Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

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Wheelchair basketball – Women
at the X Paralympic Games

Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball

Venue

Morehouse College and Omni Coliseum

Dates

1996

Medalists

		Canada (CAN)
		Netherlands (NED)
		United States (USA)

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Wheelchair basketball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Tournament	men	women
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The women's tournament was won by the team representing Canada.

Preliminary round

Group A
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF:PA	Pts	AUS	USA	GER	BRA
1	Australia	3	2	1	132:71	5	x	31:27	34:36	67:8
2	United States	3	2	1	128:79	5	27:31	x	44:36	57:12
3	Germany	3	2	1	121:92	5	36:34	36:44	x	49:14
4	Brazil	3	0	3	34:173	3	8:67	12:57	14:49	x

Group B
Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF:PA	Pts	CAN	NED	JPN	GBR
1	Canada	3	3	0	171:96	6	x	56:41	57:27	58:28
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	143:115	5	41:56	x	54:35	48:24
3	Japan	3	1	2	108:142	4	27:57	35:54	x	46:31
4	Great Britain	3	0	3	83:152	3	28:58	24:48	31:46	x

Qualified for quarterfinals

Source: Paralympic.org

Medal Round

Semifinals		Final



United States	37

Netherlands	40
		Netherlands	37

		Canada	46
Canada	36

Australia	31
		Third place



		United States	41

		Australia	30

Source: Paralympic.org

Classification 5-8

Classification round		Fifth place



Germany	41

Great Britain	46
		Great Britain	28

		Japan	44
Japan	41

Brazil	15
		Seventh place



		Germany	60

		Brazil	15

Source: Paralympic.org

Ranking

Place	Team
	Canada
	Netherlands
	United States
4.	Australia
5.	Japan
6.	Great Britain
7.	Germany
8.	Brazil

References

"Wheelchair basketball: Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
^ "1996 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1996. Retrieved 2012-11-07.

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