Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball – the results

With the Paralympics over, here is a quick rundown of the wheelchair basketball results.

Basketball clubs

Province	City	Team name	Contact person	Contact
Eastern Cape	Grahamstown	Makana Spears	Rodney	082 922 6203
Eastern Cape	Mthatha	Mthatha Heats	Rodney	082 922 6203
Eastern Cape	Port Elizabeth	Gemineyez	Lusanda Kwinana	076 617 2364
Gauteng	Alberton	Jozi Jets	Luthando	082 319 7248
Gauteng	Pretoria	Mamelodi Vultures	Gordon	076 373 4562
Gauteng	Ennerdale	Predators	Faizel Green	083 485 4911
Gauteng	Pretoria	Pretoria Heat	Neo Mothiba	012 366 0533
Gauteng	Pretoria/Jo'burg	Momentum	Thanda	073 163 5696
Gauteng	Johannesburg	Egoli Magic	Sifiso	072 872 5668
Gauteng	Johannesburg	Soweto Raptors	Nthato Selebi	082 456 7743
Gauteng	Johannesburg	Wanderers Scorpions	Kwame Mdaka	082 514 8219
Kwazulu Natal	Durban	Durban Victory	Elle	071 328 9090
Kwazulu Natal	Durban	Kearsney College / APN	Rocco	082 808 9677
Kwazulu Natal	Durban	Slam Shooters	Bongani Chamane	071 7698 314 / 031 777 9671
Kwazulu Natal	Durban			073 175 3768
Kwazulu Natal	Ladysmith	Snappers		074 244 3636
Limpopo	Polokwane	Brookings Sporting	Abram Mash	071 303 0739
Limpopo	Polokwane	UL Bulldogs	Tshegofatso Mogashoa	078 268 5507
Limpopo	Thohyandou	Univen Phoenix	Rofhiwa "Rof" Ligege	076 443 8660
Limpopo	Thohoyandou	Univen Silver Falcons	Rofhiwa "Rof" Ligege	076 443 8660
Limpopo	Tzaneen	Nkowankowa Shooting Stars	Phumlani Chauke	074 687 3709
Mpumalanga	Elukwatini	Tjakastad Cheeters	Mndeni Khumalo	082 721 2701
Mpumalanga	Ermelo	Wesselton Bullets	Nicholus Simelane	083 400 9349
Mpumalanga	Nelspruit	Daantjie Shooterz	Swenky Mamba	076 603 5246
Mpumalanga	Secunda	Unidos	Soll Mngomezulu	072 429 8343
Mpumalanga	Witbank	Emalahleni Rockets	Greaterman	073 445 1969
Western Cape	Cape Town	Stardust	Alestair	073 093 6791
Your province	Your city	Your team	You	Your no/email

Men

On the Men’s side, Australia won the gold medal, defeating Canada with a final score of 72-60. The win was significant for Australia considering that Canada led for much of the match. Australia had a balanced attack, with three players scoring 16 or more points and all but one of their players in the points. (Scoresheet)

Great Britain won the bronze over the USA, defeating them by a margin of 85-77 behind a fantastic 32 points by Terence Bywater. (Scoresheet)

After qualifying twelfth out of twelve teams, the South African Mens Wheelchair Basketball team finished up tenth. South Africa was defeated by Brazil in the 9th/10th place match as Brazil proved to be the better team on the day, winning 68-46. (Scoresheet) Congratulations to the team for giving it their all and doing us proud!

Women

In the Women’s basketball, the USA beat Germany convincingly for the gold medal (50-38), having been behind after the first quarter. Like the Australian men’s performance, the attack was also quite balanced. (Scoresheet)

In the bronze medal match, Australia’s women showed their mettle by defeating Japan 53-47, with three players in double figures. Australia dominated the paint to take the last remaining medal. (Scoresheet)

All results

You can find all the matches and results on the Official Beijing results page here.

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