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Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France was hosted between 29 August to 8 September 2024. It featured men's and women's tournaments. There was a reduced number of teams participating; eight teams in each tournament, four fewer men's teams and two fewer women's teams than in the previous Games. [1]
Australian women's wheelchair basketballer Amanda Carter challenging for the ball in a game against the US at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games. Wheelchair basketball retains most major rules and scoring of basketball, and maintains a 10-foot basketball hoop and standard basketball court.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics women's tournament in Paris began on 29 August and ended on 8 September 2024. [1] [2] [3] The matches were played at the Bercy Arena. [4] This was the fifteenth edition of the tournament since the tournament debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. [4]
The defending gold medal-winning U.S. men's wheelchair basketball opened the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a win against Spain on Thursday.
The Team USA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team hosted Australia this week at Queens University in Charlotte as part of the lead-up to the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.. Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
Wheelchair basketball competitions at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile were held at the Multisport Complex 1 from 18 to 25 November 2023. [1] [2]The two finalists in the women's tournament and the three medalists in the men's tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
The following is the United States roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] United States men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2024 Summer Paralympics roster