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

Event:Women's wheelchair basketball
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:Basketball Arena,
North Greenwich Arena
Dates:30 August – 7 September 2012
Competitors:10 teams
Nations:10
Gold: (3rd title)
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The women's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] was held from 30 August to 7 September. Competitions were held at the newly built Basketball Arena, which seated 10,000 spectators, and North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena renamed during the Games because of a no-commercialisation policy on arena names).

33 matches were played, 20 in the preliminary round, and 13 in the classification and medal rounds.

Germany beat Australia in the final, while the Netherlands beat defending champions United States in the match for the bronze medal.

Calendar

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StageGroup stageQuarter-finals
Match 9/10
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Semi-finals 5–8
Final
Bronze
Match 5/6
Match 7/8

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Second round

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 .