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

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

Means of qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualified
Host Country Allocation1 Japan (JPN)
2018 World Championships5–10 August 2018Australia Sydney1 Australia (AUS)
2019 IWRF European Championship Division A[4]7–11 August 2019Denmark Vejle2 Denmark (DEN)
 Great Britain (GBR)
2019 Parapan American Games23 August – 1 September 2019Peru Lima1 United States (USA)
2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship[5]6–9 September 2019South Korea Gangneung1 New Zealand (NZL)
2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament2–9 March 2020Canada Richmond2 Canada (CAN)
 France (FRA)
Total8

Schedule

GGroup stage CClassification rounds ½Semi-finals BBronze-medal match FFinal
Date
Event
Wed
25 Aug
Thurs
26 Aug
Fri
27 Aug
Sat
28 Aug
Sun
29 Aug
Mixed teamGGGC
(5th/6th)
(7th/8th)
½BF

Medalists

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
Charles Melton
Eric Newby
Kory Puderbaugh
Adam Scaturro
Joshua 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

Group A

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 5354 Denmark

Japan 5351 France

Japan 60–51 Denmark
Australia 50–48 France

France 5250 Denmark
Australia 5357 Japan

Group B

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 6335 New Zealand
Canada 47–50 Great Britain

United States 58–54 Canada

New Zealand 36-51 Canada

Knockout stage

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

Seventh place Match

Denmark 5653 New Zealand

Fifth place Match

France 49–57 Canada

Semi finals

Japan 49-55 Great Britain

Bronze-medal match

Japan 60-52 Australia

Gold-medal match

References

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