |
Thu 5 Sep |
Fri 6 Sep |
Sat 7 Sep | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | 1/4 | 1/2 | B | GM | ||
Qualification
editThe top four nations earn sports for their Zones, the winners of the zonal championships will qualify for the Paralympics. Teams are invited to the repechage tournament if the team hasn't earned a quota based on their zonal place rankings via the World Championships. The host nation and the repechage host are also invited to this tournament if they haven't already qualified.[5][6]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 European Para Championships | 8–20 August 2023 |  Rotterdam |
2 |  Great Britain Spain
|
| 2023 Parapan American Games | 17–26 November 2023 |  Santiago |
1 |  United States
|
| 2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships | 12–20 January 2024 |  Bangkok |
1 |  Australia
|
| 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage | 12–15 April 2024 |  Antibes |
4 |  Canada France Germany Netherlands
|
| Total | 8 |
Squads
editPreliminary round
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 249 | 163 | +86 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Canada
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 208 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Germany
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 208 | −29 | 4 | |
| 4 | France (H)
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 240 | −58 | 3 |
Source: Paris 2024
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
29 August 2024
10:30 |
| Great Britain |
76–55 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 14–17, 20–17, 24–13 | ||
| Pts: Warburton 24 Rebs: Manning 10 Asts: Pratt 18 |
Pts: Güntner 19 Rebs: Halouski 9 Asts: Böhme 10 | |
30 August 2024
18:15 |
| France |
68–83 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 21–13, 13–22, 14–22 | ||
| Pts: Jouanserre 38 Rebs: Bayle, Jouanserre 6 Asts: Mehiaoui 6 |
Pts: Higgins 38 Rebs: Anderson 12 Asts: Anderson 13 | |
31 August 2024
12:45 |
| Canada |
58–88 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 19–21, 15–24, 10–14 | ||
| Pts: Higgins 14 Rebs: Gončin 6 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Pratt 20 Rebs: Manning 9 Asts: Warburton, Pratt 10 | |
31 August 2024
21:30 |
| Germany |
72–64 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 19–15, 14–17, 22–13 | ||
| Pts: Güntner 22 Rebs: Güntner 11 Asts: Böhme 8 |
Pts: Jouanserre 22 Rebs: Mehiaoui 8 Asts: Mehiaoui 10 | |
2 September 2024
16:00 |
| Germany |
52–68 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-16, 13-21, 18-27, 10-4 | ||
| Pts: Güntner, Böhme 17 Rebs: Güntner 11 Asts: Böhme 4 |
Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Gončin 9 Asts: Higgins 6 | |
2 September 2024
19:15 |
| France |
50–85 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-21, 14-16, 15-24, 8-24 | ||
| Pts: Carlier 10 Rebs: Carlier 8 Asts: Mehiaoui 7 |
Pts: Warburton 20 Rebs: Manning 9 Asts: Pratt 13 | |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 202 | 159 | +43 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Spain
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 192 | 179 | +13 | 5 | |
| 3 | Netherlands
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 153 | 183 | −30 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Australia
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 184 | 210 | −26 | 3 |
Source: Paris 2024
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
29 August 2024
16:00 |
| United States |
66–56 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 14–12, 14–11, 20–16 | ||
| Pts: Williams 22 Rebs: Serio 11 Asts: Serio 12 |
Pts: Ortega 17 Rebs: Sánchez, Lorenzo 8 Asts: Ortega 6 | |
29 August 2024
21:30 |
| Australia |
55–66 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 14–16, 10–16, 15–22 | ||
| Pts: Latham 16 Rebs: Latham 13 Asts: Norris, Knowles 5 |
Pts: Op den Orth 26 Rebs: Op den Orth 12 Asts: Zantinge 9 | |
30 August 2024
12:45 |
| Spain |
68–60 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–13, 19–5, 16–30 | ||
| Pts: A. Zarzuela 25 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 9 Asts: Ortega 9 |
Pts: Brown 22 Rebs: Knowles, Brown 6 Asts: Knowles 8 | |
31 August 2024
16:00 |
| Netherlands |
34–60 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–17, 15–12, 13–14, 2–17 | ||
| Pts: Op den Orth 26 Rebs: Op den Orth 9 Asts: Poggenwisch 10 |
Pts: Bell 18 Rebs: Bell 11 Asts: Serio 8 | |
1 September 2024
10:30 |
| Australia |
69–76 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 18–23, 18–23, 12–8 | ||
| Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 14 Rebs: Latham 9 Asts: Leard, Knowles 5 |
Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Bell, Fitzpatrick 5 Asts: Serio 9 | |
1 September 2024
18:15 |
| Netherlands |
53–68 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 13–21, 15–14, 7–19 | ||
| Pts: Bellers 22 Rebs: Bellers 11 Asts: Poggenwisch 7 |
Pts: Ortega 19 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 10 Asts: Ortega 7 | |
Knockout stage
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 3 September - 19:15 | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 84 | |||||||||
| 5 September - 16:00 | ||||||||||
| Australia | 64 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 71 | |||||||||
| 3 September - 13:45 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 43 | |||||||||
| Spain | 49 | |||||||||
| 7 September - 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 57 | |||||||||
| Great Britain | 69 | |||||||||
| 3 September - 16:00 | ||||||||||
| United States | 73 | |||||||||
| Canada | 79 | |||||||||
| 5 September - 21:30 | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | 67 | |||||||||
| Canada | 43 | |||||||||
| 3 September - 21:30 | ||||||||||
| United States | 80 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| United States | 82 | |||||||||
| 7 September - 16:00 | ||||||||||
| France | 47 | |||||||||
| Germany | 75 | |||||||||
| Canada | 62 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
edit3 September 2024
13:45 |
| Spain |
49–57 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 6–14, 20–17, 10–14 | ||
| Pts: Ortega 21 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 9 Asts: Ortega 5 |
Pts: Böhme 26 Rebs: Böhme 15 Asts: Böhme 7 | |
3 September 2024
16:00 |
| Canada |
79–67 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 26–10, 21–22, 14–16 | ||
| Pts: Anderson 20 Rebs: Anderson 20 Asts: Gončin 7 |
Pts: Op den Orth 18 Rebs: Poggenwisch 9 Asts: Poggenwisch 12 | |
3 September 2024
19:15 |
| Great Britain |
84–64 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 21-19, 18-16, 28-13 | ||
| Pts: Fox 26 Rebs: Manning 16 Asts: Pratt 18 |
Pts: Latham 20 Rebs: Latham 7 Asts: Knowles 5 | |
3 September 2024
21:30 |
| United States |
82–47 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-12, 17-15, 27-10, 14-10 | ||
| Pts: Williams 23 Rebs: Bell 14 Asts: Williams 10 |
Pts: Carlier 11 Rebs: Carlier 10 Asts: Ramonet 5 | |
Classification matches
edit- Classification qualifying
4 September 2024
10:30 |
| Spain |
74–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 18–22, 16–21, 16–19 | ||
| Pts: A. Zarzuela 16 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 8 Asts: P. Zarzuela, Ortega 10 |
Pts: Latham 33 Rebs: Latham 6 Asts: Norris, O'Neill-Thorne 8 | |
5 September 2024
18:15 |
| Netherlands |
72–63 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 19–22, 19–19, 14–16 | ||
| Pts: Op den Orth 23 Rebs: Poggenwisch 11 Asts: Poggenwisch 19 |
Pts: Jouenserre 21 Rebs: Carlier 10 Asts: Mehiaoui 13 | |
- 7th–8th classification match
6 September 2024
13:45 |
| Spain |
72–57 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 17–16, 22–13, 17–16 | ||
| Pts: Ortega 16 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 8 Asts: García 8 |
Pts: Ramonet 15 Rebs: Bayle 7 Asts: Mehiaoui 7 | |
- 5th–6th classification match
6 September 2024
19:15 |
| Netherlands |
75–82 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 18–25, 18–19, 19–16 | ||
| Pts: Op den Orth 22 Rebs: Op den Orth 13 Asts: Poggenwisch 12 |
Pts: Knowles 21 Rebs: Latham 8 Asts: Norris 8 | |
Semi-finals
edit5 September 2024
16:00 |
| Great Britain |
71–43 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-11, 18-13, 20-8, 23-11 | ||
| Pts: Warburton 35 Rebs: Manning 14 Asts: Pratt 14 |
Pts: Böhme 11 Rebs: Halouski 6 Asts: Böhme 6 | |
Bercy Arena, Paris
Attendance: 11,470 |
5 September 2024
21:30 |
| United States |
80–43 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 25–16, 19–7, 21–4 | ||
| Pts: Bell 31 Rebs: Bell 10 Asts: Williams 11 |
Pts: Anderson 16 Rebs: Anderson 6 Asts: Higgins 7 | |
Bronze medal match
edit7 September 2024
16:00 |
| Canada |
62–75 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 18–16, 13–20, 14–28 | ||
| Pts: Anderson 31 Rebs: Anderson 11 Asts: Anderson, Gončin 4 |
Pts: Böhme 36 Rebs: Güntner 10 Asts: three players 5 | |
Gold medal match
editRankings
edit| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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United States
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Great Britain
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Germany
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| 4 | Canada
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| 5 | Australia
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| 6 | Netherlands
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| 7 | Spain
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| 8 | France
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References
edit- ^ a b "Paris 2024: Competition schedule for wheelchair basketball announced". paralympic.org. 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Competition Schedule for Wheelchair Basketball at Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Revealed". iwbf.org. 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Wheelchair Basketball Competition Schedule" (PDF). iwbf.org. 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Wheelchair Basketball". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Qualification process for Paris 2024" (PDF). International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 28 April 2024.
- ^ "2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2023.
