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

The men's tournament in wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics 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

| August September | 30 – 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Stage | Group stage | None | Quarter-finals Match 9/10 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals 5–8 | Final Bronze Match 5/6 Match 7/8 |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 372 | 259 | +113 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 331 | 302 | +29 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| United States | 5 | 3 | 2 | 330 | 259 | +71 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 322 | 292 | +30 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Italy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 260 | 309 | −49 | 6 | Eliminated |
| South Africa | 5 | 0 | 5 | 204 | 398 | −194 | 5 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head score differential: TUR: +6; USA: −1; ESP: −5
* 30 August 2012 10:45
* Report
| United States | 50–59 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–13, 20–11, 5–17 |||
| Pts: Chambers 17 Rebs: Chambers 9 Asts: Lade 4 | | Pts: Gezinci 15 Rebs: Gezinci 17 Asts: Gürbulak 15 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Chris Gregory (GBR)
* 30 August 2012 10:45
* Report
| Spain | 67–40 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–14, 14–8, 14–6 |||
| Pts: De Paz Pazo 18 Rebs: Garcia Moreno 11 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5 | | Pts: Raimondi, Cavagnini 8 Rebs: Cavagnini 7 Asts: Raimondi, Moukhariq 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)
* 30 August 2012 20:45
* Report
| Australia | 93–39 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9 |||
| Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 7 Asts: Eveson, Norris 5 | | Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 10 Asts: three players 2 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)
* 31 August 2012 15:15
* Report
| Italy | 51–77 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 20–24, 13–20, 8–20 |||
| Pts: Moukhariq 13 Rebs: Cavagnini 9 Asts: Raimondi 5 | | Pts: Nelms 24 Rebs: Hinze 7 Asts: Serio 6 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)
* 31 August 2012 15:15
* Report
| South Africa | 50–74 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 13–20, 9–19, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Jellows, Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 5 | | Pts: Zarzuela Beltrán 24 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: Muiño Gámez 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)
* 31 August 2012 18:30
* Report
| Turkey | 64–71 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–22, 16–16, 13–16 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak 20 Rebs: Gezinci 12 Asts: Dalay 7 | | Pts: Eveson, Knowles 17 Rebs: Ness 11 Asts: Norris 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)
* 1 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Turkey | 65–60 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 14–21, 11–10, 19–22 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak 17 Rebs: Gürbulak 14 Asts: Gürbulak 11 | | Pts: Cavagnini 25 Rebs: Cavagnini 15 Asts: Moukhariq 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Gustavo Mathias (BRA)
* 1 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| United States | 91–29 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–10, 25–4, 17–8, 19–7 |||
| Pts: Scott 21 Rebs: Hinze 11 Asts: Lade 5 | | Pts: Nortje 11 Rebs: Nortje 7 Asts: Papenfus 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mauro Retiz (MEX)
* 1 September 2012 20:45
* Report
| Australia | 75–59 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9 |||
| Pts: Norris 25 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8 Asts: Eveson 7 | | Pts: García Pereiro 23 Rebs: García Pereiro 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
* 2 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| South Africa | 32–61 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 2–12, 13–12, 5–24 |||
| Pts: Nortje 15 Rebs: Mbande 7 Asts: Mbande 3 | | Pts: Cavagnini 33 Rebs: Cavagnini 17 Asts: Moukhariq 7 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Eisuke Kanno (JPN)
* 2 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Australia | 65–49 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 14–8, 18–13, 20–16 |||
| Pts: Norris 16 Rebs: Eveson 16 Asts: Eveson 9 | | Pts: Turek, Nelms 8 Rebs: Jenifer, Scott 7 Asts: Serio 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)
* 2 September 2012 20:45
* Report
| Spain | 67–64 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 14–16, 21–13, 19–21 |||
| Pts: De Paz Pazo 19 Rebs: De Paz Pazo, Zarzuela Beltrán 7 Asts: de Paz Pazo 8 | | Pts: Gürbulak 18 Rebs: Gürbulak 9 Asts: Gürbulak 4 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Krunoslav Peić (CRO)
* 3 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Italy | 48–68 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–18, 17–24, 10–11 |||
| Pts: Cavagnini 16 Rebs: Pellegrini 12 Asts: Moukhariq 5 | | Pts: Stibners 17 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 6 Asts: Norris 5 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)
* 3 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Turkey | 79–54 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–18, 20–12, 25–14 |||
| Pts: Gezinci 21 Rebs: Gezinci 9 Asts: Gümüş 5 | | Pts: Nortje 24 Rebs: Nortje 9 Asts: Papenfus 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)
* 3 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| United States | 63–55 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 19–10, 16–15, 13–16 |||
| Pts: Nelms 21 Rebs: Jenifer 9 Asts: three players 5 | | Pts: Muiño Gámez 15 Rebs: Romero Martín 7 Asts: De Paz Pazo 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 362 | 280 | +82 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 339 | 303 | +36 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 365 | 301 | +64 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 327 | 341 | −14 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 273 | 330 | −57 | 6 | Eliminated |
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 334 | −111 | 5 | Eliminated |
* 30 August 2012 13:00
* Report
| Japan | 53–68 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 16 Rebs: Fujimoto 11 Asts: Kozai 5 | | Pts: Anderson 32 Rebs: Anderson 13 Asts: Peter, Anderson 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)
* 30 August 2012 15:15
* Report
| Colombia | 45–63 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 18–14, 8–14, 8–19 |||
| Pts: Sanz Londono 21 Rebs: Sanz Londono 8 Asts: Ipema 4 | | Pts: Filipski, Balcerowski 18 Rebs: Luszynski 12 Asts: Luszynski 12 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
* 30 August 2012 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 72–77 (OT) | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 17–13, 23–13, 16–19, Overtime: 6–11 |||
| Pts: Munn 21 Rebs: Munn 14 Asts: Bywater 9 | | Pts: Passiwan 26 Rebs: Bienek 11 Asts: Bienek 12 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)
* 31 August 2012 10:45
* Report
| Germany | 59–46 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 21–8, 9–15, 12–17 |||
| Pts: Wolk 13 Rebs: Passiwan 8 Asts: Passiwan 8 | | Pts: Hawkins 16 Rebs: Hawkins 19 Asts: Sanz Londono 7 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)
* 31 August 2012 10:45
* Report
| Poland | 78–53 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–10, 21–19, 14–14 |||
| Pts: Filipski 24 Rebs: Luszynski 17 Asts: Filipski 10 | | Pts: Fujimoto 18 Rebs: Fujimoto 9 Asts: Kozai 4 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)
* 31 August 2012 21:15
* Report
| Canada | 70–54 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 14–18, 18–7, 18–18 |||
| Pts: Anderson 29 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 14 | | Pts: Choudhry 11 Rebs: Highcock 7 Asts: Orogbemi 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
* 1 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Japan | 49–64 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 7–13, 13–11, 11–26 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 13 Rebs: Kozai 8 Asts: Kozai 7 | | Pts: Köhler 16 Rebs: Böhme 12 Asts: Bienek 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)
* 1 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 81–41 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 21–8, 18–11, 17–9 |||
| Pts: Bywater 21 Rebs: Sagar 11 Asts: Bywater 8 | | Pts: Sanz Londoño 14 Rebs: Hawkins 12 Asts: Leep Ipema, Chaparro 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Shu Fei Hsieh (TPE)
* 1 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Canada | 83–65 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 23–17, 18–12, 26–18 |||
| Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 9 Asts: Anderson 12 | | Pts: Filipski 20 Rebs: Łuszyński 7 Asts: Filipski, Łuszyński 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Phil Haines (AUS)
* 2 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Colombia | 49–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 11–13, 8–13, 16–15 |||
| Pts: Sanz Londoño 14 Rebs: Hawkins 17 Asts: Sanz Londoño, Chaparro 5 | | Pts: Fujimoto 27 Rebs: Fujimoto 14 Asts: Fujii, Kozai 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)
* 2 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Germany | 66–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 10–19, 19–17, 19–20 |||
| Pts: Passiwan 29 Rebs: Passiwan 8 Asts: Passiwan 8 | | Pts: Anderson 25 Rebs: Anderson 15 Asts: Anderson 12 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
* 2 September 2012 18:30
* Report
| Poland | 58–87 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 14–23, 19–25, 15–17 |||
| Pts: Balcerowski 11 Rebs: Filipski 7 Asts: Filipski 5 | | Pts: Bywater 22 Rebs: Sagar 8 Asts: Hall 6 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)
* 3 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Canada | 68–42 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 21–16, 13–4, 13–14 |||
| Pts: Durepos 18 Rebs: Johnson 6 Asts: Hedges 6 | | Pts: Hawkins 12 Rebs: Londoño 9 Asts: Chaparro 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)
* 3 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Japan | 55–71 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 10–21, 13–14, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 20 Rebs: Kozai, Fujimoto 5 Asts: Kozai 7 | | Pts: Bywater 19 Rebs: Munn 9 Asts: Bywater, Pollock 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
* 3 September 2012 20:45
* Report
| Germany | 73–63 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–22, 15–14, 29–12 |||
| Pts: Haller 17 Rebs: Bienek 10 Asts: Passiwan, Bienek 6 | | Pts: Filipski 27 Rebs: Luszynski 10 Asts: Luszynski 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

## Second round
### 11th/12th place match

* 5 September 2012 8:30
* Report
| South Africa | 36–83 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 7–19, 4–22, 14–24 |||
| Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 7 Asts: Nortje 4 | | Pts: Sanz Londoño 30 Rebs: Hawkins 16 Asts: Sanz Londoño 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)

### 9th/10th place match

* 5 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Italy | 60–64 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–18, 14–15, 15–11 |||
| Pts: Cavagnini 31 Rebs: Cavagnini 6 Asts: Raimondi 5 | | Pts: Masubuchi 14 Rebs: Fujimoto 10 Asts: Fujimoto 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

### Quarter-finals

* 5 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Germany | 46–57 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–11, 9–12, 9–20 |||
| Pts: Bienek 18 Rebs: Bienek 13 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: three players 10 Rebs: Turek 8 Asts: Schulte 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)
* 5 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Turkey | 70–75 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–16, 15–22, 25–21 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak 28 Rebs: Ercan 10 Asts: Gürbulak 9 | | Pts: Bywater 23 Rebs: Pollock 9 Asts: Bywater 13 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)
* 5 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Canada | 77–51 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–13, 14–16, 20–10 |||
| Pts: Anderson 16 Rebs: Anderson 14 Asts: Durepos, Anderson 6 | | Pts: García Moreno 16 Rebs: Zarzuela Beltrán 6 Asts: García Moreno 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)
* 5 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Australia | 76–53 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–17, 21–18, 16–7 |||
| Pts: Ness 26 Rebs: Norris, Ness 5 Asts: Eveson 6 | | Pts: Filipski 26 Rebs: Filipski 10 Asts: Filipski 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

## Classification round

| 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th/6th place match | 5th/6th place match |
| Poland | 66 |
| Germany | 81 | | |
| Germany | 81 | Germany | 48 |
| | | Spain | 67 |
| Turkey | 78 | Spain | 67 |
| Spain | 86 | | |
| Spain | 86 | 7th/8th place match | 7th/8th place match |
| | | Poland | 74 |
| | | Turkey | 76 |

### 5th–8th place semi-finals

* 7 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Poland | 66–81 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 16–24, 15–20, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Filipski 31 Rebs: Balcerowski 9 Asts: Luszynski 9 | | Pts: Passiwan 30 Rebs: Passiwan 10 Asts: Haller 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)
* 7 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Turkey | 78–86 (OT) | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 16–22, 12–12, 19–16, Overtime: 10–18 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak, Gümüş 24 Rebs: Gümüş 9 Asts: Gürbulak 9 | | Pts: De Paz Pazo 24 Rebs: De Paz Pazo 12 Asts: García Pereiro 10 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

### 7th/8th place match

* 8 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Poland | 74–76 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–22, 20–21, 19–21 |||
| Pts: Filipski 28 Rebs: Mosler 11 Asts: Filipski 15 | | Pts: Gümüş 30 Rebs: Gümüş 9 Asts: Gürbulak 13 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)

### 5th/6th place match

* 8 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Germany | 48–67 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 14–16, 12–18, 13–23 |||
| Pts: Bienek 14 Rebs: Bienek 5 Asts: Wolk 10 | | Pts: De Paz Pazo 17 Rebs: De Paz Pazo 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Christopher Gregory (GBR)

## Medal round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Australia | 76 | | |
| Poland | 53 | | |
| Poland | 53 | Australia | 72 |
| | | United States | 63 |
| Germany | 46 | United States | 63 |
| United States | 57 | | | | |
| United States | 57 | | | Australia | 58 |
| | | | | Canada | 64 |
| Turkey | 70 | | | Canada | 64 |
| Great Britain | 75 | | | | |
| Great Britain | 75 | Great Britain | 52 | | |
| | | Canada | 69 | Third place | Third place |
| Canada | 77 | Canada | 69 | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 51 | | | | |
| Spain | 51 | | | United States | 61 |
| | | | | Great Britain | 46 |

### Semi-finals

* 6 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Australia | 72–63 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 17–14, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 10 Asts: Norris 8 | | Pts: Chambers 12 Rebs: Lade, Waller 4 Asts: Serio, Schulte 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cris Salguero (ARG)
* 6 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Great Britain | 52–69 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 11–12, 10–24, 15–12 |||
| Pts: Orogbemi 14 Rebs: Bywater, Sagar 5 Asts: Pollock 5 | | Pts: Anderson 17 Rebs: Johnson 14 Asts: Anderson 11 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

### Bronze medal match

* 8 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| United States | 61–46 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 12–10, 10–13, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Serio 20 Rebs: Scott 8 Asts: Serio 8 | | Pts: Bywater 14 Rebs: Bywater 12 Asts: Orogbemi 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

### Gold medal match

* 8 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Australia | 58–64 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Norris 19 Rebs: Eveson 8 Asts: Eveson 5 | | Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

## Ranking

| Place | Team |
| | Canada |
| | Australia |
| | United States |
| 4. | Great Britain |
| 5. | Spain |
| 6. | Germany |
| 7. | Turkey |
| 8. | Poland |
| 9. | Japan |
| 10. | Italy |
| 11. | Colombia |
| 12. | South Africa |