Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament explained

Event:Men's wheelchair basketball
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:Basketball Arena,
North Greenwich Arena
Dates:30 August – 8 September 2012
Competitors:12 teams
Nations:12
Gold: (3rd title)
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The men's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held from 30 August to 8 September. Competitions were held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which seated 10,000 spectators, and North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena renamed to through the Games because of a no-commercialisation policy on arena names).

44 matches were played, 30 in the preliminary round, and 14 in the classification and medal rounds.

Canada beat defending champions Australia in the final, while United States beat Great Britain in the match for the bronze medal.

Calendar

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Match 9/10
Semi-finalsSemi-finals 5–8Final
Bronze
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Match 7/8

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Second round

11th/12th place match

9th/10th place match

Quarter-finals

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Classification round

5th–8th place semi-finals

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7th/8th place match

5th/6th place match

Medal round

Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Ranking

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See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-09-03 . 2011-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111011040805/http://www.london2012.com/wheelchair-basketball . dead .