# Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The 2020 Summer Paralympics women's tournament in Tokyo began on 25 August and ended on the 4 September 2021. The matches were played at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza and the Ariake Arena. This was the fourteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.
Ten teams were separated into two groups of five with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. The knockout stage started from the quarter-finals and ended with the gold medal match, aside from the classification matches.

## Competition schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | GM | Gold medal match |
| DateEvent | Wed 25 Aug | Thu 26 Aug | Fri 27 Aug | Sat 28 Aug | Sun 29 Aug | Mon 30 Aug | Tue 31 Aug | Wed 1 Sep | Thu 2 Sep | Fri 3 Sep | Sat 4 Sep | Sat 4 Sep |
| Women | G | G | G | G | G | | 1/4 | | 1/2 | | B | GM |

## Qualification

Ten teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in Japan. The other nine spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, two by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2019 Europe Zonal Championships | 29 June – 7 July 2019 | Rotterdam | 4 | Netherlands Great Britain Germany Spain |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | 2 | Canada United States |
| 2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships | 29 November – 7 December 2019 | Pattaya | 2 | Australia China |
| 2020 African Zonal Championships | 1–7 March 2020 | Johannesburg | 1 | Algeria |
| Total | | | 10 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 248 | 204 | +44 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 267 | 185 | +82 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 216 | 215 | +1 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Great Britain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 212 | 218 | −6 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Australia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 180 | 301 | −121 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 14:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 54–73 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 15–15, 10–19, 15–28 |||
| Pts: Thompson 11 Rebs: Love 7 Asts: Freeman 7 | | Pts: Dandeneau 32 Rebs: Dandeneau 20 Asts: Dandeneau 11 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 17:00
* Report
| Australia | 47–73 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 14–18, 11–18, 8–21 |||
| Pts: Merritt 18 Rebs: Merritt 19 Asts: Merritt 4 | | Pts: Kitada 16 Rebs: Amimoto 11 Asts: Amimoto 11 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Celine Villard
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 9:00
* Report
| Germany | 77–58 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 21–12, 7–14, 25–19 |||
| Pts: Miller 30 Rebs: Miller 11 Asts: Lang, Miller 8 | | Pts: Merritt 27 Rebs: Merritt 10 Asts: Merritt 6 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 360 Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 11:15
* Report
| Japan | 54–48 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 13–9, 16–8, 13–19 |||
| Pts: Fujii 14 Rebs: Fujii 10 Asts: Amimoto 6 | | Pts: Freeman 14 Rebs: Freeman 7 Asts: Freeman, Williams 5 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 360 Referees: Carsten Rehling
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 9:00
* Report
| Canada | 61–35 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 18–6, 20–11, 10–10 |||
| Pts: Dandeneau 19 Rebs: Ouellet, Young 10 Asts: Young 6 | | Pts: Fujii 10 Rebs: Amimoto 8 Asts: Amimoto 5 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 20:30
* Report
| Great Britain | 35–53 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 10–12, 4–8, 14–15 |||
| Pts: Love 8 Rebs: Love 8 Asts: Freeman 6 | | Pts: Miller 21 Rebs: Miller 18 Asts: Lang 9 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 17:00
* Report
| Germany | 59–57 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–11, 15–15, 11–19 |||
| Pts: Miller 19 Rebs: Miller 15 Asts: Miller 8 | | Pts: Dandeneau 23 Rebs: Dandeneau 9 Asts: Young 6 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Helen Rosenberg
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 20:30
* Report
| Australia | 38–75 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–20, 12–20, 12–23, 8–12 |||
| Pts: Munro-Cook 16 Rebs: Merritt 10 Asts: Merritt, Munro-Cook 3 | | Pts: Williams 18 Rebs: Freeman 10 Asts: Freeman 10 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Matias Quintana
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 11:15
* Report
| Japan | 54–59 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 14–13, 16–15, 12–22 |||
| Pts: Fujii 16 Rebs: Amimoto 8 Asts: Amimoto, Hagino 4 | | Pts: Lang 27 Rebs: Lang 17 Asts: Lang 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Gustavo Mathias
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 20:30
* Report
| Canada | 76–37 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–14, 19–8, 18–4 |||
| Pts: Steeves 17 Rebs: Dandeneau 8 Asts: Dandeneau 6 | | Pts: Merrit 21 Rebs: Merritt 6 Asts: Merritt 6 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 0 Referees: Juan Urunuela

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 207 | 133 | +74 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 278 | 145 | +133 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | United States | 4 | 2 | 2 | 229 | 165 | +64 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Spain | 4 | 1 | 3 | 167 | 185 | −18 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Algeria | 4 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 325 | −253 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 9:00
* Report
| Algeria | 25–74 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 6–23, 2–24, 4–8 |||
| Pts: Khemgani 13 Rebs: Zairi 7 Asts: Abdelali 3 | | Pts: Zhang X. 20 Rebs: Lyu 6 Asts: Lin 10 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Alexandre Lapoint
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 11:15
* Report
| Netherlands | 68–58 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 20–20, 16–16, 18–6 |||
| Pts: Beijer 28 Rebs: Beijer 12 Asts: Visser 12 | | Pts: Zurbrugg 20 Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9 Asts: Ryan 12 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Juan Urunuela
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 17:00
* Report
| United States | 68–34 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 14–9, 21–11, 15–3 |||
| Pts: Hollermann 20 Rebs: Hollermann 11 Asts: Hollermann 8 | | Pts: Lopez 11 Rebs: Lopez 8 Asts: Lopez 3 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Maurizio Zamponi
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 20:30
* Report
| China | 45–38 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–15, 8–0, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Lin 17 Rebs: Zhang X. 15 Asts: Lin, Zhang X. 4 | | Pts: Korver 12 Rebs: Beijer 7 Asts: Korver 4 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Helen Rosenberg
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 11:15
* Report
| Netherlands | 109–18 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–0, 34–12, 22–6, 30–0 |||
| Pts: Beijer 33 Rebs: Beijer 11 Asts: Kramer 11 | | Pts: Khemgani 7 Rebs: Khemgani 6 Asts: Khedir, Khemgani 2 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hiroki Ono
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 17:00
* Report
| Spain | 29–46 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–16, 10–8, 7–12, 6–10 |||
| Pts: Alonso 9 Rebs: Montiel 8 Asts: Zudaire 4 | | Pts: Lin, Huang 11 Rebs: Zhang X. 9 Asts: Lin 5 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 8 Referees: Geghard Tahmasian
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 9:00
* Report
| United States | 41–42 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–2, 9–5, 6–14, 14–21 |||
| Pts: Zurbrugg 15 Rebs: Ryan 9 Asts: Hollermann 7 | | Pts: Zhang X. 15 Rebs: Dai 10 Asts: Lin 7 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 830 Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 11:15
* Report
| Algeria | 8–80 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–24, 0–23, 4–17, 0–16 |||
| Pts: Boublal 4 Rebs: Khemgani 6 Asts: Khemgani 3 | | Pts: Alonso 20 Rebs: Alonso, Perez 10 Asts: Zudaire 9 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 9:00
* Report
| Spain | 24–63 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 4–10, 11–18, 2–12 |||
| Pts: Perez 5 Rebs: Lopez 7 Asts: six players 1 | | Pts: Beijer 22 Rebs: Beijer, Kramer 9 Asts: Beijer 5 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Yap Poh Boon
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 17:00
* Report
| Algeria | 21–62 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 0–18, 5–14, 9–18, 7–12 |||
| Pts: Boublal 10 Rebs: Abdelali 7 Asts: Khemgani 4 | | Pts: Gonzalez 14 Rebs: Gonzalez 7 Asts: Ryan 7 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 810 Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | |
| Germany | 57 | | | |
| Germany | 57 | 2 September | 2 September | | |
| Spain | 33 | 2 September | 2 September | |
| Spain | 33 | Germany | 42 | |
| 31 August | 31 August | | Germany | 42 | |
| 31 August | 31 August | Netherlands | 52 | |
| Netherlands | 82 | Netherlands | 52 | |
| Netherlands | 82 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Japan | 24 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Japan | 24 | | | | Netherlands | 50 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | | | Netherlands | 50 |
| 31 August | 31 August | | | | China | 31 |
| Canada | 48 | | | | China | 31 |
| Canada | 48 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| United States | 63 | 2 September | 2 September | | | |
| United States | 63 | United States | 36 | | | |
| 31 August | 31 August | | United States | 36 | | | |
| 31 August | 31 August | China | 41 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| China | 47 | China | 41 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| China | 47 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Great Britain | 33 | | | | 4 September | 4 September |
| Great Britain | 33 | | | | Germany | 51 |
| | | | | | United States | 64 |

### 9th–10th classification playoff

* 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 9:00
* Report
| Australia | 71–32 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–8, 15–9, 17–7, 12–8 |||
| Pts: Merritt 27 Rebs: Merritt 8 Asts: Merritt 5 | | Pts: Boublal 9 Rebs: Boublal, Zairi 6 Asts: Abdelali, Khemgani, Zairi 3 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Ben Wood

### Quarter-finals

* 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 12:30
* Report
| Canada | 48–63 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 13–21, 9–12, 16–18 |||
| Pts: Young 11 Rebs: Dandeneau 13 Asts: Dandeneau, Young 6 | | Pts: Hollermann 19 Rebs: Hollermann, Schneider 9 Asts: Ryan 13 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Maurizio Zamponi
* 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 15:00
* Report
| Germany | 57–33 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 8–6, 19–5, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Lang 14 Rebs: Miller 10 Asts: Lang, Miller 7 | | Pts: Perez 13 Rebs: Lopez 9 Asts: S. Ruiz 5 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Helen Rosenberg
* 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 18:15
* Report
| China | 47–33 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–5, 13–9, 11–10, 9–9 |||
| Pts: Lin 13 Rebs: Lyu 14 Asts: Lin 10 | | Pts: Freeman 10 Rebs: Freeman 10 Asts: Love 3 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Adam Fronczak
* 31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) 20:45
* Report
| Netherlands | 82–24 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 18–6, 20–8, 16–4 |||
| Pts: Beijer 38 Rebs: Kramer 17 Asts: Kramer 9 | | Pts: four players 4 Rebs: Kitada 6 Asts: Amimoto 4 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Sebastien Gauthier

### 7th–8th classification playoff

* 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 15:00
* Report
| Spain | 43–62 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 13–11, 8–20, 14–9 |||
| Pts: Lopez 13 Rebs: Perez 9 Asts: Zudaire 4 | | Pts: Conroy 22 Rebs: Freeman 6 Asts: Freeman 9 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Yap Poh Boon

### 5th–6th classification playoff

* 3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 15:00
* Report
| Canada | 68–49 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 16–13, 19–14, 11–18 |||
| Pts: Lalonde 20 Rebs: Young 13 Asts: Young 8 | | Pts: Kitada 20 Rebs: Kitada 8 Asts: Fujii 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

### Semi-finals

* 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 18:15
* Report
| Germany | 42–52 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 13–10, 11–9, 6–17 |||
| Pts: Lang 18 Rebs: Lang 8 Asts: Lang 5 | | Pts: Beijer 30 Rebs: Beijer 19 Asts: Visser 6 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 279 Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
* 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 20:45
* Report
| United States | 36–41 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–6, 6–14, 8–7, 13–14 |||
| Pts: Hollermann 13 Rebs: Schneider 10 Asts: Hollermann, Ryan 5 | | Pts: Zhang T. 13 Rebs: Lin, Lyu 8 Asts: Lin 5 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 279 Referees: Tomas Pajer

### Bronze medal match

* 4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 17:45
* Report
| Germany | 51–64 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 12–11, 14–13, 12–20 |||
| Pts: Miller 26 Rebs: Lang 11 Asts: Miller 8 | | Pts: Zurbrugg 22 Rebs: Hollermann 12 Asts: Hollermann 10 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 30 Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido

### Gold medal match

* 4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 20:30
* Report
| Netherlands | 50–31 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 12–2, 12–6, 17–11 |||
| Pts: Kramer 15 Rebs: Kramer 9 Asts: Kramer, Visser 5 | | Pts: Lin 9 Rebs: Zhang X. 11 Asts: Zhang T. 5 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 30 Referees: Linas Radykas

## Rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | China |
| | United States |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Canada |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Great Britain |
| 8 | Spain |
| 9 | Australia |
| 10 | Algeria |