Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Rosters explained

See main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Eight teams participated in wheelchair rugby at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Teams could have up to 12 players, but no more than 11 of the team members could be male. In wheelchair rugby, each player is given a sport class based on their upper body function. The classification is a 7-level score ranging from 0.5 to 3.5, with lower scores corresponding to more severe disability. The sum score of all a team's players on the field could not exceed 8.

Team staff
Coach	Brad Dubberley
Assistant coach	Robert Doidge

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
8		2.0	32
3		3.5	19
7		2.5	32
5		1.5	35
4		2.0	31
2		0.5	38
1		3.0	40
12	(captain)	2.5	38
11		0.5	26
13		2.0	41
6		2.0	23

Team staff
Coach	Benoit Labrecque
Assistant coach	Marco Dispaltro
Assistant coach	Adam Frost

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
6		3.0	31
2		1.5	21
13		0.5	34
5		3.5	37
10		1.0	24
11		3.0	27
9		2.0	31
1		0.5	47
4		1.5	35
15		1.5	29
8		3.0	32
14	(captain)	2.0	40

Team staff
Coach	Wen Yan
Assistant coach	Wu Zhiming

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
3	Chen Jun	2.5	23
8	Cheng Shuangmiao (captain)	2.0	28
7		2.0	32
2		3.0	21
1		3.5	35
12		1.0	20
10		0.5	32
6		2.0	24
5		3.0	35
11		0.5	36
9		1.0	25
15		1.5	40

Team staff
Coach	Pierre Sahm
Assistant coach	Bert Metzger

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
15		3.0	28
3		1.0	33
14	(captain)	2.5	35
10		2.5	28
4		2.5	43
13		2.0	33
8		3.0	36
11		2.5	30
12		0.5	25
7		1.0	33
1		2.0	39

No.	Sport class	Age
11	2.0	35
10	2.0	29
2	0.5	25
8	2.5	36
9	2.0	36
5	1.0	36
6	2.5	29
3	1.5	35
12	1.5	22
7	1.5	35
1	2.5	27
4	1.0	37

Team staff
Coach	Yasuo Shiozawa
Assistant coach	Daisuke Aoyagi

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
7		3.0	36
12		1.5	32
8		2.0	27
6		2.0	33
3		3.0	22
11		2.5	31
5	(captain)	1.0	42
10		2.0	28
4		3.0	33
1		0.5	33
9		2.5	33

Team staff
Coach	Grant Sharman
Assistant coach	Tim Johnson

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
13	(captain)	3.0	27
7		2.0	32
11		1.5	26
2		2.5	31
4		2.0	36
6		2.0	35
5		1.0	32
14		1.0	30

Team staff
Coach	James Gumbert
Assistant coach	Edward Suhr

No.	Name	Sport class	Age
11		2.0	30
10		2.0	34
8		1.0	35
4	(captain)	2.0	37
5		1.0	36
2		2.0	25
7		0.5	33
9		2.0	23
1		3.0	31
6		3.5	19
3		3.0	33

References

Web site: Schedules and Results - Wheelchair Rugby . The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad . 2008-09-27 .

No.	Sport class	Age
11	2.0	35
10	2.0	29
2	0.5	25
8	2.5	36
9	2.0	36
5	1.0	36
6	2.5	29
3	1.5	35
12	1.5	22
7	1.5	35
1	2.5	27
4	1.0	37

No.	Sport class	Age
11	2.0	35
10	2.0	29
2	0.5	25
8	2.5	36
9	2.0	36
5	1.0	36
6	2.5	29
3	1.5	35
12	1.5	22
7	1.5	35
1	2.5	27
4	1.0	37

No.	Sport class	Age
11	2.0	35
10	2.0	29
2	0.5	25
8	2.5	36
9	2.0	36
5	1.0	36
6	2.5	29
3	1.5	35
12	1.5	22
7	1.5	35
1	2.5	27
4	1.0	37