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 GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchGMGold medal match
Wed 25Aug Thu 26Aug Fri 27Aug Sat 28Aug Sun 29Aug Mon 30Aug Tue 31Aug Wed 1Sep Thu 2Sep Fri 3Sep Sat 4Sep 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 2019 Europe Zonal Championships 29 June – 7 July 2019 Rotterdam 4 2019 Parapan American Games 23 August – 1 September 2019 Lima 2 2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships 29 November – 7 December 2019 Pattaya 2 2020 African Zonal Championships 1–7 March 2020 Johannesburg 1 Total 10
Squads
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
9th–10th classification playoff
Quarter-finals
7th–8th classification playoff
5th–6th classification playoff
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Rankings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
References