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Wheelchair rugby at the XVI Paralympic Games
Wheelchair rugby pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Venue	Yoyogi National Stadium
Dates	25–29 August 2021
Competitors	96 from 8 nations
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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.

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 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	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	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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Medal round bracket

	Semifinals				Gold-medal match
	28 August
	Japan	49
					29 August
	Great Britain	55
					Great Britain	54
	28 August
					United States	49
	United States	49
	Australia	42
					Bronze medal
					29 August
					Japan	60
					Australia	52

Classification round

Seventh place Match

Denmark	56–53	New Zealand

Fifth place Match

France	49–57	Canada

Semi finals

United States	49–42	Australia

Japan	49–55	Great Britain

Bronze-medal match

Japan	60–52	Australia

Gold-medal match

United States	49–54	Great Britain

References

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.

External links

• International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF)
• Results book Archived 2021-08-31 at the Wayback Machine

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