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

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

| August September | 30 – 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Stage | Group stage | Quarter-finals Match 9/10 | None | 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 211 | 180 | +31 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 236 | 194 | +42 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 248 | 231 | +17 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 151 | 217 | −66 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| Brazil | 4 | 0 | 4 | 190 | 214 | −24 | 4 | Eliminated |
* 1 2 3 head-to-head score differential: AUS: +2; NED: +2; CAN: −4
* 1 2 Netherlands and Australia have the same score difference but Australia won the match from the Netherlands (58–49)
* 30 August 2012 13:00
* Report
| Netherlands | 62–35 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 12–6, 18–10, 24–11 |||
| Pts: Bejer 26 Rebs: Bejer 19 Asts: Huitzing 9 | | Pts: Conroy 15 Rebs: Freeman 12 Asts: Freeman 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)
* 30 August 2012 18:30
* Report
| Australia | 52–50 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–13, 14–12, 13–13 |||
| Pts: Crispin 18 Rebs: Merritt 10 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Soares Martins 27 Rebs: Soares Martins 14 Asts: Guimarrães da Costa 12 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Linas Radykas (LTU)
* 31 August 2012 13:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 24–51 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–11, 6–14, 3–14, 10–12 |||
| Pts: Hamer 8 Rebs: Strange 7 Asts: three players 2 | | Pts: Merritt 10 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Gauci 4 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)
* 31 August 2012 19:00
* Report
| Canada | 59–70 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–25, 17–9, 16–19, 16–17 |||
| Pts: McLachlan 26 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Harnock, Ferguson 5 | | Pts: Bejer 34 Rebs: Bejer 14 Asts: Huitzing 11 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Adam Fronczak (POL)
* 1 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Brazil | 37–42 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–9, 16–10, 10–8, 6–15 |||
| Pts: Guimarães da Costa 16 Rebs: De Nazaré Santos 11 Asts: Guimarães da Costa 3 | | Pts: Conroy 18 Rebs: Freeman 8 Asts: Freeman 11 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)
* 1 September 2012 18:30
* Report
| Australia | 50–57 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 8–10, 10–14 |||
| Pts: Merritt 16 Rebs: Crispin 15 Asts: Chaplin 7 | | Pts: McLachlan 28 Rebs: McLachlan 21 Asts: Ouellet 9 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)
* 2 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Canada | 65–61 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 14–10, 16–16, 18–12 |||
| Pts: McLachlan 36 Rebs: Ouellet 8 Asts: McLachlan 23 | | Pts: Soares Martins 26 Rebs: Soares Martins 11 Asts: Guimarães da Costa 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)
* 2 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Netherlands | 49–58 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 8–12, 9–10, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Huitzing 14 Rebs: Huitzing 8 Asts: Huitzing 7 | | Pts: Merritt 19 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Chaplin 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Darrell Hargreaves (USA)
* 3 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 50–67 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 9–20, 11–21, 14–12 |||
| Pts: Freeman 18 Rebs: Freeman, Conroy 7 Asts: Freeman 5 | | Pts: Harnock 20 Rebs: McLachlan 15 Asts: Ouellet, Ferguson 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
* 3 September 2012 18:30
* Report
| Brazil | 42–55 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 12–9, 10–20, 8–7 |||
| Pts: Soares Martins 28 Rebs: Soares Martins 14 Asts: Guimarães da Costa 6 | | Pts: Beijer 27 Rebs: Beijer 12 Asts: Huitzing 7 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Eisuke Kano (JPN)

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 254 | 158 | +96 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| United States | 4 | 3 | 1 | 246 | 176 | +70 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 240 | 204 | +36 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 230 | −73 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| France | 4 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 261 | −129 | 4 | Eliminated |
* 30 August 2012 15:15
* Report
| United States | 63–24 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 21–4, 14–10, 8–6 |||
| Pts: Murray 23 Rebs: Nichols 6 Asts: Nichols 5 | | Pts: Quemener-Pichon 7 Rebs: Belz 9 Asts: Glemp-Etavard, Mathias 2 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Carsten Rehling (GER)
* 30 August 2012 21:15
* Report
| Mexico | 46–53 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 9–11, 11–13, 5–18 |||
| Pts: Estrada Bernal 18 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 14 Asts: Estrada Bernal 4 | | Pts: Cheng 19 Rebs: Cheng 13 Asts: Zhang 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Ian Pursglove (GBR)
* 31 August 2012 13:00
* Report
| Germany | 54–48 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–6, 10–13, 21–12 |||
| Pts: Mohnen 15 Rebs: Mohnen 10 Asts: Mohnen 7 | | Pts: Schneider, Miller 12 Rebs: Schneider 8 Asts: Murray 7 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
* 31 August 2012 20:45
* Report
| China | 72–34 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–6, 20–8, 13–12, 18–8 |||
| Pts: Cheng 20 Rebs: Cheng 10 Asts: Long 6 | | Pts: Saint-Omer-Delépine 13 Rebs: Saint-Omer-Delépine 6 Asts: Glemp-Etavard 4 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Darrell Hargreaves (USA)
* 1 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| United States | 67–33 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–9, 10–9, 14–6, 21–9 |||
| Pts: Murray 22 Rebs: Murray 7 Asts: Murray 6 | | Pts: Estrada Bernal 10 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 10 Asts: Estrada Bernal 4 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Eisuke Kanno (JPN)
* 1 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| France | 32–76 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 8–15, 5–19, 5–22 |||
| Pts: Quemener-Pichon 12 Rebs: Saint-Omer Delépine 12 Asts: Ménard 3 | | Pts: Mohnen 23 Rebs: Friedrich 6 Asts: Zeyen 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Stacy Gomm (RSA)
* 2 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Germany | 56–50 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 17–7, 20–11, 6–15 |||
| Pts: Schünemann 23 Rebs: Schünemann 12 Asts: Schünemann 6 | | Pts: Long 16 Rebs: Cheng 7 Asts: Long, Peng 4 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Linas Radykas (LTU)
* 2 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Mexico | 50–42 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 13–8, 11–6, 13–16 |||
| Pts: Vázquez Delgadillo 18 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 13 Asts: Pérez Pacheco 8 | | Pts: Quemener-Pichon 22 Rebs: Saint-Omer-Delépine 8 Asts: Glemp-Etavard 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)
* 3 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Mexico | 28–68 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–10, 14–24, 5–19, 4–15 |||
| Pts: Estrada Bernal 12 Rebs: Pérez Pacheco 3 Asts: Estrada Bernal 10 | | Pts: Adermann 18 Rebs: Adermann 10 Asts: Müller 6 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Shu Fei Hsieh (TPE)
* 3 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| China | 65–68 (OT) | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 11–12, 18–12, 15–26, Overtime: 4–7 |||
| Pts: Cheng 22 Rebs: Fu 13 Asts: Long 5 | | Pts: Murray 30 Rebs: Murray 14 Asts: Murray 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)

## Second round
### 9th/10th place match

* 4 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Brazil | 59–35 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 14–4, 15–8, 13–13 |||
| Pts: Soares Martins 45 Rebs: Guimarães Da Costa 13 Asts: Soares Martins 10 | | Pts: Belz, Quemener-Pichon 8 Rebs: Saint-Omer-Delépine 10 Asts: Saint-Omer-Delépine 4 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

### Quarter-finals

* 4 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Australia | 62–37 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 23–10, 6–9, 12–8 |||
| Pts: Merritt 14 Rebs: Kean 5 Asts: Gauci 7 | | Pts: Estrada Bernal 11 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 16 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)
* 4 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Netherlands | 59–37 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–6, 8–13, 18–10, 20–8 |||
| Pts: Beijer 29 Rebs: Beijer 14 Asts: Huitzing 9 | | Pts: Fu 18 Rebs: Long 6 Asts: Fu 12 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)
* 4 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| Germany | 55–44 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 14–9, 12–12, 21–11 |||
| Pts: Zeyen 25 Rebs: Schünemann 5 Asts: Schünemann 14 | | Pts: Freeman 19 Rebs: Sugden 7 Asts: Freeman 8 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)
* 4 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| United States | 67–55 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 19–12, 16–8, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Miller 26 Rebs: Murray 11 Asts: Murray 10 | | Pts: McLachlan 31 Rebs: McLachlan 13 Asts: Ouellet 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)

## Classification round

| 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th–8th place semi-finals | 5th/6th place match | 5th/6th place match |
| Canada | 74 |
| Mexico | 53 | | |
| Mexico | 53 | Canada | 70 |
| | | China | 73 |
| China | 72 | China | 73 |
| Great Britain | 55 | | |
| Great Britain | 55 | 7th/8th place match | 7th/8th place match |
| | | Mexico | 37 |
| | | Great Britain | 59 |

### 5th–8th place semi-finals

* 6 September 2012 8:30
* Report
| Canada | 74–53 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–4, 12–20, 18–12, 14–17 |||
| Pts: McLachlan 24 Rebs: McLachlan 13 Asts: Ouellet 10 | | Pts: Estrada Bernal 15 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 12 Asts: Vázquez Delgadillo 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Philip Haines (AUS)
* 6 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| China | 72–55 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 17–10, 15–11, 23–24 |||
| Pts: Cheng 19 Rebs: Cheng 14 Asts: Long 10 | | Pts: Freeman 22 Rebs: Freeman 9 Asts: Freeman 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

### 7th/8th place match

* 7 September 2012 8:30
* Report
| Mexico | 37–59 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–6, 8–12, 7–22, 11–19 |||
| Pts: Estrada Bernal, Pérez Pacheco 9 Rebs: Pérez Pacheco 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 6 | | Pts: Conroy 22 Rebs: Freeman 9 Asts: Freeman 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

### 5th/6th place match

* 7 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Canada | 70–73 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 12–14, 13–18, 28–26 |||
| Pts: McLachlan 22 Rebs: McLachlan 17 Asts: Harnock 7 | | Pts: Fu 25 Rebs: Cheng 10 Asts: Long 9 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Max Kindervater (GER)

## Medal round

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Australia | 62 | | |
| Mexico | 37 | | |
| Mexico | 37 | Australia | 40 |
| | | United States | 39 |
| United States | 67 | United States | 39 |
| Canada | 55 | | | | |
| Canada | 55 | | | Australia | 44 |
| | | | | Germany | 58 |
| Netherlands | 59 | | | Germany | 58 |
| China | 37 | | | | |
| China | 37 | Netherlands | 46 | | |
| | | Germany | 49 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 55 | Germany | 49 | Third place | Third place |
| Great Britain | 44 | | | | |
| Great Britain | 44 | | | United States | 47 |
| | | | | Netherlands | 71 |

### Semi-finals

* 6 September 2012 13:00
* Report
| Australia | 40–39 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 16–14, 12–2, 2–11 |||
| Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Merritt 6 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Murray 18 Rebs: Murray, Schneider 9 Asts: Murray 3 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)
* 6 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Netherlands | 46–49 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 21–12, 8–12, 9–13 |||
| Pts: Huitzing 16 Rebs: Huitzing, Beijer 12 Asts: Huitzing 8 | | Pts: Mohnen 20 Rebs: Schünemann 8 Asts: Zeyen 6 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

### Bronze medal match

* 7 September 2012 19:00
* Report
| United States | 47–71 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 8–22, 13–22, 10–11 |||
| Pts: Murray 19 Rebs: Murray 6 Asts: Murray 4 | | Pts: Beijer 27 Rebs: Beijer 9 Asts: Huitzing 11 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Rui Marques (BRA)

### Gold medal match

* 7 September 2012 21:15
* Report
| Australia | 44–58 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 9–12, 9–8, 16–24 |||
| Pts: Gauci 15 Rebs: Gauci, Merritt 5 Asts: Crispin, Chaplin 5 | | Pts: Adermann 19 Rebs: Mohnen 9 Asts: Adermann, Zeyen 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

## Ranking

| Place | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Australia |
| | Netherlands |
| 4. | United States |
| 5. | China |
| 6. | Canada |
| 7. | Great Britain |
| 8. | Mexico |
| 9. | Brazil |
| 10. | France |