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 GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchGMGold medal match
Wed 25AugThu 26AugFri 27AugSat 28AugSun 29AugMon 30AugTue 31AugWed 1SepThu 2SepFri 3SepSat 4SepSun 5SepMenGGGGGG1/41/2BGM
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 qualificationDateVenueBerthsQualifiedHost country 12019 Parapan American Games23 August – 1 September 2019 Lima32019 IWBF Men's European Championship28 August – 9 September 2019 Wałbrzych42019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships29 November – 7 December 2019 Pattaya32020 African Zonal Championships1–7 March 2020 Johannesburg1Total12
Squads
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
11th–12th classification match
9th–10th classification match
Quarter-finals
7th–8th classification match
5th–6th classification match
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Rankings Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112
References