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

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.

Wheelchair basketball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Ariake Arena Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates	25 August – 4 September 2021
Competitors	120 from 10 nations
Medalists
Netherlands  China  United States
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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

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Quarter-finals

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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	Rotterdam	4	Netherlands  Great Britain  Germany  Spain
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August – 1 September 2019	Lima	2	Canada[3]  United States[4]
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[5]	29 November – 7 December 2019	Pattaya	2	Australia  China
2020 African Zonal Championships	1–7 March 2020	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

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25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 14:45

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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

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25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 17:00

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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

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26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 9:00

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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

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26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 11:15

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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

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27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 9:00

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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

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27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 20:30

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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

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28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 17:00

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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

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28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 20:30

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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

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 11:15

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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

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 20:30

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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.

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25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 9:00

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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

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25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 11:15

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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

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26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 17:00

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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

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26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 20:30

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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

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27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 11:15

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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

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27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 17:00

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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

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28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 9:00

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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

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28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 11:15

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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

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 9:00

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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

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29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 17:00

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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-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	31 August
	Germany	57
					2 September
	Spain	33
					Germany	42
	31 August
					Netherlands	52
	Netherlands	82
									4 September
	Japan	24
									Netherlands	50
	31 August
									China	31
	Canada	48
					2 September
	United States	63
					United States	36
	31 August
					China	41			Bronze medal match
	China	47
									4 September
	Great Britain	33
									Germany	51
									United States	64

9th–10th classification playoff

31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 9:00

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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

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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

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31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 15:00

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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

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31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 18:15

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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

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31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 20:45

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 20:45

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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

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Germany	51–64	United States
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

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Netherlands	50–31	China
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
	Netherlands
	China
	United States
4	Germany
5	Canada
6	Japan
7	Great Britain
8	Spain
9	Australia
10	Algeria

References

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4. "US Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Semifinal in Lima, Earning Spot at 2020 Paralympics". United States Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2019.
5. "China women make it a clean sweep at 2019 Asia Oceania Championships". iwbf.org. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation. 9 December 2019.