Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

Wheelchair basketball – Women at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Venue	Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Dates	7 September – 15 September
Competitors	120 from 10 nations
Medalists
United States (USA)  Germany (GER)  Australia (AUS)
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Calendar

September	7 / 8 / 9 10 / 11	12	13	14	15
Phase	Preliminary Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Classification 5-8 Placement 9-10	Placement 5-6 & 7-8 Gold Medal Match Bronze Medal Match

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	United States (Q)	4	4	0	227	149	+78	8
2	Germany (Q)	4	3	1	214	174	+40	7
3	Australia (Q)	4	2	2	223	185	+38	6
4	Great Britain (Q)	4	1	3	166	194	−28	5
5	Brazil	4	0	4	129	257	−128	4

Source: Paralympic.org^[1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local

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7 September 2008 10:00

Australia	59–30	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 24-2, 6-11, 18-4, 11-13
Pts: Cobi Crispin 16 Rebs: Cobi Crispin 8 Asts: Liesl Tesch 4		Pts: Sally Wager, Clare Strange 5 Rebs: Helen Freeman 7 Asts: Helen Freeman, Clare Strange 3

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 2140 Referees: Bill Kuerzi (USA)

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7 September 2008 15:30

Germany	62–32	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17-6, 17-6, 16-8, 12-12
Pts: Marina Mohnen 23 Rebs: Maren Butterbrodt 10 Asts: Nicole Seifert 4		Pts: Jucilene Moraes 11 Rebs: Cleonete Reis 11 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 7

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 2443 Referees: Edwin Frank Wallaart (NED)

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8 September 2008 13:30

Brazil

30–66

Australia

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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8 September 2008 16:15

United States

42–38

Germany

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 15:30

Australia

42–61

United States

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 17:45

Great Britain

61–29

Brazil

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 12:15

United States

56–31

Great Britain

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 18:30

Germany

64–56

Australia

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 09:00

Brazil	38–68	United States
Scoring by quarter: 6-20, 13-18, 9-13, 10-17
Pts: Jucilene Moraes 16 Rebs: Lia Soares Martins 11 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 5		Pts: Jen Ruddell 16 Rebs: Loraine Gonzales 10 Asts: Christina Ripp 5

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7684 Referees: Ziv Radomsky (ISR)

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11 September 2008 11:15

Great Britain	44–50	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 8-11, 14-12, 8-15, 14-12
Pts: Clare Strange 12 Rebs: Sally Wager, Helen Turner 7 Asts: Clare Strange, Ann Wild 3		Pts: Marina Mohnen 16 Rebs: Marina Mohnen 10 Asts: Maren Butterbrodt 3

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 7684 Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Japan (Q)	4	4	0	221	181	+40	8
2	Canada (Q)	4	3	1	244	169	+75	7
3	Netherlands (Q)	4	2	2	191	205	−14	6
4	China (Q)	4	1	3	178	199	−21	5
5	Mexico	4	0	4	155	235	−80	4

Source: Paralympic.org^[1]
(Q) Qualified for quarterfinals

Note: All times are local

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7 September 2008 12:15

Netherlands	59–46	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 11-15, 12-8, 18-12
Pts: Elsbeth van Oostrom 21 Rebs: Elsbeth van Oostrom 12 Asts: Carina Versloot 4		Pts: D. L Vazques 21 Rebs: D. L Vazques 17 Asts: Claudia Magali Miranda 3

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 2140 Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (AUS)

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7 September 2008 17:45

China

46–49

Japan

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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8 September 2008 09:00

Japan

52–34

Mexico

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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8 September 2008 11:15

Canada

59–32

Netherlands

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 13:30

Mexico

37–53

China

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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9 September 2008 16:15

Japan

55–52

Canada

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 10:00

Netherlands

49–65

Japan

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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10 September 2008 16:15

Canada

62–44

China

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 15:30

Mexico	38–71	Canada
Pts: Janet Mclachlan

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing

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11 September 2008 17:45

China	35–51	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 10-12, 8-17, 9-12, 8-10
Pts: Qiuping Cao 8 Rebs: Yongqing Fu 11 Asts: Mihuan Liu 3		Pts: Elsbeth van Oostrom 23 Rebs: Inge Huitzing 11 Asts: Roos Oosterbaan 3 & Cher Korver 3

USTB Gymnasium, Beijing Attendance: 1567 Referees: Rui David Marques (BRA)

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Medal Round

Quarterfinals (12 September 2008)

Semifinals (13 September 2008)

Gold medal game (15 September 2008)

A1

United States

75

B4

China

31

A1

United States

60

A3

Australia

47

B2

Canada

49

A3

Australia

53

A1

United States

50

A2

Germany

38

A2

Germany

43

B3

Netherlands

28

A2

Germany

60

Bronze medal game

B1

Japan

40

B1

Japan

45

A3

Australia

53

A4

Great Britain

38

B1

Japan

47

Source: Paralympic.org ^[1]

Quarterfinals

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12 September 2008 13:30

United States	75–31	China
Scoring by quarter: 24-6, 18-6, 18-11, 15-8

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 8854 Referees: Charles David Saunders (RSA)

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12 September 2008 21:15

Canada	49–53	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 10-14, 17-14, 10-12, 12-13

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12215 Referees: Juan Manuel Urunuela (ESP)

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12 September 2008 19:00

Germany	43–28	Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 4-4, 17-13, 12-11, 10-0

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12215 Referees: Matias Quintana (ARG)

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12 September 2008 16:45

Japan	45–38	Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 9-10, 5-10, 12-6, 19-12

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12215 Referees: Matthew Brian Wells (AUS)

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Semifinals

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13 September 2008 19:00

United States	60–47	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12-15, 12-7, 14-18, 22-7

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Andre Bosveld (NED)

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13 September 2008 21:15

Germany	60–40	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14-12, 12-10, 8-12, 26-6

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Rui David Marques (BRA)

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Bronze medal game

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15 September 2008 19:00

Australia	53–47	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17-10, 14-13, 12-13, 10-11

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Rui David Marques (BRA)

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Gold medal game

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15 September 2008 21:30

United States	50–38	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 9-12, 14-4, 16-13, 11-9

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN)

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Classification 5-8

	Classification round				Fifth place
	14 September 2008
	China	46
					15 September 2008
	Canada	53
					Canada	61
	14 September 2008
					Netherlands	32
	Netherlands	46
	Great Britain	39
					Third place
					15 September 2008
					China	57
					Great Britain	38

Source: Paralympic.org ^[1]

Classification

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14 September 2008 09:00

China

46–53

Canada

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

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14 September 2008 11:15

Netherlands

46–39

Australia

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Adrianos Pavlopoulos (GRE)

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Seventh place

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15 September 2008 13:30

China

57–38

Great Britain

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)

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Fifth place

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15 September 2008 15:45

Canada

61–32

Netherlands

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Ziv Radomsky (ISR)

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Classification 9-10

14 September 2008 13:30

Brazil	44–54	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 12-16, 11-8, 12-18, 9-12
Pts: Jucilene Moraes 13 Rebs: Lia Soares Martins 10 Asts: Jucilene Moraes 9		Pts: D. L Vazquez 29 Rebs: D. L Vazquez 9 Asts: D. L Vazquez 7

National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 12000 Referees: Seppo Olavi Viljanen (CZE)

Source: Paralympic.org ^[1]

Ranking

Place	Team
	United States
	Germany
	Australia
4.	Japan
5.	Canada
6.	Netherlands
7.	China
8.	Great Britain
9.	Mexico
10.	Brazil

References

1. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-10-30.

• "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair Basketball: Women". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-30.