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

The 2020 Summer Paralympics men's tournament in Tokyo began on 25 August and was ended on the 5 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.
Twelve teams were separated into two groups of six with the top four qualifying through to the knockout stage of the competition. From there it would be a knockout format which would lead to the gold medal match.

## 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 | Sun 5 Sep | Sun 5 Sep |
| Men | G | G | G | G | G | G | | 1/4 | | 1/2 | | B | GM |

## Qualification

Twelve teams qualified through the qualifying stage with the host nation in Japan. The other eleven spots were spread out across four different events. Four spots was taken up by European teams, three by the Americas and Asia/Pacific and one in Africa.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
| Host country | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| 2019 Parapan American Games | 23 August – 1 September 2019 | Lima | 3 | United States Canada Colombia |
| 2019 IWBF Men's European Championship | 28 August – 9 September 2019 | Wałbrzych | 4 | Germany Great Britain Spain Turkey |
| 2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships | 29 November – 7 December 2019 | Pattaya | 3 | Australia Iran South Korea |
| 2020 African Zonal Championships | 1–7 March 2020 | Johannesburg | 1 | Algeria |
| Total | | | 12 | |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 375 | 272 | +103 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Japan (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 312 | 298 | +14 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 5 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 327 | +26 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 307 | 333 | −26 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 4 | 305 | 332 | −27 | 6 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Colombia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 256 | 346 | −90 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) 20:30
* Report
| Spain | 65–53 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 15–14, 12–16, 22–13 |||
| Pts: García 18 Rebs: García 13 Asts: García 12 | | Pts: Gim 24 Rebs: Gim 14 Asts: Cho 8 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Matias Quintana
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 11:15
* Report
| Canada | 41–78 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 14–18, 10–15, 7–22 |||
| Pts: Goncin 15 Rebs: Goncin 8 Asts: Anderson, Higgins 3 | | Pts: García 23 Rebs: García, Zarzuela 8 Asts: García 9 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 17:00
* Report
| South Korea | 70–80 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 18–17, 15–19, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Cho 26 Rebs: Gim 11 Asts: Cho 8 | | Pts: Gürbulak 25 Rebs: Toprak 8 Asts: Gürbulak 13 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 40 Referees: Tomas Pajer
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 20:30
* Report
| Colombia | 56–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 13–12, 15–15, 13–12 |||
| Pts: Hernandez 21 Rebs: Diaz, Hernandez 8 Asts: Leep 6 | | Pts: Akita 24 Rebs: Chokai 17 Asts: Chokai 10 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 40 Referees: Yap Poh Boon
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 11:15
* Report
| Turkey | 77–73 (OT) | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 10–17, 15–24, 22–13, Overtime: 10–6 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak 28 Rebs: Gürbulak 8 Asts: Gürbulak 13 | | Pts: Goncin 33 Rebs: Anderson 22 Asts: Goncin 11 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 180 Referees: Matias Quintana
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 14:45
* Report
| Spain | 74–56 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 15–16, 21–18, 20–6 |||
| Pts: Ortega 19 Rebs: Zarzuela 11 Asts: García 11 | | Pts: Diaz 18 Rebs: Hernandez 12 Asts: Leep 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Tomas Pajer
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 20:30
* Report
| Japan | 59–52 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 17–12, 16–15, 12–16 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 21 Rebs: Akita 11 Asts: Chokai 10 | | Pts: Cho 21 Rebs: Gim 14 Asts: Cho 6 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Krunoslav Peic
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 9:00
* Report
| Turkey | 61–79 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 16–21, 22–21, 13–20 |||
| Pts: Gürbulak 26 Rebs: Gümüş 5 Asts: Toprak 9 | | Pts: Ruiz 20 Rebs: Lorenzo 13 Asts: García 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 14:45
* Report
| Japan | 62–56 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–12, 13–18, 19–14, 24–12 |||
| Pts: Kozai 24 Rebs: Chokai 8 Asts: Chokai 6 | | Pts: Anderson 22 Rebs: Goncin 13 Asts: Goncin 6 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 20:30
* Report
| South Korea | 66–54 | Colombia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17 |||
| Pts: Lee C. 14 Rebs: Lee Y. 13 Asts: Oh 11 | | Pts: Hernandez 21 Rebs: Sanz 8 Asts: Hernandez 9 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 0 Referees: Hiroki Ono
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 11:15
* Report
| Colombia | 38–80 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 13–22, 7–27, 10–16 |||
| Pts: Diaz 9 Rebs: Granados 5 Asts: Leep 4 | | Pts: Gürbulak 19 Rebs: Gümüş, Gürbulak 7 Asts: Gürbulak 11 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Helen Rosenberg
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 17:00
* Report
| Canada | 74–64 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 15–15, 17–15, 21–17 |||
| Pts: Anderson 29 Rebs: Anderson 9 Asts: Goncin 10 | | Pts: Cho 22 Rebs: Kim S. 9 Asts: Gim 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Ben Wood
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 20:30
* Report
| Spain | 79–61 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 26–12, 12–17, 19–14 |||
| Pts: García 27 Rebs: García 12 Asts: García 17 | | Pts: Furusawa 15 Rebs: Chokai, Fujimoto 5 Asts: Akaishi 5 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Mauricio Gamez
* 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 9:00
* Report
| Colombia | 52–63 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–15, 12–20, 18–16, 15–12 |||
| Pts: Diaz 18 Rebs: Diaz 11 Asts: Hernandez, Leep, Vargas 5 | | Pts: Anderson 22 Rebs: Anderson 17 Asts: Anderson, Goncin 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hiroki Ono
* 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 14:45
* Report
| Turkey | 55–67 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–19, 17–17, 11–22 |||
| Pts: Toprak 17 Rebs: Gürbulak 9 Asts: Gürbulak 6 | | Pts: Kozai 22 Rebs: Chokai 14 Asts: Chokai 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Gustavo Mathias

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 1 | 332 | 303 | +29 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 338 | 223 | +115 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 335 | 265 | +70 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 306 | 284 | +22 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Iran | 5 | 1 | 4 | 271 | 318 | −47 | 6 | 9th/10th place playoff |
| 6 | Algeria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 202 | 391 | −189 | 5 | 11th/12th place playoff |
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 9:00
* Report
| United States | 58–55 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 12–12, 18–14, 18–13 |||
| Pts: Bell 20 Rebs: Bell 8 Asts: Scott 10 | | Pts: Böhme 19 Rebs: Böhme 9 Asts: Böhme 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Linas Radykas
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 14:45
* Report
| Australia | 81–39 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–8, 20–11, 17–5, 16–15 |||
| Pts: Stibners 21 Rebs: Auprince 8 Asts: Norris 6 | | Pts: Sayari 22 Rebs: Sayari 9 Asts: Bagzadehfard, Sayari 3 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Referees: Gustavo Mathias
* 26 August 2021 (2021-08-26) 14:45
* Report
| Great Britain | 70–43 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 14–9, 21–10, 16–12 |||
| Pts: Bywater, Choudhry 11 Rebs: Sagar 8 Asts: Bywater 9 | | Pts: Mansouri 12 Rebs: Zidi 13 Asts: Guedoun, Zidi 4 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Juan Urunuela
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 9:00
* Report
| Algeria | 37–83 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 8–21, 14–20, 6–21 |||
| Pts: Zidi 14 Rebs: Zidi 10 Asts: Guedoun 5 | | Pts: Latham 16 Rebs: Latham 10 Asts: McPhail 13 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 180 Referees: Erik Etzelmueller
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 14:45
* Report
| Germany | 71–59 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 18–15, 26–15, 14–16 |||
| Pts: Böhme 27 Rebs: Böhme 10 Asts: Böhme, Halouski 5 | | Pts: Choudhry 14 Rebs: Manning 10 Asts: Warburton 13 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 8 Referees: Alexandre Lapointe
* 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) 17:00
* Report
| Iran | 41–65 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 9–17, 11–14, 12–12 |||
| Pts: Sayari 17 Rebs: Sayari 14 Asts: Saadatpoormoghadam 6 | | Pts: Serio 12 Rebs: Serio 8 Asts: Serio 10 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hector Carmona
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 11:15
* Report
| Australia | 64–53 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 7–11, 20–19, 16–12 |||
| Pts: Latham 17 Rebs: Latham 11 Asts: Norris 10 | | Pts: Halouski 13 Rebs: Bienek 9 Asts: Halouski 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Adam Fronczak
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 14:45
* Report
| Algeria | 47–81 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 8–19, 15–22, 14–22 |||
| Pts: Ayache 13 Rebs: Zidi 6 Asts: Guedoun 4, Ayache 4 | | Pts: Sayari 30 Rebs: Bagzadehfard 9 Asts: Bagzadehfard, Sayari 7 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 1,032 Referees: Krunoslav Peic
* 28 August 2021 (2021-08-28) 17:00
* Report
| Great Britain | 64–63 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–14, 16–15, 13–19 |||
| Pts: Choudhry, Manning 12 Rebs: Manning 14 Asts: Choudhry 10 | | Pts: Williams 19 Rebs: Serio 7 Asts: Serio 8 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 1,032 Referees: Yekta Şansal Koç
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 9:00
* Report
| Iran | 57–69 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–20, 10–10, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Sayari 27 Rebs: Saadatpoormoghadam 7 Asts: Saadatpoormoghadam 6 | | Pts: Bywater 18 Rebs: Bywater 8 Asts: Bywater 16 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 91 Referees: Celine Villard
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 14:45
* Report
| United States | 66–38 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 21–11, 16–4, 12–8 |||
| Pts: Williams 24 Rebs: Serio 9 Asts: Williams 7 | | Pts: Latham 13 Rebs: Latham 9 Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7 |
* Musashino Forest Sport Plaza Attendance: 810 Referees: Linas Radykas
* 29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) 14:45
* Report
| Germany | 71–50 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–12, 16–19, 18–6 |||
| Pts: Böhme 21 Rebs: Böhme 11 Asts: Böhme 8 | | Pts: Badrane, Megueddem 11 Rebs: Zidi 9 Asts: Zidi 4 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hector Carmona
* 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 11:30
* Report
| Germany | 56–53 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–12, 18–8, 9–20 |||
| Pts: Halouski 27 Rebs: Halouski 15 Asts: Böhme 7 | | Pts: Sayari 16 Rebs: Sayari 15 Asts: Sayari 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Juan Urunuela
* 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 17:15
* Report
| Australia | 69–70 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 11–13, 17–25, 14–20 |||
| Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 23 Rebs: Latham 10 Asts: Norris, O'Neill-Thorne 8 | | Pts: Choudhry 28 Rebs: Manning 14 Asts: Choudhry 11 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
* 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30) 20:30
* Report
| Algeria | 25–86 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 4–23, 10–18, 2–21 |||
| Pts: Ayache 13 Rebs: Megueddem 6 Asts: Ayache 3 | | Pts: Turek 21 Rebs: Scott 9 Asts: Scott 6 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | |
| Spain | 71 | | | |
| Spain | 71 | 3 September | 3 September | | |
| Germany | 68 | 3 September | 3 September | |
| Germany | 68 | Spain | 52 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Spain | 52 | |
| 1 September | 1 September | United States | 66 | |
| United States | 52 | United States | 66 | |
| United States | 52 | | | | 5 September | 5 September |
| Turkey | 45 | | | | 5 September | 5 September |
| Turkey | 45 | | | | United States | 64 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | | United States | 64 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | | | Japan | 60 |
| Japan | 61 | | | | Japan | 60 |
| Japan | 61 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Australia | 55 | 3 September | 3 September | | | |
| Australia | 55 | Japan | 79 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Japan | 79 | | | |
| 1 September | 1 September | Great Britain | 68 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Great Britain | 66 | Great Britain | 68 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Great Britain | 66 | | | | 5 September | 5 September |
| Canada | 52 | | | | 5 September | 5 September |
| Canada | 52 | | | | Spain | 58 |
| | | | | | Great Britain | 68 |

### 11th–12th classification match

* 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 9:00
* Report
| Colombia | 70–47 | Algeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 11–15, 15–7, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Hernandez 28 Rebs: Diaz 13 Asts: Hernandez 9 | | Pts: Ayache 20 Rebs: Ayache 9 Asts: Zidi 5 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

### 9th–10th classification match

* 2 September 2021 (2021-09-02) 12:30
* Report
| South Korea | 54–64 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 14–16, 12–21, 12–17 |||
| Pts: Cho 17 Rebs: Gim 9 Asts: Cho 7 | | Pts: Sayari 26 Rebs: Sayari 11 Asts: Kamali, Tolouei Tamardash 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Ben Wood

### Quarter-finals

* 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 12:30
* Report
| United States | 52–45 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 14–8, 10–6, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Bell 18 Rebs: Serio 9 Asts: Serio 10 | | Pts: Gürbulak 21 Rebs: Gürbulak 12 Asts: Toprak 7 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Gustavo Mathias
* 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 15:00
* Report
| Spain | 71–68 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–15, 14–14, 17–20 |||
| Pts: Ruiz 24 Rebs: García 16 Asts: García 13 | | Pts: Böhme 16 Rebs: Böhme 8 Asts: Halouski 8 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Matias Quintana
* 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 18:15
* Report
| Great Britain | 66–52 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 12–14, 16–13, 24–9 |||
| Pts: Choudhry 21 Rebs: Manning 19 Asts: Choudhry 14 | | Pts: Anderson 22 Rebs: Anderson 17 Asts: Anderson, Goncin 7 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 190 Referees: Juan Urunuela
* 1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 20:45
* Report
| Japan | 61–55 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–16, 12–9, 14–16 |||
| Pts: Kozai 20 Rebs: Chokai 12 Asts: Chokai 9 | | Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 18 Rebs: Auprince, O'Neill-Thorne 5 Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 190 Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

### 7th–8th classification match

* 3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 12:30
* Report
| Germany | 68–56 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 18–10, 13–10, 18–15 |||
| Pts: Halouski 20 Rebs: Bienek 11 Asts: Böhme, Halouski 6 | | Pts: Hedges 16 Rebs: Goncin 14 Asts: Goncin 11 |
* Ariake Arena Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

### 5th–6th classification match

* 4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 14:45
* Report
| Turkey | 58–74 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 6–16, 16–20, 18–15 |||
| Pts: Toprak 12 Rebs: Gümüş 10 Asts: four players 3 | | Pts: Knowles 31 Rebs: Knowles, O'Neill-Thorne 6 Asts: Knowles 7 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 38 Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei

### Semi-finals

* 3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 18:15
* Report
| Spain | 52–66 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 8–24, 11–18, 19–9 |||
| Pts: Zarzuela 17 Rebs: García 12 Asts: García 15 | | Pts: Bell 20 Rebs: Bell 11 Asts: Serio 8 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 347 Referees: Alexandre Lapointe
* 3 September 2021 (2021-09-03) 20:45
* Report
| Japan | 79–68 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 18–13, 19–12, 27–20 |||
| Pts: Chokai 20 Rebs: Chokai 8 Asts: Chokai 8 | | Pts: Choudhry 26 Rebs: Manning 7 Asts: Choudhry 11 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 347 Referees: Darrell Hargreaves

### Bronze medal match

* 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 10:00
* Report
| Spain | 58–68 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 17–15, 10–22, 18–18 |||
| Pts: Zarzuela 17 Rebs: Zarzuela 9 Asts: García 10 | | Pts: Choudhry 19 Rebs: Manning 21 Asts: Warburton 8 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 62 Referees: Matias Quintana

### Gold medal match

* 5 September 2021 (2021-09-05) 12:30
* Report
| United States | 64–60 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–9, 13–19, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Serio 28 Rebs: Bell, Williams 7 Asts: Serio 9 | | Pts: Kozai 18 Rebs: Chokai 18 Asts: Kozai 5 |
* Ariake Arena Attendance: 62 Referees: Juan Urunuela

## Rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | Japan |
| | Great Britain |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Australia |
| 6 | Turkey |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | Canada |
| 9 | Iran |
| 10 | South Korea |
| 11 | Colombia |
| 12 | Algeria |