# Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held in the Basketball Arena, London from 5 September to 9 September. There was one event where 8 teams competed. Though a mixed gender event the vast majority of competitors at the games were male.

## Qualification

A NPC may enter one team. The host country directly qualified, as it had a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List on 31 January 2012. Two qualification spots went to the top two NPCs on the ranking list that were not otherwise qualified.
| Qualified | Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths |
| Great Britain | Host country | | | 1 |
| United States | 2010 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships | 21–26 September 2010 | Vancouver | 1 |
| Canada | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Americas | 18–25 September 2011 | Bogotá | 1 |
| Sweden Belgium | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – European | 1–9 October 2011 | Nottwil | 2 |
| Australia | 2011 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Zonal Championships – Asia, Oceania | 2–10 November 2011 | Seoul | 1 |
| Japan France | IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking | 31 January 2012 | | 2 |

## Tournament

The tournament took place from 5 to 9 September at the Basketball Arena in Olympic Park. It consisted of an initial round-robin group stage of two groups of four teams, followed by a fifth to eighth place playoff round for the bottom two from each group. The top two teams from each group went through to the semifinals and gold and bronze-medal matches.
| September | 5 / 6 / 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Phase | Preliminary Round | Classification 5-8 Placement 5-6 & 7-8 Semifinals 1 | Gold-medal match Bronze-medal match |

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 136 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 159 | +5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 157 | −17 | 2 | Eliminated |
| France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 192 | −42 | 0 | Eliminated |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Australia (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Canada (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 | 166 | −3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 155 | −4 | 2 | Eliminated |
| Belgium (BEL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 135 | 168 | −33 | 0 | Eliminated |

### Playoffs

| Classification round | Classification round | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 8 September 2012 - 09:30 | 8 September 2012 - 09:30 |
| Great Britain | 54 |
| Great Britain | 54 | 8 September 2012 - 21:15 | 8 September 2012 - 21:15 |
| Belgium | 49 | 8 September 2012 - 21:15 | 8 September 2012 - 21:15 |
| Belgium | 49 | Great Britain | 59 |
| 8 September 2012 - 11:45 | 8 September 2012 - 11:45 | | Great Britain | 59 |
| 8 September 2012 - 11:45 | 8 September 2012 - 11:45 | Sweden | 47 |
| Sweden | 58 | Sweden | 47 |
| France | 48 | | |
| France | 48 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 8 September 2012 - 19:00 | 8 September 2012 - 19:00 |
| | | Belgium | 54 |
| | | France | 50 |

#### Fifth-place match
### Medal round
#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold-medal match | Gold-medal match |
| 8 September 2012 - 16:15 | 8 September 2012 - 16:15 |
| United States | 49 |
| United States | 49 | 9 September 2012 - 14:15 | 9 September 2012 - 14:15 |
| Canada | 50 | 9 September 2012 - 14:15 | 9 September 2012 - 14:15 |
| Canada | 50 | Canada | 51 |
| 8 September 2012 - 14:00 | 8 September 2012 - 14:00 | | Canada | 51 |
| 8 September 2012 - 14:00 | 8 September 2012 - 14:00 | Australia | 66 |
| Australia | 59 | Australia | 66 |
| Japan | 45 | | |
| Japan | 45 | Bronze-medal match | Bronze-medal match |
| | | 9 September 2012 - 12:00 | 9 September 2012 - 12:00 |
| | | United States | 53 |
| | | Japan | 43 |

#### Gold-medal match
## Ranking

| Place | Team |
| | Australia |
| | Canada |
| | United States |
| 4. | Japan |
| 5. | Great Britain |
| 6. | Sweden |
| 7. | Belgium |
| 8. | France |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed team | Australia (AUS) Ben Newton Nazim Erdem Ryley Batt Josh Hose Jason Lees Cody Meakin Greg Smith Chris Bond Ryan Scott (captain) Cameron Carr Andrew Harrison Coach: Brad Dubberley | Canada (CAN) Jason Crone Patrice Dagenais Garett Hickling Ian Chan Mike Whitehead Trevor Hirschfield Fabien Lavoie Travis Murao Jared Funk David Willsie (captain) Patrice Simard Zak Madell Coach: Kevin Orr | United States (USA) Chance Sumner Seth McBride Adam Scaturro Chuck Aoki Jason Regier Scott Hogsett Nick Springer Will Groulx (captain) Andy Cohn Chad Cohn Derrick Helton Joe Delagrave Coach: James Gumbert |