Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will be held at two venues: Musashino Forest Sports Plaza for group stage rounds and Ariake Arena for finals.

Wheelchair basketball at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue	Musashino Forest Sports Plaza (preliminaries) Ariake Arena (finals)
Dates	TBD
Competitors	264 from 12 (men's) and 10 (women's) nations

Qualifying

There will be 12 qualified men's teams and 10 qualified women's teams.[1]

Men

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August - 1 September 2019	Lima	3	United States (USA)  Canada (CAN)  Colombia (COL)
2019 IWBF Men's European Championship[2]	28 August - 9 September 2019	Wałbrzych	4	Germany (GER)  Great Britain (GBR)  Spain (ESP)  Turkey (TUR)
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[3][4]	29 November - 7 December 2019	Pattaya	3	Australia (AUS)  Iran (IRI)  South Korea (KOR)
2020 African Zonal Championships[5]	1 - 7 March 2020	Johannesburg	1	Algeria (ALG)
Host Country Allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan (JPN)
Total			12

Women

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
2019 Europe Zonal Championships[6]	29 June - 7 July 2019	Rotterdam	4	Netherlands (NED)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)  Spain (ESP)
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August - 1 September 2019	Lima	2	Canada (CAN)[7]  United States (USA)[8]
2019 Asia/Oceania Zonal Championships[9]	29 November - 7 December 2019	Pattaya	2	Australia (AUS)  China (CHN)
2020 African Zonal Championships	1 - 7 March 2020	Johannesburg	1	Algeria (ALG)
Host Country Allocation	7 September 2013	Buenos Aires	1	Japan (JPN)
Total			10

Competition schedule

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Date Event	Wed 26 Aug	Thurs 27 Aug	Fri 28 Aug	Sat 29 Aug	Sun 30 Aug	Mon 31 Aug	Tues 1 Sept	Wed 2 Sept	Thurs 3 Sept	Fri 4 Sept	Sat 5 Sept		Sun 6 Sept
Men	G	G	G	G	G	G		1/4		½			B	F
Women	G	G	G	G	G		1/4		1/2		B	F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team
Women's team

See also

• Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
2. "Four teams secure Tokyo 2020 berths as semi-final line up decided at IWBF Men's European Championship Division A". inside the games. 6 September 2019.
3. "2019 Asia Oceania Championships". iwbf.org. 1 March 2019.
4. "Trio qualify for Tokyo 2020". insidethegames.biz. 5 December 2019.
5. "South Africa to host Tokyo 2020 qualifiers for Africa zone". iwbf.org. 9 December 2019.
6. "Rotterdam 2019: Four teams earn qualification for Tokyo". International Paralympic Committee. 5 July 2019.
7. "Canadian Parapan Am Team on Day 7: Canada Advances to Gold Medal Game in Women's Wheelchair Basketball". Canadian Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2019.
8. "US Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Semifinal in Lima, Earning Spot at 2020 Paralympics". United States Paralympic Committee. 29 August 2019.
9. "China women make it a clean sweep at 2019 Asia Oceania Championships". iwbf.org. 9 December 2019.