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.^[1]

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 ^[2]

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 ^[2]

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 ^[2]

Ranking

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

References