2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships explained

The 2024 IWBF Asia-Oceania Championships were held at the Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Center in Bangkok, Thailand between 12 and 20 January 2024. In the men's competition, Australia qualified for a place at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, and Iran earned a place at the 2024 IWBF Men’s Repechage in Antibes, France. In the women's competition, China earned a place at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, while Japan, Australia and Thailand qualified for 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka, Japan.

Background

Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, to be hosted between 29 August to 8 September 2024, will feature men's and women's tournaments. There will be reduced number of teams participating: eight teams in each tournament, four less men's teams and two less women's teams than in the previous Games.^[1] The 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships were held in Dubai in United Arab Emirates, from 8 to 20 June 2023.^{[2] [3]}

As a result, the winning team from both the men's and women's competitions earned a ticket to the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games. Second and third place getters in the women’s competition earned a place in the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka, Japan, and second place in the men’s competition earned earn a place at the 2024 IWBF Men’s Repechage in Antibes, France.^[4]

Medallists

Men's competition
Women's competition

Men's competition

There were two pools, A and B. Both engaged in a round-robin competition to determine rankings, with the top two teams in Pool B advancing to the quarter finals as the 7th and 8th seeds in Pool A.

Pool A

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=30	Pts
	5	5	0	362	276	+86	10
	5	4	1	371	286	+85	9
	5	3	2	310	237	+73	8
	5	2	3	265	286	-21	7
	5	1	4	276	366	-90	6
	5	0	5	233	366	-133	5

Pool B

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=30	Pts
	4	4	0	291	180	+111	8
	4	3	1	244	222	+22	7
	4	2	2	214	228	-14	6
	4	1	3	215	242	-27	5
	4	0	4	166	258	-92	4

Placement matches

5th-6th place

Finals

Gold medal

Men's Final Standings

Rank	Team
1	*
2	**
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

• Qualified directly for Paris 2024
  

• • Qualified for 2024 IWBF Men's Repechage

Women's competition

Pool A played a double round-robin, while Pool B played a single round-robin. The top team in Pool B and all the teams in Pool A earned a place in the semi-finals.

Pool A

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	4	4	0	227	103	+124	8
	4	2	2	146	174	-28	6
	4	0	4	116	212	-96	4

Pool B

width=160	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=30	Pts
	5	5	0	335	94	+241	10
	5	4	1	264	164	+100	9
Asia-Oceania Zone	5	3	2	168	206	-38	8
	5	2	3	159	196	-37	7
	5	1	4	109	227	-118	6
	5	0	5	109	257	-148	5

Placement matches

5th-6th place

Finals

Gold medal

Women's Final Standings

Rank	Team
1	*
2	**
3	**
4	**
5	Asia-Oceania Zone
6
7
8
9

• Qualified directly for Paris 2024
  

• • Qualified directly for 2024 IWBF Women’s Repechage

All Star Five Teams

Men’s All-Star Five

1.0 – 1.5 – Jun Seong Kwak

2.0 – 2.5 – Renshi Chokai

3.0 – 3.5 – Qin Xulei

4.0 – 4.5 – Mohamadhassan Sayari

Most Valuable Player – Bill Latham

Women’s All-Star Five

1.0 – 1.5 –

2.0 – 2.5 –

3.0 – 3.5 – Natnapa Ponin

4.0 – 4.5 – Xuemei Zhang

Most Valuable Player – Suiling Lin

Notes and References

1. Web site: 28 April 2023 . Wheelchair Basketball - Paris 2024. 23 January 2024. Paris 2024.
2. Web site: 28 April 2024. Qualification process for Paris 2024. International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
3. Web site: 30 November 2023. 2024 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide. International Paralympic Committee.
4. Web site: 2024 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships . International Wheelchair Basketball Federation . 23 January 2024.