# Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008. There will be two medals awarded in this event.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team details | Australia (AUS) Dylan Alcott Brendan Dowler Justin Eveson Michael Hartnett Adrian King Tristan Knowles Grant Mizens Brad Ness (captain) Shaun Norris Troy Sachs Tige Simmons Brett Stibners Coach: Ben Ettridge | Canada (CAN) Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff (captain) Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg Coach: Mike Frogley | Great Britain (GBR) Joseph Bestwick Andrew Blake Simon Brown Matthew Byrne Terence Bywater Peter Finbow Jonathan Hall Kevin Hayes Abdillah Jama Simon Munn Ade Orogbemi Jon Pollock (captain) Coach: Sinclair Richford Thomas |
| Women's team details | United States (USA) Sarah Castle Patty Cisneros (captain) Loraine Gonzales Carlee Hoffman Emily Hoskins Mary Allison Milford Rebecca Murray Alana Nichols Christina Ripp Jen Ruddell Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Coach: Ronald Lykins | Germany (GER) Alke Behrens Maren Butterbrodt Annette Kahl (captain) Britta Kautz Simone Kues Birgit Meitner Marina Mohnen Edina Anita Muller Nora Schratz Gesche Schunemann Nicole Seifert Annika Zeyen Coach: Holger Ingo Glinicki | Australia (AUS) Clare Burzynski Shelley Chaplin Cobi Crispin Melanie Domaschenz Kylie Gauci Melanie Hall Katie Hill Bridie Kean Tina McKenzie Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Sarah Stewart Liesl Tesch (captain) Coach: Gerry Hewson |
Source: Paralympic.org

## Classification

Classification is an important element that will ensure athletes can compete in a fair situation.
A certain committee will give athletes who can take part in this sport an eight-level-score specific to basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a larger disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

## Teams

There will be 12 male teams and 10 female teams taking part in this sport.

### Men's

| Team | Qualification |
| South Africa (RSA) | IWBF Africa Qualify Tournament |
| Australia (AUS) | IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament |
| Iran (IRI) | IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament |
| Japan (JPN) | IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament |
| Brazil (BRA) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| Canada (CAN) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| United States (USA) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| Germany (GER) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| Great Britain (GBR) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| Sweden (SWE) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| Israel (ISR) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| China (CHN) | Host nation |

### Women's

| Team | Qualification |
| Australia (AUS) | IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament |
| Japan (JPN) | IWBF Asian-Oceania Qualify Tournament |
| Brazil (BRA) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| Canada (CAN) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| United States (USA) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| Mexico (MEX) | 2007 Parapan American Games |
| Germany (GER) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| Great Britain (GBR) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| Netherlands (NED) | IWBF Europe Qualify Tournament |
| China (CHN) | Host nation |

## Competition format

Both men's and women's use the same format, team divided into 2 groups, 6 each for men's and 5 each for women's, with a single round robin tournament, then first four of each group compete for 1st-8th place with knock-out format, while last one for women's and last two for men's compete for 9th-10th or 9th-12th place.