The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008.
Dylan Alcott Brendan Dowler Justin Eveson Michael Hartnett Adrian King Tristan Knowles Grant Mizens Brad Ness (captain) Shaun Norris Troy Sachs Tige Simmons Brett Stibners Coach: Ben Ettridge Patrick Anderson Jaimie Borisoff (captain) Abditatch Dini David Durepos David Eng Robert Hedges Joey Johnson Adam Lancia Ross Norton Richard Peter Yvon Rouillard Chris Stoutenberg Coach: Mike Frogley Joseph Bestwick Andrew Blake Simon Brown Matthew Byrne Terence Bywater Peter Finbow Jonathan Hall Kevin Hayes Abdillah Jama Simon Munn Ade Orogbemi Jon Pollock (captain) Coach: Sinclair Richford Thomas Sarah Castle Patty Cisneros (captain) Loraine Gonzales Carlee Hoffman Emily Hoskins Mary Allison Milford Rebecca Murray Alana Nichols Christina Ripp Jen Ruddell Natalie Schneider Stephanie Wheeler Coach: Ronald Lykins Alke Behrens Maren Butterbrodt Annette Kahl (captain) Britta Kautz Simone Kues Birgit Meitner Marina Mohnen Edina Anita Muller Nora Schratz Gesche Schunemann Nicole Seifert Annika Zeyen Coach: Holger Ingo Glinicki Clare Burzynski Shelley Chaplin Cobi Crispin Melanie Domaschenz Kylie Gauci Melanie Hall Katie Hill Bridie Kean Tina McKenzie Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Sarah Stewart Liesl Tesch (captain) Coach: Gerry Hewson Source: Paralympic.org [1] Classification is an important element that will ensure athletes can compete in a fair situation.
A certain committee will give athletes who can take part in this sport an eight-level-score specific to basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5.
The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.
Both men's and women's use the same format, team divided into 2 groups, 6 each for men's and 5 each for women's, with a single round robin tournament, then first four of each group compete for 1st-8th place with knock-out format, while last one for women's and last two for men's compete for 9th-10th or 9th-12th place.