Wheelchair rugby at the 2015 Parapan American Games

The wheelchair rugby event at the 2015 Parapan American Games was run from 8–14 August 2015 at the Mississauga Sports Centre in Mississauga.[1] Six countries contested the gold medal which was won by the host nation, Canada. Despite being a mixed gender sport, Colombia were the only team to field a female athlete.[2] This was the first time wheelchair rugby had been contested at the Parapan American Games.[3]

The event was contested as a round robin competition in its first stage, with the first placed team playing the fourth and the second placed team playing the third in the semi-finals. The losing semi-finalists faced each other for the bronze medal.

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada 1 0 0 1
2  United States 0 1 0 1
3  Colombia 0 0 1 1
Total 1 1 1 3

Medal event

First round

Day 1

August 8, 2015
17:00
Canada Canada 65 – 32 Brazil Brazil

August 8, 2015
19:15
United States United States 70 – 25 Argentina Argentina

August 8, 2015
21:30
Colombia Colombia 66 – 12 Chile Chile

Day 2

August 9, 2015
17:00
Canada Canada 76 – 32 Colombia Colombia

August 9, 2015
19:15
Argentina Argentina 53 – 14 Chile Chile

August 9, 2015
21:30
United States United States 62 – 27 Brazil Brazil

Day 3

August 10, 2015
17:00
Canada Canada 63 – 37 Argentina Argentina

August 10, 2015
19:15
United States United States 54 – 11 Chile Chile

August 10, 2015
21:30
Brazil Brazil 53 – 41 Colombia Colombia

Day 4

August 11, 2015
15:30
Brazil Brazil 63 – 37 Argentina Argentina

August 11, 2015
17:45
Canada Canada 67 – 11 Chile Chile

August 11, 2015
20:00
United States United States 71 – 25 Colombia Colombia

Day 5

August 12, 2015
15:30
Brazil Brazil 45 – 6 Chile Chile

August 12, 2015
17:45
Argentina Argentina 36 – 51 Colombia Colombia

August 12, 2015
20:00
Canada Canada 59 – 60 United States United States

First round table

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States United States 5 0 0 0 317 147 +170 15
Canada Canada 4 1 0 0 330 172 +158 12
Brazil Brazil 3 2 0 0 220 211 +9 9
Colombia Colombia 2 3 0 0 215 248 -33 6
Argentina Argentina 1 4 0 0 188 261 -73 3
Chile Chile 0 5 0 0 54 285 -231 0

Medal round

Bracket
Semifinals Gold medal match
August 13, 2015 - 17:45
 Canada Canada  62  
 Brazil Brazil  35  
 
August 14, 2012 - 21:00
     Canada Canada  57
   United States United States  54
Bronze medal match
August 13, 2015 - 20:00 August 14, 2012 - 18:30
 Colombia Colombia  28  Colombia Colombia  50
 United States United States  65    Brazil Brazil  48

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. "Wheelchair Rugby - Schedule & Results". toronto2015.org. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  3. Faris, Nick (7 August 2015). "Canada's wheelchair rugby squad has Parapan Am gold on their mind". nationalpost.com. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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