The Wheelchair rugby tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan was the seventh edition of Wheelchair rugby as a Paralympic sport since its debut as a demonstration sport at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta. The competition was hosted at the Yoyogi National Stadium and was held from 25 to 29 August 2021.
Eight teams competed in the competition which included the debutant of Denmark at the Paralympics. The eight teams were separated into two groups of four with the top two teams from each group qualifying through to the semi-finals while the bottom two played off in the fifth and seventh place match respectively. The remaining four teams then played-off in two semi-finals with the winners going through to the gold medal play-off while the losers met in the bronze-medal match.
Great Britain won the gold medal, the first European team ever to do so, with a 54–49 victory over the United States. It was also Great Britain's first medal in the sport at the seventh attempt. Hosts Japan won bronze with victory over Australia.
Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host Country Allocation 1 2018 World Championships 5–10 August 2018 Sydney 1 2019 IWRF European Championship Division A 7–11 August 2019 Vejle 2 2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Lima 1 2019 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship 6–9 September 2019 Gangneung 1 2020 IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament 2–9 March 2020 Richmond 2 Total 8
Schedule GGroup stageCClassification rounds½Semi-finalsBBronze-medal matchFFinal
Wed25 Aug Thurs26 Aug Fri27 Aug Sat28 Aug Sun29 Aug Mixed team G G G C(5th/6th)(7th/8th) ½ B F
Medalists Mixed Ayaz BhutaJonathan CogganRyan CowlingNicholas CumminsKylie GrimesAaron PhippsJim RobertsStuart RobinsonChris RyanJack SmithJamie SteadGavin Walker Chuck AokiJeff ButlerChad CohnJoseph DelagraveLee FredetteRay HennagirJoe JacksonChuck MeltonEric NewbyKory PuderbaughAdam ScaturroJosh Wheeler Masayuki HagaYuki HasegawaKatsuya HashimotoYukinobu IkeDaisuke IkezakiTomoaki ImaiKae KurahashiShunya NakamachiSeiya NorimatsuHitoshi OgawaShinichi ShimakawaHidefumi Wakayama
Tournament
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Medal round bracket
Classification round
Seventh place Match
Fifth place Match
Semi finals
Bronze-medal match
Gold-medal match
References
External links International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) Results book