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The National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) is Australia's premier male wheelchair basketball league. It was established in 1988. [1]The competition seasons in 2020 and 2021 were not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no team declared the winner for either season.
The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers . Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games .
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.
Australia's women's team beat the American team at the Paralympics in pool play. This was viewed as extremely significant by Australian women's wheelchair basketball fans and the Australian Paralympic Federation because the game was invented in America. Also, it was the first time that the Australian women had defeated the Americans.
In Australia, wheelchair basketball players and other disability athletes are generally classified after they have been assessed based on medical, visual or cognitive testing, after a demonstration of their ability to play their sport, and the classifiers watching the player during competitive play.
Australia's Kylie Gauci is a 2-point player. 2 point player and 2.5 point player is a disability sport classification for wheelchair basketball. People in this class have partial trunk control when making forward motions. The class includes people with T8-L1 paraplegia, post-polio paralysis and amputations.
Australian Liesl Tesch is a 4-point player. 4-point player is a disability sport classification for wheelchair basketball. Players in this class have normal trunk function but have a reduced level of functioning in one or both of their lower limbs. They may have difficulty with sideways movements.
Alcott made his professional debut for the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team in 2006 at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship. Alcott represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, where the team won gold and silver respectively. [12] [13]