# Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held from 8 to 17 September at Carioca Arena 1 and the Rio Olympic Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

## Competition format

In the men's tournament, twelve qualified nations are drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams, where each team meets the other teams once. The four highest placed teams in each group advance to a knock-out round to decide the medals 4th to 8th places. The fifth-placed teams meet each other over the 9th and 10th places, and the sixth-placed teams meet each other over the 11th and 12th places.
In the women's tournament, ten qualified nations are drawn into two groups, each consisting of five teams, where each team meets the other teams once, just like the men's tournament. The four highest placed teams in each group advance to a knock-out round to decide the medals and 4th to 8th places. The fifth-placed teams meet each other over the 9th and 10th places.

## Athlete classification

Athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 1.0 to 4.5. Lower scores represented a higher degree of disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

## Teams

A National Paralympic Committee may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. The Brazil wheelchair basketball teams receive automatic qualification as hosts. Each of the four zones – Africa, Americas, Asia/Oceania and Europe – is allocated a place. In addition, the top seven men's teams at the 2014 Incheon World Wheelchair Basketball Championship, and the top five women's teams at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship on earned a place for their zone. The former event was held on 1–12 July 2014, the latter on 19–29 June 2014. The top seven teams at the men's competition were Australia, United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Korea and Great Britain. The top five teams at the women's competition were Canada, Germany, Netherlands, United States and Great Britain.

### Men

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| 2015 IWBF Africa Championship | 30 October – 8 November 2015 | Algiers | 1 | Algeria |
| 2015 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship | 7 – 18 October 2015 | Chiba | 3 | Australia Iran Japan |
| 2015 Parapan American Games | 7 – 15 August 2015 | Toronto | 2 | United States Canada |
| 2015 IWBF Men's European Championship | 28 August – 6 September 2015 | Worcester | 5 | Germany Great Britain Turkey Netherlands Spain |
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | | | 12 | |

### Women

| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| 2015 IWBF Africa Championship | 30 October – 8 November 2015 | Algiers | 1 | Algeria |
| 2015 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championship | 7 – 18 October 2015 | Chiba | 1 | China |
| 2015 Parapan American Games | 7 – 15 August 2015 | Toronto | 3 | United States Canada Argentina |
| 2015 IWBF European Championship | 28 August – 6 September 2015 | Worcester | 4 | France Netherlands Germany Great Britain |
| Host nation | 2 October 2009 | Copenhagen | 1 | Brazil |
| Total | | | 10 | |

## Competition schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| DateEvent | Thu 8 Sep | Fri 9 Sep | Sat 10 Sep | Sun 11 Sep | Mon 12 Sep | Tue 13 Sep | Wed 14 Sep | Thu 15 Sep | Fri 16 Sep | Fri 16 Sep | Sat 17 Sep | Sat 17 Sep |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | | 1/4 | 1/2 | | | B | F |
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | 1/4 | | 1/2 | B | GM |

## Men's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of six countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 341 | 265 | +76 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Turkey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 327 | 272 | +55 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 342 | 293 | +49 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 264 | 294 | −30 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 278 | 300 | −22 | 6 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 222 | 350 | −128 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Spain 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, +1 PD; Japan 3 pts, −9 PD

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 402 | 206 | +196 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 364 | 263 | +101 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Brazil (H) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 309 | 314 | −5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 337 | 314 | +23 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 295 | 361 | −66 | 7 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 187 | 436 | −249 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Brazil 3 pts, +11 PD; Germany 3 pts, +6 PD; Iran 3 pts, −17 PD

### Knockout stage

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | |
| Spain | 70 | | | |
| Spain | 70 | 15 September | 15 September | | |
| Germany | 66 | 15 September | 15 September | |
| Germany | 66 | Spain | 69 | |
| 14 September | 14 September | | Spain | 69 | |
| 14 September | 14 September | Great Britain | 63 | |
| Great Britain | 74 | Great Britain | 63 | |
| Great Britain | 74 | | | | 17 September | 17 September |
| Australia | 51 | | | | 17 September | 17 September |
| Australia | 51 | | | | Spain | 52 |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | | | Spain | 52 |
| 14 September | 14 September | | | | United States | 68 |
| Turkey | 65 | | | | United States | 68 |
| Turkey | 65 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| Brazil | 49 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| Brazil | 49 | Turkey | 54 | | | |
| 14 September | 14 September | | Turkey | 54 | | | |
| 14 September | 14 September | United States | 74 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 70 | United States | 74 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 70 | | | | 17 September | 17 September |
| Netherlands | 37 | | | | 17 September | 17 September |
| Netherlands | 37 | | | | Great Britain | 82 |
| | | | | | Turkey | 76 |

## Women's competition

The competition consisted of two stages; a group stage followed by a knockout stage.

### Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of five countries, playing every team in their group once. Two points were awarded for a victory, one for a loss. The top four teams per group qualified for the quarter-finals.

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 248 | 156 | +92 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 140 | +88 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 252 | 181 | +71 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 196 | 241 | −45 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 296 | −209 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Germany 3 pts, +9 PD; Great Britain 3 pts, −2 PD; Canada 3 pts, −7 PD

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 4 | 4 | 0 | 288 | 138 | +150 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 300 | 148 | +152 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 187 | +25 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | France | 4 | 1 | 3 | 178 | 266 | −88 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 332 | −239 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |

### Knockout stage

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament consisting of three rounds. Semi-final losers played for the bronze medal.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 13 September | 13 September | | | |
| Germany | 76 | | | |
| Germany | 76 | 15 September | 15 September | | |
| France | 28 | 15 September | 15 September | |
| France | 28 | Germany | 55 | |
| 13 September | 13 September | | Germany | 55 | |
| 13 September | 13 September | Netherlands | 45 | |
| Netherlands | 78 | Netherlands | 45 | |
| Netherlands | 78 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Canada | 60 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Canada | 60 | | | | Germany | 45 |
| 13 September | 13 September | | | | | Germany | 45 |
| 13 September | 13 September | | | | United States | 62 |
| Great Britain | 57 | | | | United States | 62 |
| Great Britain | 57 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| China | 38 | 15 September | 15 September | | | |
| China | 38 | Great Britain | 78 | | | |
| 13 September | 13 September | | Great Britain | 78 | | | |
| 13 September | 13 September | United States | 89 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 66 | United States | 89 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| United States | 66 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Brazil | 35 | | | | 16 September | 16 September |
| Brazil | 35 | | | | Netherlands | 76 |
| | | | | | Great Britain | 34 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team details | United States (USA) | Spain (ESP) | Great Britain (GBR) |
| Women's team details | United States (USA) | Germany (GER) | Netherlands (NED) |