Eight teams participated in wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Teams could have up to 12 players, but no more than 11 of the team members could be male. In wheelchair rugby, each player is given a sport class based on their upper body function. The classification is a 7-level score ranging from 0.5 to 3.5, with lower scores corresponding to more severe disability. The sum score of all a team's players on the field could not exceed 8.
Team staff Coach Brad Dubberley Assistant coach Robert Doidge
No. Name Sport class Age 8 2.0 32 3 3.5 19 7 2.5 32 5 1.5 35 4 2.0 31 2 0.5 38 1 3.0 40 12 (captain) 2.5 38 11 0.5 26 13 2.0 41 6 2.0 23
Team staff Coach Benoit Labrecque Assistant coach Marco Dispaltro Assistant coach Adam Frost
No. Name Sport class Age 6 3.0 31 2 1.5 21 13 0.5 34 5 3.5 37 10 1.0 24 11 3.0 27 9 2.0 31 1 0.5 47 4 1.5 35 15 1.5 29 8 3.0 32 14 (captain) 2.0 40
Team staff Coach Wen Yan Assistant coach Wu Zhiming
No. Name Sport class Age 3 Chen Jun 2.5 23 8 Cheng Shuangmiao (captain) 2.0 28 7 Cui Maosheng 2.0 32 2 Han Guifei 3.0 21 1 Pan Zilin 3.5 35 12 Shao Dequan 1.0 20 10 Tao Zhenfeng 0.5 32 6 Tian Shilin 2.0 24 5 Wang Sheng 3.0 35 11 Xia Junfeng 0.5 36 9 Yu Zhongtao 1.0 25 15 Zhang Wenli 1.5 40
Team staff Coach Pierre Sahm Assistant coach Bert Metzger
No. Name Sport class Age 15 3.0 28 3 1.0 33 14 (captain) 2.5 35 10 2.5 28 4 2.5 43 13 2.0 33 8 3.0 36 11 2.5 30 12 0.5 25 7 1.0 33 1 2.0 39
Team staff Coach Mark Edward O'Connor
No. Name Sport class Age 11 2.0 35 10 2.0 29 2 0.5 25 8 2.5 36 9 2.0 36 5 1.0 36 6 2.5 29 3 1.5 35 12 1.5 22 7 1.5 35 1 2.5 27 4 1.0 37
Team staff Coach Yasuo Shiozawa Assistant coach Daisuke Aoyagi
No. Name Sport class Age 7 3.0 36 12 1.5 32 8 2.0 27 6 2.0 33 3 3.0 22 11 2.5 31 5 (captain) 1.0 42 10 2.0 28 4 3.0 33 1 0.5 33 9 2.5 33
Team staff Coach Grant Sharman Assistant coach Tim Johnson
No. Name Sport class Age 13 (captain) 3.0 27 7 2.0 32 11 1.5 26 2 2.5 31 4 2.0 36 6 2.0 35 5 1.0 32 14 1.0 30
Team staff Coach James Gumbert Assistant coach Edward Suhr
No. Name Sport class Age 11 2.0 30 10 2.0 34 8 1.0 35 4 (captain) 2.0 37 5 1.0 36 2 2.0 25 7 0.5 33 9 2.0 23 1 3.0 31 6 3.5 19 3 3.0 33
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