Wheelchair rugby at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Carioca Arena 1
Dates	14–18 September
Competitors	96 (8 teams)
Medalists
Australia  Australia United States  United States Japan  Japan
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Wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held in the Carioca Arena 1, also known as the Arena Carioca, from 14 September to 18 September 2016.^[1] There was a single event, for which both genders are eligible,^[2] where 8 teams compete.^[1]

Qualification

Teams receive an allocation in the following order, and under the following processes:

• A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) may enter one team. The host country directly qualifies, as long as it has a rank on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List, [1] closing 1 May 2016.
• The top ranked NPC (not otherwise qualified) at the 2014 World Championships directly qualifies, subject to the eligibility requirement.
• The highest ranked NPC (not otherwise qualified) from the Wheelchair Rugby competition at the 2015 Parapan American Games directly qualifies.
• The two (2) highest ranked NPCs (not otherwise qualified) from the 2015 IWRF European Division A Championship directly qualify.
• The highest ranked NPC (not otherwise qualified) from the 2015 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship directly qualifies.

If any of the Zonal Championships are not held, then the next highest ranked NPC from that Zone (not otherwise qualified) on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List closing 1 May 2016 qualifies

• The two (2) highest ranked NPCs from the designated IWRF Paralympic Qualification Tournament qualify. If the Qualification Tournament is not held then the two (2) highest ranked NPCs (not otherwise qualified) on the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Ranking List closing 1 May 2016 qualify. In the event, the competition was held, with France and United States qualifying.

Qualified	Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths
Brazil	Host country	2 October 2009	Copenhagen	1
Australia	2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships	21–26 September 2014	Odense[3]	1
Canada	2015 Parapan American Games	8-14 August 2015	Toronto[4]	1
Great Britain  Sweden	2015 IWRF European Division A Championship	13–20 September 2015	Nastola[4]	2
Japan	2015 IWRF Asia-Oceania Championship	29 October– 1 November 2015	Chiba[4]	1
France  United States	IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Olympic Qualifier	21 April 2016	Paris	2

Tournament

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	165	142	+23	6	Semi-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	163	155	+8	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	145	151	−6	2	Fifth place Match
4	France	3	0	0	3	141	166	−25	0	Seventh place Match

14 September 2016

12:45

United States	51–42	France
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Jean Choiniere, Liam Costello

14 September 2016

16:00

Japan	50–46	Sweden
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Mitch Carr, Darren Roberts

15 September 2016

10:30

Sweden	44–54	United States
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Alexander Schriener, Lukasz Symczak

15 September 2016

16:00

Japan	57–52	France
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Brian Ward, Pierre-Alexandre Briere

16 September 2016

10:30

France	47–55	Sweden
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Mitch Carr, Jean Choiniere

16 September 2016

16:00

United States	57–56	Japan
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Lukasz Symczak

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	188	158	+30	6	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	174	160	+14	4
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	152	135	+17	2	Fifth place Match
4	Brazil (H)	3	0	0	3	125	186	−61	0	Seventh place Match

14 September 2016

10:30

Australia	53–51	Great Britain
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Alexander Shriener

14 September 2016

19:15

Canada	62–48	Brazil
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Lukasz Szymczak, Brian Ward

15 September 2016

12:45

Great Britain	49–50	Canada
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Liam Costello, Mitch Carr

15 September 2016

19:15

Australia	72–45	Brazil
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Jean Choiniere

16 September 2016

12:45

Brazil	32–52	Great Britain
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Alexander Schriener, Liam Costello

16 September 2016

19:15

Canada	62–63	Australia
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Brian Ward

Knockout stage

	Semifinals				Gold-medal match
	17 September
	United States	60
					18 September
	Canada	55
					Australia	59
	17 September
					United States	58
	Australia	63
	Japan	57
					Bronze medal
					18 September
					Japan	52
					Canada	50

Classification round

Seventh-place match

17 September 2016

10:30

Brazil	54–59	France
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Perre-Alexandre Briere, Brian Ward

Fifth-place match

17 September 2016

19:15

Great Britain	56–42	Sweden
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Lukasz Symczak

Medal round

Semifinals

17 September 2016

12:45

United States	60–55	Canada
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Alexander Schriener, Liam Costello

17 September 2016

16:00

Australia	63–57	Japan
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Jean Choiniere, Mitch Carr

Bronze-medal match

18 September 2016

09:00

Japan	52–50	Canada
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Liam Costello

Gold-medal match

18 September 2016

12:30

Australia	59–58	United States
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Alexander Schreiner